Jaime Clarke
| Jaime Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 15, 1971 Kalispell, Montana |
| Occupation | Novelist, Editor |
| Genre | Fiction and Non-fiction |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
| Website | |
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Jaime Clarke (born 1971) is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal Post Road Magazine[1] and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.
Biography
Clarke was born in Kalispell, MT, but grew up in Phoenix, AZ, attending Brophy College Preparatory and Arizona State University before graduating with a creative writing degree from the University of Arizona.[2] He also holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College.[3]
While living in Phoenix, Clarke worked for financier Charles Keating. After graduating from Bennington College, he moved to New York City, where he worked for Harold Ober Associates,[2] one of the oldest literary agencies in the country, whose clients include F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger, Agatha Christie, James M. Cain, William Faulkner, and many others.
Clarke has taught creative writing at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and Emerson College.
Bibliography
Novels [3]
- We’re So Famous, Bloomsbury USA, 2001
- Vernon Downs, Roundabout Press, 2014
- World Gone Water, Bloomsbury, 2015
- Garden Lakes, Bloomsbury, 2016
Short Fiction
- AGNI Online: “The Serial Lover”
- Atticus Review: “Carl, Inc.”
- Mississippi Review: "We're So Famous"
- Mississippi Review: “Lindy"
Essays and Interviews
- Publishers Weekly: "GalleyTalk: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff"
- Atticus Books Online: "Newtonville Books: An Indie Determined to Succeed"
- Huffington Post: "The Writing on the Wall for Independents"
- Ploughshares: "On Mark Conway"
- Mount Hope Magazine: "The Bookseller’s Art"
- Mississippi Review: "Interview with Bret Easton Ellis"
- Post Road Magazine: “Desperately Seeking Pacino”
As Editor [3]
- Don’t You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, Simon & Schuster, 2007
- Conversations with Jonathan Lethem, University Press of Mississippi, 2011
- No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine, Dzanc, 2011 (with Mary Cotton)
- Boston Noir 2: The Classics, Akashic, 2012 (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton)
- Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers, PFP Publishing, 2013
References
- ↑ http://www.postroadmag.com/mast/
- 1 2 Brian Smith (25 August 2006). "Almost Famous". phoenixnewtimes.com.
- 1 2 3 http://www.bennington.edu/docs/default-source/docs-writing-seminars/writing-seminars-alumni-booklist.pdf