Pantheon Graphic Novels

` Pantheon Graphic Novels


		AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Sean Howe, formerly an editor at The Criterion Collection, lives in New York City. THE BOOK Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers: Writers on Comics Our favorite authors talk about their favorite comics Read more about the book. Scroll down for more information about all of the contributors to this collection, including links to their websites, fan sites, interviews, and more. JONATHAN LETHEM Jonathan Lethem is the author of six novels, including Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. He lives in Brooklyn. Fortress of Solitude website The book's website with more information about Lethem, including original essays. Jonathan Lethem Takes the Long Way Home An author interview at Powells.com "It's Never as Good After Lunch" Lethem talks about his second novel, Amnesia Moon, on altx.com Lethem in Landscape A devoted fan's website, with essays, stories, books, and interviews Who Killed Brooklyn? An article on Lethem and his novel, Motherless Brooklyn, on Salon.com LUC SANTE Luc Sante contributed a comic strip [Neanderthalman] to his high school newspaper [1971-72], but life shunted him away from his original vocation. His books include Low Evidence, and The Factory of Facts. He lives in Ulster County, New York and is general editor of Library of Larceny (Broadway Books). The New York Review of Books Book reviews written by Luc Sante for The New York Review of Books Biography Luc Sante is Visiting Professor in the History of Photography at Bard College GEOFF DYER Geoff Dyer's books include But Beautiful [winner of a Somerset Maugham Prize], Paris Trance, Out of Sheer Rage[a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award], and, most recently, Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It. He lives in London. Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It Information and an excerpt from Geoff Dyer's most recent book A Literary Saloon and Site of Review Reviews of Geoff Dyer's works, quotes, and biographical information on complete-review.com A Conversation with Geoff Dyer An interview with Dyer at absolutewrite.com Dyer's Meanderings Take Readers Down a Hilarious Road A review of Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It on seattlepi.com AIMEE BENDER Aimee Bender is the author of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and An Invisible Sign of My Own. Her short fiction has been published in Harper's, Granta, GO, The Paris Review, McSweeney's and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles, right near Golden Apple comic books, a fine establishment. Flammable Skirt Bender's official website, with stories, news, and event updates Author Spotlight Author biography and list of Bender's books on the Anchor Books website Font Stories Yes, that's right, these are Bender's personified stories about your favorite fonts Short Stories An interview with Bender on Boldtype.com and several of her short stories from The Flammable Skirt The Leading Man A short story, The Leading Man Call My Name A short story, Call My Name CHRISTOPHER SORRENTINO Christopher Sorrentino is the author of one novel, Sound on Sound; his second is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He lives in Brooklyn. Interview with Christopher Sorrentino Sorrentino's discussion about the writing process on altx.com STEVE ERICKSON Steve Erickson is the author of Our Ecstatic Days, to be published by Simon & Schuster in February 2005, as well as six previous novels including Days Between Stations and Tours of the Black Clock, which will be reissued in paperback. He's the film critic for Los Angeles magazine and editor of the literary journal Black Clock, published by CalArts where he teaches writing. His story "Zeroville" will appear in McSweeney's #14 this fall. Articles by Steve Erickson Articles written by Erickson for Salon.com A Literary Saloon and Site of Review Reviews of Steve Erickson's works, quotes, and biographical information on complete-review.com Novels and Other Works by Steve Erickson Essays, interviews and books written by Erickson at altx.com Letters at 3 AM An article about Erickson on auschron.com GARY GIDDINS Gary Giddins wrote the Village Voice jazz column, "Weather Bird," for thirty years. In 1998, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Visions of Jazz; his other books include Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams, Faces in the Crowd, Satchmo, Riding on a Blue Note, and the forthcoming Weather Bird. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards, five ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards, and a Peabody Broadcasting Award, among other honors. Visions of Jazz. The First Century A biography on Gary Giddins on cosmopolis.com Interview with Giddins An interview with Gary Giddins on jerryjazzmusician.com BRAD MELTZER Brad Meltzer is the author of The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The Zero Game. His books have a total of almost six million copies in print, have spent more than eight months on bestseller lists, and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His critically acclaimed run on Green Arrow has been collected as The Archer's Quest by DC Comics, which was foolish enough to think it had to pay him to write comics. Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer's official website with a biography and information about his novels and tours Interview with Meltzer An interview with Brad Meltzer on bookreporter.com JOHN WRAY John Wray has a novel out called The Right Hand of Sleep[Knopf/Vintage] and plays in a band called Marmalade [Beautiful Soup, March Records]. He has a box of Dazzler issues [#2-42, in Mylar covers] that he's looking to sell. The Right Hand of Sleep An interview with John Wray on thesecondcircle.com A New Novelist Asks What Makes Men Brave? A book review on findarticles.com GEOFFREY O'BRIEN Geoffrey O'Brien is the author of twelve books, including The Phantom Empire, The Browser's Ecstasy, Castaways of the Image Planet, and, most recently, Sonata for Jukebox: Pop Music, Memory, and the Imagined Life. He is editor in chief of the Library of America. The New York Review of Books Collected reviews O'Brien has written for The New York Review of Books Dream Time Information about O'Brien's book, Dream Time, on counterpointpress.com The Reader's Catalog Information about O'Brien's book, The Reader's Catalog, on bookbrowse.com A Conversation with Geoffrey O'Brien An interview with the author on the University at Buffalo website GLEN DAVID GOLD Glen David Gold is the author of a novel, Carter Beats the Devil. His journalism has appeared in the Los Angeles and New York Times Sunday Magazines and the London Independent, and his short fiction has appeared in McSweeney's several times. Oh, and he wrote a story for The Escapist, a Dark Horse comic, illustrated by Gene Colan. Look in the October and December 2004 issues of Playboy for upcoming fiction and non-fiction. The History That Might Have Been A feature about Glen David Gold on Powells.com Barnes and Noble An audio clip from Glen David Gold on the Barnes and Noble website LYDIA MILLET Lydia Millet's third novel My Happy Life won the 2003 PEN-USA Award for Fiction. Her fourth and fifth novels, Everyone's Pretty and Oh Pure and Radiant Heart are both forthcoming from Soft Skull Press in 2005. Lydia Millet Lydia Millet's official site with excerpts and reviews Bush S.W.A.K. An article written about Millet on the Tucson Weekly website TOM PIAZZA Tom Piazza is the author of the novel My Cold War and the short story collection Blues and Trouble. He is also well known for his writing on music. He lives in New Orleans. Tom Piazza Tom Piazza's official website with reviews, a biography, and author notes Yaddo How Piazza won a 2004 Grammy Award on the Yaddo website Three Questions for Tom Piazza A brief interview with Piazza on vanderbilt.edu CHRIS OFFUTT Chris Offutt is the author of Kentucky Straight, Out of the Woods, No Heroes, The Same River Twice, and The Good Brother. His work is widely translated and has received many honors, including a Lannan Award, a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Chris Offutt An audio interview with Offutt on theconnection.org Looking Back, Looking In An interview with Offutt about his book No Heroes, on the Booksense website Novelist Enjoys Life in a Literary Mecca A brief article on Offutt on press-citizen.com GREIL MARCUS Greil Marcus is the author of Lipstick Traces[1989], The Dustbin of History[1995], The Old, Weird America [1997], Double Trouble [2000], and "The Manchurian Candidate" [2002]. With Sean Wilentz he co-edited the anthology The Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad, which will be published by Norton in November 2004. His book on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" will be published by PublicAffairs in 2005." He lives in Berkeley. Greil Marcus The official Greil Marcus website with news and a listing of books All These Inches Away From Where Greil Marcus Began An author interview on Powells.com Do Politics Rock? A brief interview with Marcus on furious.com MYLA GOLDBERG Myla Goldberg is the author of Bee Season. Her collection of essays about Prague will be published as part of Crown Books' Journeys series in fall 2004, and her new novel, Wickett's Remedy, will be published by Doubleday in 2005. Bee Season The reading group guide from Goldberg's bestselling novel on the Anchor Books website Interview with Myla Goldberg An author interview on grendel.org ANDREW HULTKRANS Andrew Hultkrans is the author of Forever Changes, one of the inaugural six volumes in Continuum's "33 1/3" series of books on classic albums. From 1998 through 2002, he was editor in chief of Bookforum magazine. Over the years, his writings have appeared in Artforum, Tin House, Cabinet, Salon, and Mondo 2000, where he was managing editor and columnist for three years in the early nineties. He really does have beautiful hands. Not The Little Boy I Once Knew A story by Hultkrans on tinhouse.com Buy books here. Alex Ross \| Marjane Satrapi \| Kim Deitch \| Sarah Boxer \| Raymond Briggs \| Daniel Clowes \| Charles Schulz \| Matt Groening \| Ben Katchor \| Art Spiegelman \| Chris Ware \| Home