Jamie Iredell (born August 10, 1976) is an American writer.
Jamie Iredell | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 10, 1976 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Alma mater | North Monterey County High School |
| Genres | Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| Notable works | Last Mass |
Early life
editIredell grew up in Castroville, California,[1] and attended North Monterey County High School.
Career
editIredell's writing has been positively reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[2] and The Brooklyn Rail.[3]
Writing in 2010, the Quarterly Conversation said of Prose, Poems, a Novel that "The title of the collection serves as a bold declaration of war on the boundaries of genre. Iredell is not flouting the rules of genre, though. Instead, Iredell weaves his three titular genres together into a form that is all its own, containing elements of each."[4]
Nailed Magazine wrote of The Book of Freaks in 2011, that “Iredell has produced an absolute masterpiece of the absurd and surreal – a faux-encyclopedia that contains pieces of everything and everyone you have ever encountered in your life.”[5]
In 2014, Publishers Weekly noted of I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac, that it is “An entertaining and insightful collection often interested in the messy and difficult aspects of life.”[6]
Los Angeles Magazine listed Last Mass among "6 Books You Need to Read this August"[7] in 2015. Also, in 2015, Slate wrote about Last Mass as “An exemplary work of creative nonfiction in the vein of Maggie Nelson’s Argonauts."[8]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has called his writing "wildly imaginative".[9] His 2018 novel The Fat Kid drew comparison to Cormac McCarthy.[10]
In addition to writing, he teaches college literature and creative writing.[11][12][13]
Bibliography
edit- Prose, Poems, a Novel (Orange Alert Press, 2009) ISBN 978-0981748122.
- The Book of Freaks (Future Tense Books, 2010) ISBN 978-1892061393.
- I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac (Future Tense Books, 2011) ISBN 978-1892061461.
- Last Mass (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2015) ISBN 978-1937865429.
- The Fat Kid (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018) ISBN 978-1948700085.
References
edit- ^ "Jamie Iredell". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
- ^ Tray Butler, For the AJC. "Jamie Iredell weighs in on body issues, substance abuse in essay collection". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
- ^ Sheehy, Hugh (May 1, 2019). "The Fat Kid by Jamie Iredell". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
- ^ "Drugs, Alcohol, and Poetry: Prose. Poems. A novel. By Jamie Iredell » Quarterly Conversation".
- ^ "The Book of Freaks Book Review | Jamie Iredell, Book of Freaks: in Review | Smalldoggies Magazine Nailed Magazine". Nailedmagazine.com. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac by Jamie Iredell. Future Tense (www.futuretensebooks.com), $12 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-892061-46-1". Publishersweekly.com. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ Harl, Thomas; er (2015-08-07). "6 Books You Need to Read This August". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ "Underrated books of 2015: Overlooked novels, collections, and nonfiction of the year". Slate. Slate.com. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ Jeff Calder, For Cox Newspapers. "Modern-day sci-fi western a study in nihilism". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
- ^ Sheehy, Hugh (May 1, 2019). "The Fat Kid by Jamie Iredell". The Brooklyn Rail.
- ^ "Poetry Readings - Jamie Iredell and Josh Russell". SCAD.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ "Oglethorpe in the news: Oct 12-18". The Source. Oct 18, 2018. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
- ^ "Jamie Iredell". Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.