Jaime Clarke
| Jaime Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 15, 1971 Kalispell, Montana |
| Occupation | Novelist, Editor |
| Genre | Fiction and Non-fiction |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
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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]
Out of high school, Clarke worked as a runner for financier Charles Keating. He then earned degrees at the University of Arizona and Bennington College before moving to New York City, where he worked at the Harold Ober Associates literary agency.[2]
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