Gene Gregorits

Justin Gene Gregorits (born November 5, 1976) is an American writer, editor, publisher, and convicted sex offender. He founded and published Sex & Guts Magazine, an independent arts and culture journal, that ran from 1997 to 2004. Subsequent works include Johnny Behind The Deuce, Sex & Guts Anthology, Sex & Guts 4, Midnight Mavericks, Dog Days: Volume One, Dog Days: Volume Two, Hatchet Job: The Gene Gregorits Reader, and Fishhook. Gregorits' most recent works have been described as having running themes of poverty, sexual deviance, trauma, mental illness, violence, multi-substance abuse and death.^[1] He has said that early influences on his writing included Charles Bukowski and Louis-Ferdinand Céline^[2]

Bibliography

Sex and Guts 4(2002)
Midnight Mavericks: Reports From The Underground (2007)
HATCHET JOB: The Gene Gregorits Reader (2012)
Dog Days: Volume One (2012)
Dog Days: Volume Two (2013)
Johnny Behind The Deuce (2013)
Sex and Guts Anthology (2013)
Dog Days Omnibus (2013)
Fishook Volume One (2013)
The Portland Eight Mile (2014)
Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File (2014)
The Portable Gene Gregorits (2014)
Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Untold Story (2014)
Intra-Coastal: One Year On St Pete Beach (Volume One) (2014)
Stretch Marks (2015)
Meet Me Down The Alley (2016)
Bigger Than Life at the Edge of the City (2017)
SPOOK: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume One (2019)
Teenage Lust: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Two (2021)
Northern Soul: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Three (2023)
The Night: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Four (2023)

As a contributing writer

Chelsea Hotel Manhattan: A Raw Eulogy To A New York Icon (2008)^[3]
Antique Children: A Mischievous Literary Arts Journal (2010)
Analysing David Peace (Katy Shaw, editor. Cambridge Scholars Publishing) (2011)^[4]

Film work

Born To Lose: The Last Rock'n'Roll Movie (Lech Kowalski, 1999) (graphic designer, promotion)
Ronni Lee (Ron Athey, 2000) (lead actor)
Blank Generation (Celine Dahnier, 2006) (actor)
The Sand Trap (Casey Fischer, 2012) (subject)
The Second Coming (Richard Wolstencroft, 2014) (lead actor)^[5]^[6]

In popular culture

In 2013, Gregorits gained some widespread notoriety after he cut part of his own ear off with a razor blade and ate the severed lobe, while filming the event.

References

^ "Melbourne Underground Film Festival – MUFF 13". Muff.com.au. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ Carver, Lisa (January 27, 2013). "He's Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits | VICE Canada". Vice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ Alyse (August 20, 2008). "Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose". Blogcritics. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Ms.P Chats It Up With Author Gene Gregorits 12/19 by The NTuned Show | Books Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
^ "The Second Coming (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.

External links

[1] "Melbourne Underground Film Festival – MUFF 13". Muff.com.au. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[2] Carver, Lisa (January 27, 2013). "He's Not Dead Yet? Life with Gene Gregorits | VICE Canada". Vice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[3] Alyse (August 20, 2008). "Book Review: Chelsea Hotel Manhattan by Joe Ambrose". Blogcritics. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Ms.P Chats It Up With Author Gene Gregorits 12/19 by The NTuned Show | Books Podcasts". Blogtalkradio.com. December 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

[6] "The Second Coming (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.

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