John Haskell (author)

John Haskell
Born (1958-02-10) February 10, 1958 (age 66)
OccupationNovelist, essayist, short-story writer
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.johnhaskell.net

John Haskell (born February 10, 1958) is an American writer and editor.

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]

Works

Novels

Short-Story Collections

  • I Am Not Jackson Pollock: Stories (FSG, 2003)

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.