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(with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.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?”)
Correspondence with Webster Younce re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Bennington College
Literary Journey
Correspondence re engagement to Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Correspondence with Panio Gianopoulos re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
New York Newsday article entitled “Critical Mass” featuring quote from JDC
Publishers Weekly
We're So Famous: A Novel
Correspondence with James Schiff at Time Warner Books re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Manuscript – proposal for an oral history of the films of John Hughes; includes declining letter from Ryan Harbage at Simon & Schuster
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Correspondence with Coates Bateman re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence and proofs from Hobart Magazine re “This, Too, Stars You” by JDC, edited by Ryan Boudinot. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Hobart Magazine
Boudinot, Ryan
Literary Journey
Correspondence with Elizabeth Sheinkman re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange re closing Post Road’s NYC address at 853 Broadway in favor of POB 400951 in Cambridge, MA
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Lizard Watch, newsletter of Newtonville Books, announcing release of Post Road 7
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with various editors re auction of JDC memoir O What Fun We’ll Have! O the Times!
Literary Journey
Poor Man's Gatsby: A Memoir
Post Road Magazine – Email from Sean Dessureau re postroadmag.com being a finalist for the 2004 Web Awards at South by Southwest
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with New York agents re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Boudinot, Ryan
Hobart Magazine
Literary Journey
Post Road Magazine – Email to editors re Ricco Siasoco leaving Post Road as web editor
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Ingram Periodicals re Post Road distribution
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Grub Street re Post Road and GS partnering for a fiction prize
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Alden Jones and Josephine Bergin re the history of the Etcetera Section
Jones, Alden
Bergin, Josephine
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with Hollywood agents re We’re So Famous screenplay
We're So Famous: A Novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
Post Road Magazine – Lizard Watch, newsletter of Newtonville Books, announcing the publication of Post Road 8
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to editors announcing Mary Cotton’s ascension as Publisher and President of the Board with JDC as VP of the Board and switching from Etcetera section to Recommendation section
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Mary Cotton to editors re upcoming events at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and at The Loft in Minneapolis
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Alden Jones re the publication of poems originating in Iran against the U.S. embargo against publication of work from embargoed countries
Jones, Alden
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Hignell re the dissolution of Post Road’s relationship with Hignell after Post Road 8.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Devon Sprague re joining Post Road as a Recommendations editor
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange re having Google AdSense on Post Road website
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with fiction and poetry editors re management of the Post Road slushpile
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Heather Fisher re copyediting Post Road
Fisher, Heather
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Mary Cotton to Post Road editors re the contents of Post Road 9
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Edwards Brothers printers re printing Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Copyright discussion via email with Margot Schlipp from Quarterly West, Rie Fortenberry from The Mississippi Review, Elissa Schappell at Tin House, Brigid Hughes at The Paris Review, Rebecca Wolff at Fence, and Joanna Yas at Open City re copyediting procedures
The Mississippi Review
Schappell, Elissa
Hughes, Brigid
Wolff, Rebecca
Yas, Joanna
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Pro Bono invoiced from Testa, Hurwitz, and Thibeault re Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Associated Writing Program conference in Chicago, including: AWP conference bulletin, work schedule for Post Road table, email to Josephine Bergin re signage for Post Road table, and registration forms
Bergin, Josephine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email announcement from Victoria Clausi to the Bennington community re the release party for Post Road 9 on Sat, Dec 4 at The Attic Bar in Newton Centre
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Victoria Clausi re Post Road at the MFA program’s 10th anniversary residency
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Susan Breen, Mary Cotton, and Jennifer Lawson, Esq at Testa, Hurwitz, and Thibeault re the use of copyrights held by the Walt Disney Company by an artist in the art section for Post Road 9.
Cotton, Mary
Breen, Susan
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to editors re IRS’s approval of Post Road’s nonprofit status; incl email exchange with Testa, Hurwitz, and Thibeault.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Eric Tyrone McLeod re a request to reprint “Selling Out: Consumer Culture and Commodification of the Male Body” from Post Road in a St. Martin’s Press textbook
McLeod, Eric Tyrone
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Testa, Hurwitz, and Thibeault re trademarking Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Copy of IRS letter granting Post Road nonprofit status
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown re a Post Road party at FAWC on July 24; incl correspondence with party sponsors Triple 8 Distillery and Brooklyn Brewery.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Mary Cotton email to Post Road editors with a recap of AWP in Chicago + email to Post Road editors re Post Road’s registration for AWP 2005 in Vancouver
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Rector, Liam
Post Road Magazine
June: Alden, NY
O the Places I've Lived!
Bananarama interview with Attitude Magazine with JDC mention
We're So Famous: A Novel
Ellis, Bret Easton
Publishers Weekly
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Literary Journey
Invitation to book party for Misfortune: A Novel by Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding)
Stace, Wesley (aka John Wesley Harding)
Bennington College
Manuscript – Vernon Downs – novel, pgs 1-130. First draft. Annotated by Mary Cotton.
Cotton, Mary
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with Richard Eoin Nash at Softskull Press re A Complete Gentleman. (Published in 2015 as World Gone Water.)
World Gone Water: A Novel
Ellis, Bret Easton
Newtonville Books
Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis, Bret Easton
Misc Adventures
Cotton, Mary
Bennington College
Post Road Magazine
Itinerary and directions for Clarke/Cotton honeymoon through Canada to Nova Scotia, July 25-Aug 4
Cotton, Mary
Correspondence – Tom Perrotta re Best American Short Stories
Perrotta, Tom
Post Road Magazine
Misc Adventures
Manuscript – “The Oswald Sightings” – Short story. Handwritten draft, pages 1-41. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Literary Journey
Article from Gawker.com re Vernon Downs titled “Bret Easton Ellis: When Does Stalking Become Art?” dated May 17, 2005 (+)
Ellis, Bret Easton
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Correspondence – Kelly Thomas at Mockingbird Pictures re We’re So Famous
Spicer, Nick
We're So Famous: A Novel
Ellis, Bret Easton
2006 Novel and Short Story Writers Market featuring interview with JDC and Mary Cotton for article titled “The Lowdown on Low-Residency MFA Programs.”
Cotton, Mary
Literary Journey
Various correspondence re untitled John Hughes anthology – Simon & Schuster
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Correspondence – Karen Braziller at Persea Books re Garden Lakes
Braziller, Karen
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Declining letter from A Public Space re Vernon Downs (novella)
Vernon Downs: A Novel
JDC contract with Emerson College dated 12.01.05 re teaching Advanced Fiction (WP311E) and Advanced Personal Essay (WP316), Spring 2006
Emerson College
Correspondence with Tamar Brazis at Abrams Books re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Vox Pop generated uncorrected galley of Vernon Downs by JDC (+)
Vernon Downs: A Novel
Literary Journey
Correspondence with Constance McCashin re We’re So Famous screenplay
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bennington College
JDC contract with Emerson College dated 07.01.05 to teach Intro to Fiction, Fall 2005
Emerson College
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Wylie Agency re “Twenty Questions with David Mamet“; incl copy of Mar 28 contract
Mamet, David
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Confidential solicitations to potential institutional homes for Post Road: University of Arizona Poetry Center, Alan Davis at New Rivers Press at Minnesota State University, Gotham Writers’ Workshop in NYC, Liam Rector and Victoria Clausi at Bennington College, and Steven Cramer at Lesley University
Post Road Magazine
University of Arizona
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Victoria Clausi and Liam Rector re various Post Road listings in Bennington MFA program newsletters
Rector, Liam
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with JT Leroy re a recommendation for Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road Ambassadorship Program in Los Angeles, Miami, Toronto, Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle incl listing from Willamette Week for Portland Post Road party
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re adding Lissa Warren and Nicolette Nicola as poetry editors
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email exchange with Kathy Lasker re quote for printing Post Road on demand
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email exchange with Ingram Periodicals re creating Post Road Books
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Steven Cramer at Lesley University re a partnership with Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re finding a new copyeditor
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re trademarking Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re release parties for Post Road 10: Sat, Apr 30 at Middlesex Lounge in Boston and Thu, May 26 at KGB Bar in NYC; incl Boston Globe mention of Middlesex Lounge party.
KGB Bar
Post Road Magazine
KGB Bar
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road raffling off manuscript evaluations by Robert Pinsky, Amy Hempel and Sven Birkerts; incl copy of May/June 2005 issue of Poets & Writers featuring classified ad for raffle
Birkerts, Sven
Hempel, Amy
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Middlesex Lounge re Post Road reading series
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Mary Cotton letter to Neal Pollack asking him and his band to perform at the Post Road party at AWP Austin March 8-11, 2006; incl NP response.
Cotton, Mary
Pollack, Neal
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Various permissions requests to reprint “Selling Out: Consumer Culture and Commodification of the Male Body” by Eric Tyrone McLeod from University Missouri-Columbia and Boston College
McLeod, Eric Tyrone
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to Tim Bell at the University of Arizona Poetry Center re organizing the Post Road archives warehoused at the Poetry Center while in Tucson
Post Road Magazine
University of Arizona
Post Road Magazine – Program for May 14-15 Muse and the Marketplace, hosted by Grub Street, including Post Road table sign and copy of Grub Street’s Free Press
Post Road Magazine
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
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