John Haskell (author)

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John Haskell
Born (1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 63)
OccupationNovelist, essayist, short-story writer
NationalityAmerican
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John Haskell (born February 10, 1958) is an American writer and editor.

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He is the author of a short-story collection, I Am Not Jackson Pollock (FSG, 2003), [1] and the novels The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts (Graywolf Press, 2017), [2] Out of My Skin (FSG, 2009), [3] and American Purgatorio (FSG, 2005). [4] . His stories and essays have appeared on the radio (The Next Big Thing, [5] Studio 360), in books (The Show You'll Never Forget, Heavy Rotation, All the More Real), and in publications including A Public Space , [6] n+1 , [7] Conjunctions , McSweeney's , [8] ) and Vice . [9]

Haskell has taught writing and literature at Columbia University, [10] Cal Arts, and the Leipzig University. He is the recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. [11]

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References

  1. Sussler, Betsy (1 July 2003). "John Haskell's I am not Jackson Pollock". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. Lenihan, Jean (26 October 2017). "Romancing a High-Low Split: John Haskell's "The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts"". The Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. Reynolds, Susan Salter (8 February 2009). "'Out of My Skin,' by John Haskell". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. O'Hagan, Sean (26 March 2005). "Adrift on the road to nowhere". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. "Do-It-Yourself". WNYC. The NYPR Archive Collections. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. Haskell, John. "The Tramp". A Public Space. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. Haskell, John (25 November 2007). "Why I Think About Meditating". n+1. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. "McSweeney's Issue 17". McSweeney's. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. Haskell, John (30 November 2007). "Cary Grant On Lsd". VICE. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. "John Haskell". Columbia University School of the Arts. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. "John Haskell". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 July 2021.