Davis Schneiderman

Davis Schneiderman (born 1974) is an American writer and academic, known for the unusual packaging of his novels. He is a professor of English at Lake Forest College in Illinois.

Biography

Schneiderman earned a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University (1996), an M.A. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) from Binghamton University. In 2001 he became a professor of English at Lake Forest College, and is currently the Chair of the American Studies Program.[1] Schneiderman also co-directs the Lake Forest Literary Festival, the On the Run lecture series, and was recently named Director of the Lake Forest College Press / &NOW Books. He currently serves as a national board member of the &NOW organization and edits their biennial anthology, The &NOW AWARDS: The Best Innovative Writing. Schneiderman also serves as Director of the NEH-funded Virtual Burnham Initiative, a project to create 3-D models of the 1909 Plan of Chicago.[2]

Works

Writing about his novel Drain, reviewer Renée E. D'Aoust praised the way Schneiderman "conjures images within images" and called the book "creepy and bloody effective".[3]

Schneiderman's work has garnered notice for its unusual packaging, as well as for its writing. He bound his first book Multifesto in sandpaper to purposely damage the books next to it.[4] Another of his books was encased in plaster.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

Edited Collections

Audiocollage

E-Books

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Multimedia artist, writer promotes work in unusual ways". Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. "LFC, others creating 3-D 'Plan of Chicago'". Lake Forester. June 26, 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. D'Aoust, Renée E (April 1, 2011), "Drain: a Novel", The Review of Contemporary Fiction, (subscription required (help)).
  4. "Prairie Lights brings in four Chicago authors to read tonight". Daily Iowan. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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