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(with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.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?”)
Talk Show Episode: Places You Would Never Visit with Jami Attenberg, Adam Braver, Nina de Gramont, Ann Hood, and Moon Unit Zappa
Zappa, Moon Unit
Braver, Adam
de Gramont, Nina
Hood, Ann
Attenberg, Jami
de Gramont, Nina
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Blind (EP) by John Laprade (+)
Laprade, John
Talk Show Episode: Monumental Pop Culture with Julianna Baggott, Lisa Borders, Maria Flook, Antonya Nelson, and Darin Strauss
Flook, Maria
Baggott, Julianna
Borders, Lisa
Nelson, Antonya
Strauss, Darin
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Family Myth with Allison Lynn, Joshua Neuman, Thisbe Nissen, Dan Pope, and Rachel Sherman
Lynn, Allison
Pope, Dan
Sherman, Rachel
Neuman, Joshua
Nissen, Thisbe
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Time Capsule with Quinn Dalton, Owen King, Adam Langer, and Nelly Reifler
Dalton, Quinn
King, Owen
Langer, Adam
Reifler, Nelly
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: First Car with Jon Clinch, Don Lee, Robert Anthony Siegel, Alix Strauss, and Sean Wilsey
Siegel, Robert Anthony
Clinch, Jon
Lee, Don
Strauss, Alix
Wilsey, Sean
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Caught in a Lie with Kiara Brinkman, Bret Anthony Johnston, Fiona Maazel, Alix Ohlin, and Margo Rabb
Johnston, Bret Anthony
Ohlin, Alix
Brinkman, Kiara
Maazel, Fiona
Rabb, Margo
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Newtonville Books
Talk Show Episode: Historical Person You’d Like to Meet with Kevin Brockmeier, Sloane Crosley, Sophie Gee, Samantha Hunt, and Melissa Pritchard
Brockmeier, Kevin
Crosley, Sloane
Hunt, Samantha
Pritchard, Melissa
Gee, Sophie
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Doubting Thomas with David Ebershoff, Sheridan Hay, Amy MacKinnon, Kirsten Menger-Anderson, and Roxana Robinson
Ebershoff, David
Robinson, Roxana
Hay, Sheridan
MacKinnon, Amy
Menger-Anderson, Kirsten
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: First Date with Chris Bohjalian, Joshua Henkin, Perrin Ireland, Aryn Kyle, and Kelly McMasters
Bohjalian, Chris
Henkin, Joshua
Ireland, Perrin
Kyle, Aryn
McMasters, Kelly
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Road Trip with Jennifer Haigh, Margot Livesey, Mark Jude Poirier, Stacey Richter, and Daniel Wallace
Livesey, Margot
Richter, Stacey
Wallace, Daniel
Haigh, Jennifer
Poirer, Mark Jude
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Life-changing Technology with Elizabeth Crane, Michael Dahlie, Tony D’ Souza, J. Robert Lennon, and Salvatore Scibona
Crane, Elizabeth
Dahlie, Michael
Lennon, J. Robert
D'Souza, Tony
Scibona, Salvatore
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Generational Trauma with Elisa Albert, Anita Diamant, Michael Lowenthal, Askold Melnyczuk, and Jim Shepard
Lowenthal, Michael
Shepard, Jim
Albert, Elisa
Diamant, Anita
Melnyczuk, Askold
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Embarrassing Moment with Will Allison, Rebecca Donner, Ron McLarty, and Ben Schrank
Schrank, Ben
Allison, Will
Donner, Rebecca
McLarty, Ron
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road writing contests judged by Heidi Julavits (fiction) and Wes McNair (poetry)
Julavits, Heidi
McNair, Wes
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – The Review Review review of Post Road 16
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Letter from Lesley University officially declining to renew agreement to publish Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence from Ron McLarty re Post Road
McLarty, Ron
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to Andre Balazs re Post Road becoming the house magazine at the Chateau Marmont
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Boston Globe article entitled “Literati have a nip with their authors” featuring Post Road mention
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to editors re signing agreement with Boston College
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Signed copies of Post Road/Boston College agreement
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road/Boston College merger
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Flyers for Boston College Arts Festival Apr 23-25, featuring Post Road mention
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Draft copies of Post Road/Boston College agreement
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Signed Unanimous Consent of directors re Mary Cotton’s resignation from Post Road Board, dated May 1
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – email to editors re first meeting with Ricco Siasoco, Post Road’s new managing editor at Boston College
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from JDC to editors re uncertain future after Post Road 16
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Diane Williams re Harper’s Magazine reprinting her piece “My First Real Home”; incl Jan 2009 issue of Harper’s featuring reprint.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Post Road contributor Dora Malech re her poem “Face for Radio” being anthologized in the Yale Anthology of Younger American Poetry
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with John Parsley at Little, Brown re the idea of a Post Road anthology of work from the first sixteen issues
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Debra Spark re her piece from Post Road 15 being listed as a Pushcart Prize Special Mention
Pushcart Prize
Post Road Magazine
Center for Fiction
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – Letter from Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts re Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Talk Show Episode: Over-rated with Jenna Blum, Julia Glass, Nellie Hermann, Dinaw Mengestu, and Matthew Pearl
Glass, Julia
Blum, Jenna
Hermann, Nellie
Mengestu, Dinaw
Pearl, Matthew
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Manuscript – Talk Show anthology
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Place and Time with Sven Birkerts, Lisa Gabriele, Yael Goldstein Love, and Adrienne Miller
Birkerts, Sven
Gabriele, Lisa
Love, Yael Goldstein
Miller, Adrienne
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: First Apartment with Leah Hager Cohen, Joshua Ferris, Alice Mattison, and Ann Packer
Cohen, Leah Hager
Ferris, Joshua
Mattison, Alice
Packer, Ann
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Manuscript – Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence – Talk Show at Fanzine.com
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Correspondence – re American Energies: Contemporary Writers and Their Achievements,Ambitions, and Aspirations, edited by JDC
Literary Journey
Unrealized Projects
Manuscript – Vernon Downs
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Talk Show Episode: Blue Ribbons with Thomas Beller, Joshua Furst, Elizabeth Graver, Dave King, and Binnie Kirshenbaum
Furst, Joshua
Graver, Elizabeth
Kirshenbaum, Binnie
Beller, Thomas
King, Dave
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Irrational Fear with Brian Evenson, Lev Grossman, Elizabeth McCracken, Hannah Pittard, Karen Shepard, and Gary Shteyngart
Evenson, Brian
Grossman, Lev
Pittard, Hannah
Shepard, Karen
Shteyngart, Gary
McCracken, Elizabeth
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Manuscript – Proposal for Afternoons at the Odeon (film anth) edited by JDC, featuring original essays by Dennis Lehane, Gregory Maguire, Julia Glass, Charles Bock, Moon Unit Zappa, Lev Grossman, Antonya Nelson, Sven Birkerts, Lydia Millet, J. Robert Lennon, Aimee Bender, David Ebershoff, Thomas Beller, Wesley Stace, Elisa Albert, Ben Nugent, Salvatore Scibona, Adrienne Miller, Owen King, Nathaniel Rich, Ryan Boudinot, Elizabeth Searle, Holly LeCraw, and Rebecca Wolff. with an introduction by Neil LaBute.
LaBute, Neil
Lehane, Dennis
Maguire, Gregory
Glass, Julia
Bock, Charles
Zappa, Moon Unit
Grossman, Lev
Nelson, Antonya
Birkerts, Sven
Millet, Lydia
Lennon, J. Robert
Bender, Aimee
Ebershoff, David
Beller, Thomas
Stace, Wesley (aka John Wesley Harding)
Albert, Elisa
Nugent, Ben
Scibona, Salvatore
Miller, Adrienne
King, Owen
Rich, Nathaniel
Boudinot, Ryan
Wolff, Rebecca
Searle, Elizabeth
LeCraw, Holly
Literary Journey
Unrealized Projects
Talk Show Episode: Past into Present with Daphne Beal, Charles Bock, Emily Chenoweth, John McNally, Irina Reyn, and Peter Trachtenberg
Bock, Charles
Reyn, Irina
Beal, Daphne
McNally, John
Chenoweth, Emily
Trachtenberg, Peter
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: First Favorite Album with Aimee Bender, David Leavitt, Dennis Lehane, Sam Lipsyte, Peter Rock, Dana Spiotta, and A.J. Verdelle
Spiotta, Dana
Bender, Aimee
Leavitt, David
Lehane, Dennis
Lipsyte, Sam
Rock, Peter
Verdelle, A.J.
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Talk Show Episode: Saturday Morning Cartoon with Allison Amend, Ryan Boudinot, Francie Lin, Ed Park, Heidi Pitlor, and Nathaniel Rich
Park, Ed
Pitlor, Heidi
Rich, Nathaniel
Amend, Allison
Boudinot, Ryan
Lin, Francie
Jock, Danny
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
JDC complimentary membership to the Friends of the Library at Boston University
Newtonville Books
Cotton, Mary
Misc Adventures
Program for Brattleboro Literary Festival, October 2-4, 2009
Misc Adventures
Contract for panel appearance at Bennington College alum residency; including Benn event listing info and correspondence re panel with Sven Birkerts.
Birkerts, Sven
Bennington College
Boston Book Festival Program Guide – October 24, 2009 (+)
Boston Book Festival
Newtonville Books
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Misc Adventures
Tickets for Buffalo Tom at the Paradise Rock Club, June 26, 2009, with Tom Perrotta and Mary Granfield + Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Perrotta, Tom
Misc Adventures
Program for New Yorker Festival, Oct 16-18, 2009; incl tix for Joshua Ferris and Aleksandar Hemon, Fri, Oct 16; James Franco in conversation with Lauren Collins, Sat, Oct 17; Inside the Artist’s Studio: Chuck Close, Sun, Oct 18.
Misc Adventures
Correspondence – Vernon Downs
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Letter from Hannah Tinti re her reading at Newtonville Books for the paperback of The Good Thief
Tinti, Hannah
Newtonville Books
Boston Globe “Shelf Life” column re the Celebrity Bookclub at Newtonville Books
Newtonville Books
Correspondence – Talk Show anthology
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Boston Globe article by Margot Livesey titled “Following Boston’s Other Historical Trail” incl mention of Newtonville Books
Livesey, Margot
Newtonville Books
Boston Globe article titled “Unchained Success: Independent Bookstores Holding Up vs. Big Rivals” incl mention of Newtonville Books
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to editors re sending the Post Road anthology out to editors; also about the first Post Road/Boston College Board meeting on May 22.
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence – University Press of Mississippi re Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Boston Globe article re the creation of the Celebrity Bookclub
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to editors re PR booth at the first annual Boston Book Festival; incl article in Bay State Banner about the Boston Book Festival incl Post Road mention.
Boston Book Festival
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to editors re “Rara Avis: How to Tell a True Bird Story” by Jackson Connor and “Tiny Monuments: A Look at Snapshot Photography” by Hannah Lifson from Post Road 16 being selected as Honorable Mentions for the Best American Essays, ed by Mary Oliver
Oliver, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road transition to BC
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road anthology selections, Vol I
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Center for Fiction
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to editors re “Monster” by Rebekah Frumkin being chosen for Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers; incl Nov 17 article entitled “Carleton student’s short story published in national anthology” by David Henke.
Eggers, Dave
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road anthology selections, Vol II
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Contract with Dzanc Books for Post Road anthology
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Queries to publishers re the Post Road anthology
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Correspondence — Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence — Conversations with Jonathan Lethem Vol I
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Correspondence — Conversations with Jonathan Lethem Vol II
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Correspondence — Post Road re Boston College transition
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence — Talk Show anthology
Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers
Correspondence — No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (Post Road anthology published by Dzanc Books)
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Manuscript — Conversations with Jonathan Lethem, ed by JDC; incl JDC editor questionnaire and permission form templates
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Contract dated September 30, 2009 between JDC and University Press of Mississippi for Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Correspondence — Vernon Downs
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Manuscript — No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine ed by JDC and Mary Cotton (ToC) with selections by Jim Shepard, Owen King, Charles Bock, Phillip Lopate, Richard Hoffman, Lydia Millet, Allison Amend, Stacey Richter, April Bernard, Lev Grossman, Elisa Albert, Tom Sleigh, Ed Park, Nathaniel Rich, Mark Strand, Karen Shepard, Amy Gerstler, Ann Hood, Edward Albee, Sloane Crosley, Yusef Komunyakaa, Joshua Furst, Roxana Robinson, Margot Livesey, Michael Dahlie, Daniel Wallace, Mary Jo Bang, Darin Strauss, Michael Ryan, Melissa Pritchard, Allison Lynn, David Means, Galt Niederhoffer, Maud Casey, and Will Allison
Shepard, Jim
King, Owen
Bock, Charles
Lopate, Philip
Hoffman, Richard
Millet, Lydia
Amend, Allison
Richter, Stacey
Bernard, April
Grossman, Lev
Albert, Elisa
Sleigh, Tom
Park, Ed
Rich, Nathaniel
Strand, Mark
Shepard, Karen
Gerstler, Amy
Hood, Ann
Albee, Edward
Crosley, Sloane
Komunyakaa, Yusef
Furst, Joshua
Robinson, Roxana
Livesey, Margot
Dahlie, Michael
Wallace, Daniel
Bang, Mary Jo
Strauss, Darin
Ryan, Michael
Pritchard, Melissa
Lynn, Allison
Means, David
Niederhoffer, Galt
Casey, Maud
Allison, Will
Post Road Magazine
No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine
Conversations with Jonathan Lethem
Manuscript — Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Manuscript — American Kaleidoscope: A Memoir by JDC
Literary Journey
Poor Man's Gatsby: A Memoir
Winter 2009 Paris Review featuring Newtonville Books First Editions ad
Newtonville Books
Playbill for “American Idiot” at St. James Theatre in NYC; including tickets for May 27 performance; also, copy of ticket for May 28 performance of “Glee” at Radio City Music Hall.
Misc Adventures
Publishers Weekly
Newtonville Books
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – Sections for novel version of A Complete Gentleman. Annotated by Amy Hempel.
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – Bennington – January 1996 residency workshop – “This Way Is Over.” (Rewrite of “Monthly Payments.”) Short story. Typed, pgs 1-17. Annotated by Amy Hempel.
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Manuscript – Bennington – “Renters.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-18. Annotated by Amy Hempel. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Chelsea Magazine
College Writing
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “My Literary Apprenticeship.” Essay. Typed, pgs 1-20. Annotated by Amy Hempel.
Hempel, Amy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World by Donald Antrim.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Typical by Padgett Powell.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Ice at the Bottom of the World by Mark Richard.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “An Amateur’s Guide to Night by Mary Robison.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – On Sharon Olds’s poetry.
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Orbit from The Spectacle of the Body by Noy Holland.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – On Steps by Jerzy Kosinski, Speedboat by Renata Adler, and Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ray by Barry Hannah.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “My Hard Bargain by Walter Kirn.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – June 1996 Workshop. “Renters.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-15. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Manuscript – June 1996 Workshop. “Renters.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-15. Annotated by Maria Flook. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Flook, Maria
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “Signaling.” (Rewrite of “Renters.”) Short story. Typed, pgs 1-16. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Bennington College
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Stardust, 7-Eleven, Route 57, A&W, And So Forth by Patricia Lear.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons.”
Bennington College
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.”
Bennington College
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Into the Great Wide Open by Kevin Canty.”
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – “Lights, Camera, Darkness.” (Later titles: “Screen Test” + “This, Too Stars You”) Short story. Typed, pgs 1-13. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Andrew Turnball.”
Bennington College
Letter dated October 22, 1996 from the Mississippi Review accepting “We’re So Famous” for publication. (+)
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
Manuscript – Bennington – “Ex-Urbana.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-17. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Rock Springs by Richard Ford.”
Bennington College
Stoneboy Press
Manuscript – Bennington – “What You’ll Find When the Tide Comes In.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Manuscript – Bennington – “We’re So Famous.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-7. Annotated by Betsy Cox. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
We're So Famous: A Novel
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
October 24, 1996 contract with the Mississippi Review for the publication of “We’re So Famous”
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Morvern Callar by Alan Warner.”
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
Stoneboy Press
We're So Famous: A Novel
October 31, 1996 letter from the Mississippi Review with page proofs for “We’re So Famous”
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, edited by JDC.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Manuscript – Bennington – JDC Graduate Lecture. w/letter from Bret Easton Ellis.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Bennington – Final thesis (Standard Deviation) review by Betsy Cox
Cox, Betsy
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Standard Deviation
Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, edited by BEE.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Bennington – Final thesis (Standard Deviation) second review by Bob Shacochis
Shacochis, Bob
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Standard Deviation
Robison, Mary
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
The Mississippi Review
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
Manuscript – Bennington – JDC Graduate Lecture. Annotated by Amy Hempel.
Hempel, Amy
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Apprentice Writing
Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, conducted in NYC in November 1996. Two microcassette tapes and transcript of interview.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College
New York City
Literary Journey
AGNI Magazine
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
New York City
Literary Journey
Flook, Maria
Pushcart Prize
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Bennington College
Correspondence – Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy
Correspondence – Douglas Bauer
Bauer, Douglas
Correspondence – Maria Flook
Flook, Maria
Correspondence – Frederick Barthelme
Barthelme, Frederick
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bennington College
Literary Journey
Bennington College
Correspondence – Charles Bock
Bock, Charles
Manuscript – Bennington – Final version of JDC graduate lecture. Typed, pgs 1-16.
Bennington College
Correspondence – Pete Hausler (+)
Hausler, Pete
New York City
Literary Journey
Proposed table of contents for A Complete Gentleman (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – A Complete Gentleman. Novel. First draft. Typed, pgs 1-136. Annotated by Bret Easton Ellis. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
Ellis, Bret Easton
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – A Complete Gentleman. Novel. Second draft. Typed, pgs 1-126. Annotated by Bret Easton Ellis. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
Ellis, Bret Easton
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – “Wagering.” Short Story. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
Manuscript – A Complete Gentleman. Novel. Final draft. Typed, pgs 1-175. Annotated by JDC. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – undated draft of A Complete Gentleman. Novel. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Harold Ober Associates
New York City
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O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
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O the Places I've Lived!
Sept: Astoria, Queens
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
McKnight, Reginald
Rector, Liam
Cox, Betsy
Hempel, Amy
Melnyczuk, Askold
Bennington College
New York City
Correspondence – Rick Moody
Moody, Rick
KGB Bar
Ryan, David
New York City
Literary Journey
KGB Bar
New York City
KGB Bar
Ryan, David
New York City
Literary Journey
KGB Bar
Correspondence – Douglas Bauer
Bauer, Douglas
Correspondence – Charles Bock
Bock, Charles
Correspondence – Maria Flook
Flook, Maria