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Jay Kirk is an American journalist, author, and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born on July 19, 1970, and has written for publications such as GQ, New York Times Magazine, and Harper's. His book Kingdom Under Glass , published in 2010, recounts the life and story of taxidermist Carl Akeley. [1] He is the recipient of a 2017 Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant [2] for his upcoming book Avoid the Day. [3] Kirk is a National Magazine Award finalist for his story Burning Man, [4] received the 2005 Pew Fellowship in the Arts [5] and also is a MacDowell Fellow. [6] He is the founder of Xfic, a journal of experimental nonfiction at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Biography

Jay Kirk was born in Nashville, TN on July 19, 1970. He got his a BA in English at Emerson College and proceeded to earn a BFA in creative writing at the same school. The Chicago Reader, for which he wrote a few cover stories, was the place where Kirk developed his interest in long-form journalism. His Harper's piece titled My Undertaker, My Pimp, was included in 2003's Best American Crime Writing Anthology. [7] In 2005, Kirk became a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches classes like Narrative Non-Fiction, Magazine Writing, and Experimental Non-Fiction. [8]

Books

Kingdom Under Glass was published by Henry Holt in 2010. The book tells the story of real-life taxidermist Carl Akeley, who created the famed dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and The Field Museum in Chicago. The book was well received by critics. The Washington Post named it one of the best nonfiction titles of 2010. [9] The San Francisco Chronicle calling it “an epic display of one man’s life” [10] and NPR's All Things Considered deeming it “a thrill ride”. [11]

His next book, Avoid the Day, an experimental memoir, is set to be published by Harper Perennial in 2020. [12] The Whiting Foundation calls Avoid the Day “a thrilling, eccentric journey through time and space… a courageous experiment in hypersubjectivity” that “pushes the boundaries of what nonfiction can do”. [13]

Film

Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein, was co-written by Jay Kirk and his cousin Tim Kirk, producer of the cult documentary Room 237. The movie provides fake director's commentary over Calvin Floyd's 1977 movie Terror of Frankenstein. Director's Commentary played at the Stanley [14] and Fantasia [15] Film Festivals in 2015, and opened to mixed reviews. Uproxx says it is “the ultimate film nerd joke”, [16] and Bloody Disgusting deems it “a bizarre cinematic experiment”, [17] while the Chicago Reader says the commentary is outshined by the actual movie [18]

Bibliography

Harper's Magazine

GQ

New York Times Magazine

Cimarron Review

The Wilson Quarterly

Chicago Reader

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References

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  4. ↑ "Winners and Finalists Database | ASME". asme.magazine.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Pew Fellowships In The Arts Celebrates Artists Working In Many Media". pew.org. June 2005. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. ↑ "Jay Kirk | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. ↑ "The Best American Crime Writing". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  8. ↑ "Jay Kirk | Department of English". www.english.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  9. ↑ "Best nonfiction of 2010". The Washington Post. 2010-12-10.
  10. ↑ Simons, Eric; Chronicle, Special to The (2010-12-12). "'Kingdom Under Glass' by Jay Kirk: review". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  11. ↑ "Wrestling Leopards, Felling Apes: A Life In Taxidermy". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  12. ↑ "Jay Kirk | Department of English". www.english.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  13. ↑ "Jay Kirk". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  14. ↑ Dickson, Evan (2015-04-12). "Stanley Film Festival 2015: This Year's Killer Lineup and Why You Should Go". Collider. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  15. ↑ "Full 2015 Fantasia Film Festival lineup unveiled". Flixist. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  16. ↑ "'Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein' is the ultimate film nerd joke". UPROXX. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  17. ↑ Cooper, Patrick (2015-05-07). "[SFF '15 Review] 'Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein' Is a Bizarre Cinematic Experiment". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  18. ↑ Jones, J. R. (2 June 2016). "Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  19. ↑ Kirk, Jay (March 2002). "My undertaker, my pimp". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  20. ↑ Kirk, Jay (August 2003). "Watching the detectives". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  21. ↑ Kirk, Jay (April 2004). "Aslan resurrected". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  22. ↑ Kirk, Jay (October 2005). "Fool at war". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  23. ↑ Kirk, Jay (June 2013). "The Shining Path". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  24. ↑ Kirk, Jay (October 2013). "Bartók's Monster". Harper's Magazine. ISSN   0017-789X . Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  25. ↑ Kirk, Jay (August 2008). "Hotels Rwanda". GQ. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  26. ↑ Kirk, Jay (31 January 2012). "Burning Man". GQ. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  27. ↑ Kirk, Jay (5 August 2013). "The Swear Jar: Curing a Cursing Addiction". GQ. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  28. ↑ Kirk, Jay (28 April 2015). "The American City Where Sex Offenders Live". GQ. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  29. ↑ Kirk, Jay. "Gospel for Dummies". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  30. ↑ "Issue 178 / Winter 2012". 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  31. ↑ "THE ELECTRIC MEME: A New Theory of How We Think and Communicate". archive.wilsonquarterly.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  32. ↑ Kirk, Jay (27 December 2001). "Simone's Got Blue Eyes". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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