Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels:
--We’re So Famous, (the first and worst review + actor Malcolm McDowell's hilarious reaction to review + praise for + original American cover + British cover + galley cover for 15th anniversary reissue)
--Vernon Downs, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper + alternate trailer + original cover),
--World Gone Water, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Thora Birch + original cover)
--Garden Lakes, (praise for + book trailer narrated by the author + original cover)
and the memoirs:
-- Poor Man’s Gatsby (praise for) published as Bookmarked: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in IG Publishing’s Bookmarked series
--Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle, which is the basis for his microcast, Typical (Anthony Michael Hall promo), available on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Google, and elsewhere.
His Charlie Martens trilogy–Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes–is published in an omnibus by Roundabout Press to celebrate the story collection Minor Characters, (ToC), featuring original stories about the minor characters in the trilogy by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday. The collection features a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg.
Clarke is also the editor of The Last Novel Ever Published, as well as the anthologies Don’t You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton), (ToC) and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.
Under the pseudonym J.D. West, he is the author of the Golden Age detective novel, The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery. (Harold Ober with his wife and Scottie Fitzgerald)
He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston. (Newtonville Books’s 20th anniversary video) (Anniversary video by Mona Awad and Kenneth Calhoun) (Newtonville Books video: “Where do you hold your events?”)
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Article from Rapid City, S.D. newsmagazine re Miss Kephart’s 5th grade class trip to the courthouse; including photo (+)
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Early Writing
U.S. Senator Larry Pressler’s newsletter dated December 1983 re article about visiting Mrs. Degner’s 6th grade class + Rapid City Journal article
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Pressler, Larry
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Early Writing
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Adolescence
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Pete’s Fish and Chips menu + JDC food handler’s card (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Misc. re: Fowler 8th grade trip to Disneyland, including order sheet for Tom Wat products sold to earn money for trip. (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phantasm lyrics for original songs: ‘Too Hot to Handle”; “(You Shoot ‘Em) One by One”; “Close Your Eyes”; “I Can’t Get Over You”; “Touch Me”; “Will You Think of Me?”; “You Want It…You Got It”; “Fade Away”; “When She Says No”; “Painless” (+)
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
Adolescence
Early Writing
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Adolescence
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Misc re: Eric Hamelin concert at Tolleson Union High School organized as a sophomore class fundraiser by JDC: program + Hamelin press + JDC admin
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Hamelin, Eric (Liberace’s protégé)
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Concert ticket: U2 at Sun Devil Stadium, Sat, Dec 19 & Sun, Dec 20, filming for Rattle and Hum documentary (+)
Phoenix, AZ
U2
Adolescence
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis incl cover for Less Than Zero; New York Magazine article on by Elizabeth Wurtzel; Vanity Fair profile of Judd Nelson by; Newsweek review of The Rules of Attraction by David Lehman.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Program for Sunday Service at North Phoenix Baptist Church re: Alice Cooper’s daughter’s baptism (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Cooper, Alice
Adolescence
Ellis, Bret Easton
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Mormon dance guest pass for Jaime Clarke
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Correspondence re volunteering at Children’s Crisis Nursery to fulfill Christian Service requirement at Brophy College Preparatory
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Winners Circle.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-13.
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Manuscript – “Runaround.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-4.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “A Girl and Her Dog.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-6.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Full Circle.” Novel. Typed, pgs 1-17.
Early Writing
Early Writing
O the Places I've Lived!
(Fall): 1230 E. Spence Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Manuscript – “Pied Piper of Hate.” Television spec script for 21 Jump Street. First draft dated March 8, 1990. Typed, pgs 1-22.
Early Writing
Correspondence – Stuart M. Kaminsky re JDC spec script for 21 Jump Street
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Early Writing
Misc. re: Bret Easton Ellis incl Publishers Weekly editorial titled “Publisher Responsibility and Bret Easton Ellis” + Publishers Weekly coverage + Newsweek article titled “The Killing of a Gory Novel” + Time Magazine article titled “A Revolting Development” + article by Carol Iannone titled “PC & the Ellis Affair” + Time Magazine short titled, “Sherman McCoy, Where Are You?” + New York Magazine article titled “Psycho Drama” + author bio from Contemporary Authors + Rolling Stone article by BEE re Bennington.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Publishers Weekly
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Spring: 830 W. 5th Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
June: 4236 N. 103rd Ave, #7, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Summer + Fall: 4236 N. 103rd Ave., #67, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Arizona State University
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis including color copy of American Psycho cover + Rolling Stone article about American Psycho + Newsweek article titled “Confessions of a Serial Killer” + Vanity Fair article titled “Children of the Pied Piper” by Norman Mailer + Publishers Weekly article re Vintage edition of American Psycho + New York Times Book Review review of American Psycho by Roger Rosenblatt titled “Snuff This Book! Will Bret Easton Ellis Get Away With Murder?”
Ellis, Bret Easton
O the Places I've Lived!
Correspondence – Liam Rector
Rector, Liam
Time Out New York listing for Nov 8 KGB Reading with David Ryan
KGB Bar
Ryan, David
New York City
Literary Journey
KGB Bar
Addendum to interview with Bret Easton Ellis – Transcript and BEE’s Notes; includes audiotape of interview.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Correspondence – Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy
Hausler, Pete
New York City
Ellis, Bret Easton
Manuscript – “The Vegetable King.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-14. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.) (Retitled: “The Flat Earth”)
Literary Journey
Pushcart Prize
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
Manuscript – “Knollwood.” Short story. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Literary Journey
Bingham, Robert
Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis
Ellis, Bret Easton
Literary Journey
Bennington College
Bennington College
Literary Journey
Manuscript – “The Loan.” Unfinished short story. Handwritten. One page.
Literary Journey
Manuscript – “I Guess This Is Goodbye, Then.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-17. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Literary Journey
Manuscript – “Kink.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-19.
Literary Journey
Ellis, Bret Easton
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Harold Ober Associates
New York City
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Misc. related to Bennington alum writing retreat at Davis Alumni House with David Ryan, Mike Rosovsky, Susan Breen, and Rebecca Boyd (Aug 9-Aug 13).
Rosovsky, Michael
Ryan, David
Boyd, Rebecca
Breen, Susan
Bennington College
Harold Ober Associates
New York City
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
Jan-June 311 W. 6th Ave, NYC
O the Places I've Lived!
July: 25 Jay St., Brooklyn
O the Places I've Lived!
New York City
Ames, Jonathan
New York City
Correspondence – Liam Rector
Rector, Liam
Correspondence – Douglas Bauer
Bauer, Douglas
Correspondence – Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy
Correspondence – Charles Bock
Bock, Charles
Misc Adventures
Misc Adventures
Correspondence re the publication of “The Serial Lover” in AGNI. Includes contract dated September 24, 1998 and July 1999 cover letter with galleys.
AGNI Magazine
Melnyczuk, Askold
Literary Journey
Barthelme, Frederick
Rosovsky, Michael
Bock, Charles
Ryan, David
Boyd, Rebecca
The Mississippi Review
Literary Journey
Harold Ober Associates profit sharing documents
Harold Ober Associates
New York City
Correspondence re the all-interview issue of The Mississippi Review edited by JDC. Includes drafts of interviews with Bret Easton Ellis, Rick Bass, Mary Gaitskill, Tim Gautreaux, Thom Jones, Rick Moody, and Padgett Powell.
Barthelme, Frederick
Rosovsky, Michael
Bock, Charles
Ryan, David
Boyd, Rebecca
The Mississippi Review
Literary Journey
Manuscript – “Salt Lake City” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-12.
Literary Journey
Invitation to Thomas C. Wallace‘s Halloween party at the Century Club
New York City
AGNI 50 featuring “The Serial Lover” by JDC. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
AGNI Magazine
Melnyczuk, Askold
Literary Journey
Correspondence re the publication of “Lindy” in the 1999 Mississippi Review Prize Issue. Includes contract dated November 23, 1999 and November 1999 galleys.
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Literary Journey
Bennington College
Correspondence re the publication of “Screen Test” (formerly “Sacrifice”) in Black Dirt. Includes contract dated April 1999 and November 1999 galleys.
Black Dirt Magazine
Literary Journey
The Mississippi Review Prize Issue featuring “Lindy” by JDC (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Barthelme, Frederick
The Mississippi Review
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
Literary Journey
World Gone Water: A Novel
Standard Deviation
Literary Journey
We’re So Famous – Draft and research material for novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
Harold Ober Associates
We're So Famous: A Novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
Harold Ober Associates
Harold Ober Associates
Post Road Magazine
Apr: 311 W. 6th Ave, NYC
O the Places I've Lived!
Sept: 245 E. 80th St., NYC
O the Places I've Lived!
Dec: 245 E. 80th St., NYC
O the Places I've Lived!
KGB Bar
The Mississippi Review
New York City
Literary Journey
KGB Bar
Ames, Jonathan
New York City
Flyer and Invitation for “Starbound New Writers Night” at Russian Samovar- March 7, 2000 reading with David Ryan. Hosted by Fiona Maazel + Nicole Krauss
Ryan, David
Maazel, Fiona
New York City
Literary Journey
Standard Deviation
New York City
Literary Journey
Time Out New York listing for April 9, 2000 “Mississippi Review Night” reading at KGB with David Ryan
KGB Bar
Ryan, David
New York City
Literary Journey
The Mississippi Review
KGB Bar
New York City
Standard Deviation
New York City
Literary Journey
We're So Famous: A Novel
New York City
New York City
We're So Famous: A Novel
New York City
Standard Deviation
New York City
Literary Journey
Galapagos postcard advertising “Standard Deviation Night” – October 25, 2000
Standard Deviation
New York City
Literary Journey
New York City
Shout Magazine
New York City
Post Road Magazine
We're So Famous: A Novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – JDC author photo
We're So Famous: A Novel
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Correspondence with Claire McKinney re publicity for We’re So Famous
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Loose galleys for We’re So Famous
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Correspondence with Panagiotis Gianopoulos re We’re So Famous
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Loose galleys for We’re So Famous, corrected by JDC.
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Contract for We’re So Famous
We're So Famous: A Novel
Correspondence – Douglas Bauer
Bauer, Douglas
Correspondence – Amy Hempel
Hempel, Amy