Jamie Iredell (born August 10, 1976) is an American writer.
| Jamie Iredell | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1976-08-10) August 10, 1976 (age 48) 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
Iredell grew up in Castroville, California, and attended North Monterey County High School.
Career
Iredell's writing has been positively reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Brooklyn Rail.
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."
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.”
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.”
Los Angeles Magazine listed Last Mass among "6 Books You Need to Read this August" 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."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has called his writing "wildly imaginative". His 2018 novel The Fat Kid drew comparison to Cormac McCarthy.
In addition to writing, he teaches college literature and creative writing.
Bibliography
- 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
- "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.