Jack Houghteling

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Jack Houghteling is an American novelist and the author of Goodman (2022) and Sunnyside (2023).

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Early life and education

Houghteling grew up in Hastings on Hudson, New York and graduated from the Hackley School in 2010 and Claremont McKenna College in 2014. [1] [2] At the latter, he delivered the student commencement speech at graduation. [3] He later earned a graduate degree from the London School of Economics in 2015 before moving to New York City. [4] [5]

Works

Houghteling began Goodman in 2015 but then put it aside for years. [1] It was later longlisted for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction. [6]

Sunnyside is about an ex-football player from Westchester County [7] and received acclaim. The podcast The Drunken Odyssey called it a "maximalist masterpiece," describing its style as "neomodernist." [8] The literary journal Socrates on the Beach published an excerpt of Sunnyside, [9] which it characterized as "sui generis” and “unlike almost any other contemporary fiction." [10]

He is currently working on a third project about pre-revolutionary New York. [11]

Personal life

In 2018, Houghteling ran for the New York State Senate as a Democrat in Brooklyn's District 18, but never made it to the primary election ballot. [12] [13]

He lives in Upper Manhattan with his partner and daughter. [14]

Bibliography

Books

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  2. ↑ Sabini, Mike (5 February 2010). "Hackley's Houghteling Earns Special Honor". Patch. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Houghteling, Jack (Feb 24, 2015). "Claremont McKenna College Commencement 2014" (video). youtube.com. Claremont McKenna College. Event occurs at 48:26-58:50.
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  7. ↑ Houghteling, Jack (6 September 2023). "Indie Spotlight: Jack Houghteling". The Next Best Book Club. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  8. ↑ King, John (23 September 2023). "The Drunken Odyssey Interview with Jack Houghteling". Apple Podcasts (Podcast). The Drunken Odyssey. Event occurs at 5:04-5:08, 10:17-10:30.
  9. ↑ Houghteling, Jack (5 September 2023). "Excerpt from the novel Sunnyside". Socrates on the Beach. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Gerke, Greg (5 September 2023). "Socrates on the Beach Issue Nine Editor's Note". Socrates on the Beach. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Pizza Media, Dick's (29 September 2023). "Beyond The Zero Interview with Jack Houghteling". Apple Podcasts (Podcast). Beyond The Zero. Event occurs at 23:18-26:00.
  12. ↑ Vielkind, Jimmy (6 April 2018). "The Heated LG Race". Politico. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "New York State Senate District 18". Ballotpedia. February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  14. ↑ Nanus, Ken (29 September 2023). "Author draws from Rivertowns roots for second novel". The Rivertowns Enterprise. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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