Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels:
--We’re So Famous, (the first and worst review + actor Malcolm McDowell's hilarious reaction to review + praise for + original American cover + British cover + galley cover for 15th anniversary reissue)
--Vernon Downs, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper + alternate trailer + original cover),
--World Gone Water, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Thora Birch + original cover)
--Garden Lakes, (praise for + book trailer narrated by the author + original cover)
and the memoirs:
-- Poor Man’s Gatsby (praise for) published as Bookmarked: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in IG Publishing’s Bookmarked series
--Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle, which is the basis for his microcast, Typical (Anthony Michael Hall promo), available on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and elsewhere.
His Charlie Martens trilogy–Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes–is published in an omnibus by Roundabout Press to celebrate the story collection Minor Characters, (ToC), featuring original stories about the minor characters in the trilogy by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday. The collection features a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg.
Clarke is also the editor of The Last Novel Ever Published, as well as the anthologies Don’t You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton), (ToC) and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.
Under the pseudonym J.D. West, he is the author of the Golden Age detective novel, The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery. (Harold Ober with his wife and Scottie Fitzgerald)
He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston. (Newtonville Books’s 20th anniversary video) (Anniversary video by Mona Awad and Kenneth Calhoun) (Newtonville Books video: “Where do you hold your events?”)
O the Places I've Lived!
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Article from Rapid City, S.D. newsmagazine re Miss Kephart’s 5th grade class trip to the courthouse; including photo (+)
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Early Writing
U.S. Senator Larry Pressler’s newsletter dated December 1983 re article about visiting Mrs. Degner’s 6th grade class + Rapid City Journal article
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Pressler, Larry
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Early Writing
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Adolescence
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Pete’s Fish and Chips menu + JDC food handler’s card (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Misc. re: Fowler 8th grade trip to Disneyland, including order sheet for Tom Wat products sold to earn money for trip. (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phantasm lyrics for original songs: ‘Too Hot to Handle”; “(You Shoot ‘Em) One by One”; “Close Your Eyes”; “I Can’t Get Over You”; “Touch Me”; “Will You Think of Me?”; “You Want It…You Got It”; “Fade Away”; “When She Says No”; “Painless” (+)
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
Adolescence
Early Writing
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Adolescence
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Misc re: Eric Hamelin concert at Tolleson Union High School organized as a sophomore class fundraiser by JDC: program + Hamelin press + JDC admin
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Hamelin, Eric (Liberace’s protégé)
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Concert ticket: U2 at Sun Devil Stadium, Sat, Dec 19 & Sun, Dec 20, filming for Rattle and Hum documentary (+)
Phoenix, AZ
U2
Adolescence
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis incl cover for Less Than Zero; New York Magazine article on by Elizabeth Wurtzel; Vanity Fair profile of Judd Nelson by; Newsweek review of The Rules of Attraction by David Lehman.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Program for Sunday Service at North Phoenix Baptist Church re: Alice Cooper’s daughter’s baptism (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Cooper, Alice
Adolescence
Ellis, Bret Easton
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Mormon dance guest pass for Jaime Clarke
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Correspondence re volunteering at Children’s Crisis Nursery to fulfill Christian Service requirement at Brophy College Preparatory
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Winners Circle.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-13.
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Manuscript – “Runaround.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-4.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “A Girl and Her Dog.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-6.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Full Circle.” Novel. Typed, pgs 1-17.
Early Writing
Early Writing
O the Places I've Lived!
(Fall): 1230 E. Spence Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Manuscript – “Pied Piper of Hate.” Television spec script for 21 Jump Street. First draft dated March 8, 1990. Typed, pgs 1-22.
Early Writing
Correspondence – Stuart M. Kaminsky re JDC spec script for 21 Jump Street
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Early Writing
Misc. re: Bret Easton Ellis incl Publishers Weekly editorial titled “Publisher Responsibility and Bret Easton Ellis” + Publishers Weekly coverage + Newsweek article titled “The Killing of a Gory Novel” + Time Magazine article titled “A Revolting Development” + article by Carol Iannone titled “PC & the Ellis Affair” + Time Magazine short titled, “Sherman McCoy, Where Are You?” + New York Magazine article titled “Psycho Drama” + author bio from Contemporary Authors + Rolling Stone article by BEE re Bennington.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Publishers Weekly
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Spring: 830 W. 5th Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
June: 4236 N. 103rd Ave, #7, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Summer + Fall: 4236 N. 103rd Ave., #67, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Arizona State University
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis including color copy of American Psycho cover + Rolling Stone article about American Psycho + Newsweek article titled “Confessions of a Serial Killer” + Vanity Fair article titled “Children of the Pied Piper” by Norman Mailer + Publishers Weekly article re Vintage edition of American Psycho + New York Times Book Review review of American Psycho by Roger Rosenblatt titled “Snuff This Book! Will Bret Easton Ellis Get Away With Murder?”
Ellis, Bret Easton
O the Places I've Lived!
Manuscript – “A House Divided.” Short Story. Typed. Pgs 1-6.
College Writing
O the Places I've Lived!
Arizona State University
Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
Manuscript – “Urbana.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-42. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
College Writing
Persona Magazine
University of Arizona
College Writing
College Writing
Manuscript – “St. Janice.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-8.
College Writing
Persona Magazine
University of Arizona
College Writing
Persona Magazine
University of Arizona
Correspondence – Persona co-fiction editor Lavinia Spalding
Persona Magazine
Spalding, Lavinia
University of Arizona
Johnson, Denis
Manuscript – “Waiting for Christie.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-11.
College Writing
O the Places I've Lived!
Manuscript – “Urbana.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-18. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
College Writing
Table of Contents for Persona Magazine, fiction edited by JDC and Lavinia Spalding
Persona Magazine
Spalding, Lavinia
University of Arizona
Manuscript – “A Complete Gentleman.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-34. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
University of Arizona
Manuscript – “Pleasure Island.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-20. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
College Writing
Manuscript – “Shane of Lubbock.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-16.
College Writing
University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis incl bio info; “Interview with Bret Easton Ellis,” by Mark Amerika and Alexander Laurence; New York Times Book Review review of The Informers written by George Stade; November/December 1994 U Magazine interview with BEE titled “Days of Whining Poseurs,” by Joshua Mann.
Ellis, Bret Easton
University of Arizona
JDC application to the Bennington College Low-Residency MFA program dated October 11, 1994
Bennington College
Rector, Liam
Bennington College
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
University of Arizona
Ellis, Bret Easton
May-June: 4236 N. 103rd Ave., #7, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
July-Aug: Kaibab-Huachuca Dorm, Tucson, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Fall: 4236 N. 103rd Ave, #7, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
University of Arizona Transcript - 1993-1994; including transcript for Estrella Mountain Community College
University of Arizona
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis including June 1995 Details Magazine profile of Val Kilmer by BEE; May 1995 copy of Manhattan File featuring Glamorama excerpt by BEE; Hotwired interview with BEE; photo of BEE with Candace Bushnell from At Random.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Harold Ober Associates
Apprentice Writing
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – Essay – “Building a Better Character (In 90 Days or Less).” Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – January 1995 workshop – “Urbana.” Annotated by Reginald McKnight. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
McKnight, Reginald
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Don DeLillo’s White Noise.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – June Workshop – “Pleasure Island.” Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ethan Canin’s Star Food.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Center by Amy Hempel.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “I Would Have Saved Them If I Could by Leonard Michaels.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Anton Chekhov’s The Shooting Party.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “David Foster Wallace’s Girl With Curious Hair.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes From Underground.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Madison Smartt Bell.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “A Stranger in this World, stories by Kevin Canty.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “U&I by Nicholson Baker.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “Urbana” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Manuscript – Bennington – ‘Shane of Lubbock” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-16. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk; includes alternate version, typed, pgs 1-3.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “Pleasure Island” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-19. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Manuscript – Bennington – “World Gone Water” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Airships by Barry Hannah.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “The Vegetable King” – Novel excerpt. Typed, pgs 1-44. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “We’re So Famous” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-8. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
We're So Famous: A Novel
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Pricksongs and Descants by Robert Coover.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Sportswriter by Richard Ford.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “Last” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-2. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “Unsaid” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-7. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “Anerotic” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-5. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “From Our New York Office” – Short story. Typed, one page.
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “LoveStory” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-19. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Manuscript – Bennington – “Monthly Payments’ – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-11. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
O the Places I've Lived!
Correspondence – Charles Bock
Bock, Charles
Bennington College
Correspondence – Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Chelsea Magazine
Pushcart Prize
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Correspondence – Douglas Bauer
Bauer, Douglas
Bennington College
Correspondence – Fiona McCrae at Graywolf Press
Graywolf Press
Bennington College
Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Letter from Chelsea Magazine enclosing payment for publication of “A Complete Gentleman” in Chelsea #59; incl color copy of check.
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Bennington College