Ian Frazier bibliography

A list of the published works of Ian Frazier, American writer.

Books

Humor

• Frazier, Ian (1986). Dating your mom. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (1996). Coyote v. Acme.
• — (2000). Lamentations of the father. Original version. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press.
• — (2008). Lamentations of the father. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2010). Humor me : an anthology of funny contemporary writing (plus some great old stuff, too). Ecco.
• — (2012). The cursing mommy's book of days . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2021). Cranial fracking. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Non-fiction

• Frazier, Ian (1987). Nobody better, better than nobody . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (1989). Great Plains. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (1994). Family . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2000). On the rez . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2002). The fish's eye : essays about angling and the outdoors . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2005). Gone to New York : adventures in the city .
• — (2010). Travels in Siberia. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2016). Hogs Wild : Selected Reporting Pieces.
• — (2024). Paradise Bronx : The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough.

Translations

• Kharms, Daniil (1998). It happened like this : stories and poems. Translated by Ian Frazier; pictures by Katya Arnold.

Essays and reporting

• Frazier, Ian (February 26, 1990). "Coyote v. Acme". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. ^[1]
• — (December 8, 2008). "The rap". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 84 (40): 72–81. ^[2]
• — (August 3, 2009). "Travels in Siberia – I : the ultimate road trip". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker: 36–49.
• — (September 20, 2010). "Parade of the night". Talk of the Town. Dept. of Hoopla. The New Yorker. 86 (28): 48, 50. ^[3]
• — (November 7, 2011). "History Lesson". The Talk of the Town. Archive Dept. The New Yorker. 87 (35): 28.
• — (November 7, 2011). "Messages from Dr. Abravenel". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 87 (35): 38–39.
• — (January 2, 2012). "99% Chance". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 87 (42): 37.
• — (January 16, 2012). "Knights vs. Cyclones". The Talk of the Town. Matchup. The New Yorker. 87 (44): 20–21.
• — (January 30, 2012). "Evening Urgant". The Talk of the Town. Visiting Dignitary. The New Yorker. 87 (46): 18–19. Russian TV host Ivan Urgant.
• — (February 11–18, 2013). "The Toll". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 89 (1): 38–44. Hurricane Sandy and Staten Island.
• — (February 25, 2013). "Disclos'd". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 89 (2): 36–37.
• — (March 4, 2013). "Tree person". The Talk of the Town. Ink. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 20–21.
• — (March 25, 2013). "Bare earth". The Talk of the Town. Last Rites. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 43.
• — (July 8–15, 2013). "School's out". The Talk of the Town. Up Life's Ladder. The New Yorker. 89 (20): 28, 30.
• — (September 30, 2013). "Community guns". The Talk of the Town. Red Hook Postcard. The New Yorker. 89 (30): 22–23.
• — (October 28, 2013). "Hidden city : New York has more homeless than it has in decades. What should the next mayor do?". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 89 (34): 38–49.
• — (December 23–30, 2013). "The Mountain". The Talk of the Town. Snowy Day Dept. The New Yorker. 89 (42): 38, 43. Salt stockpiles, Staten Island.
• — (March 24, 2014). "On Texas". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 90 (5): 47.
• — (April 14, 2014). "Bus ride". The Talk of the Town. Here to There. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 22–23.
• — (April 14, 2014). "Blue bloods : the horseshoe crab is half-a-billion years old, but its existence may be threatened". Annals of Conservation. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 52–61.
• — (June 2, 2014). "Buildings and books". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 23–24.
• — (June 2, 2014). "Do not cross". The Talk of the Town. Streetscape. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 26–27.
• — (July 28, 2014). "Deniers". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 90 (21): 30.
• — (September 1, 2014). "Only you". The Talk of the Town. Where There's Smoke. The New Yorker. 90 (25): 22.
• — (February 16, 2015). "Russophilia". The Talk of the Town. Wild Nights Dept. The New Yorker. 91 (1): 22–23.
• — (March 16, 2015). "Of younger days". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 91 (4): 33.
• — (March 23, 2015). "Forever young". The Talk of the Town. In the Ring. The New Yorker. 91 (5): 36–37. ^[4]
• — (May 25, 2015). "Lack of Center". The Talk of the Town. Poesy Dept. The New Yorker. 91 (14): 25–26. ^[5]
• — (June 29, 2015). "Security". The Talk of the Town. Newark Postcard. The New Yorker. 91 (18): 18–19. ^[6]
• — (August 3, 2015). "Amo, Amas". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Education. The New Yorker. 91 (22): 21.
• — (December 7, 2015). "Bronx dreams : a community project to change the world with art". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 91 (39): 38–44. ^[7]
• — (January 25, 2016). "Connected". The Talk of the Town. Brave New World Dept. The New Yorker. 91 (45): 21–22. ^[8]
• — (March 7, 2016). "Marina's will". The Talk of the Town. Perseverance Dept. The New Yorker. 92 (4): 20. Marina Litvinenko.
• — (March 21, 2016). "Still looking". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 45.
• — (August 8–15, 2016). "Outdone". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 92 (24): 33. ^[9]
• — (January 2, 2017). "Incident review". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 29.
• — (February 27, 2017). "Why mummies?". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 93 (2): 33.
• — (May 8, 2017). "Hindsight". The Talk of the Town. Letter from Oregon. The New Yorker. 93 (12): 17–18. ^[10]
• — (June 3, 2019). "Creative". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 95 (15): 25.
• — (December 30, 2019). "Coyote v. Acme". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 95 (42): 10–11. ^[11]
• — (April 5, 2021). "Guns down : with the number of shooting deaths rising, Shaina Harrison is teaching kids to turn anger into advocacy". Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 40–47. ^[12]
• — (July 22, 2024). "Paradise Bronx." Our Local Correspondents. The New Yorker 100 (21): 38–49.

Poems

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected
Greetings, friends! [2013]	2013	Frazier, Ian (December 23–30, 2013). "Greetings, friends!". The New Yorker. 89 (42): 103.
Greetings, friends! [2014]	2014	Frazier, Ian (December 22–29, 2014). "Greetings, friends!". The New Yorker. 90 (41): 127.
Greetings, friends! [2016]	2016	Frazier, Ian (December 19–26, 2016). "Greetings, friends!". The New Yorker. 92 (42): 91.
Greetings, friends! [2020]	2020	Frazier, Ian (December 28, 2020). "Greetings, friends!". The New Yorker. 96 (42): 34–35.

Notes

1. Reprinted in the December 30, 2019, issue.
2. On Derrick Parker, a former police officer who specializes in security for rap stars.
3. J'ouvert parade, Brooklyn.
4. Online version is titled "Hulkamania".
5. Title in the online table of contents is "A Poet Laureate of Queens".
6. Title in the online table of contents is "Armed Guards in the Sanctuary".
7. Title in the online table of contents is "Where art is saving the world".
8. Title in the online table of contents is "Installing the future of New York".
9. Online version is titled "The rise of artificial intelligence".
10. About Patricia Limerick. Online version is titled "A[n] historian of the American West shares her insights".
11. Online version is titled "Wile E. Coyote v. Acme Company". Originally published in the February 26, 1990, issue.
12. Online version is titled "Fighting America’s gun plague".