Arthur Nersesian
Arthur Nersesian | |
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 Nersesian in September 2007 | |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Midwood High School |
Arthur Nersesian is an American novelist, playwright, and poet.
Nersesian is of Armenian and Irish descent. He was born and raised in New York City, and graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
His novels include The Fuck-up,[2] Manhattan Loverboy, Dogrun, Chinese Takeout, Suicide Casanova, and Unlubricated. He has also published a collection of plays, East Village Tetralogy. He has written three books of poems and one book of plays. In 2005, Nersesian received the Anahid Literary Prize for Armenian Literature for his novel Unlubricated. Nersesian is the managing editor of the literary magazine, The Portable Lower East Side, and was an English teacher at Hostos Community College, City University of New York, in South Bronx.[3] His novel Dogrun was adapted into the 2016 feature film My Dead Boyfriend.[4] His novel The Five Books of (Robert) Moses is 1,506 pages long, took him more than 25 years to write, and was published on July 28, 2020.[5]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
- The Fuck-Up (1997) {New York]: MTV / Pocket Books[6]
- Manhattan Loverboy (2000) New York: Akashic Books[7]
- Dogrun (2000) New York: Pocket Books
- Suicide Casanova (2002) New York: Akashic Books
- Chinese Takeout (2003) New York: Perennial
- Unlubricated (2004) New York: Perennial
- The Swing Voter of Staten Island (2007) New York: Akashic Books
- The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx (2008)
- Mesopotamia (2010) New York: Akashic Books
- Gladyss of the Hunt (2014) Portland: Dark Passage
- The Five Books of (Robert) Moses (2020) New York: Akashic Books
Plays[edit]
- East Village Tetralogy (1995) New York: Bookstreet
- Poetry
- New York Complaints [chapbook] (1993, Portable Press)
- Tompkins Square & Other Ill-Fated Riots [chapbook] (1990, Portable Press)
- Tremors and Faultlines: Photopoems of San Francisco (1995, Portable Press)
Foreign editions[edit]
Staten Island is the Spanish version of The Swing Voter of Staten Island, published by Alpha Decay in 2010.
Interviews[edit]
- Crystal, Garry (Fall 2007). "An Interview with Arthur Nersesian". Tunrow. 5 (1).
- "Globalization of the Worst Kind". 3:AM Magazine. October 8, 2007. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- "Free Williamsburg - Arthur Nersesian". www.freewilliamsburg.com. Retrieved 2015-11-23.[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
- Arthur Nersesian's home page
- Hear Nersesian read from The Fuck-Up on Salon.com
- interview at FreeWilliamsburg.com[permanent dead link]
- Book review at bookslut.com Archived 2019-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Tenement Painting by Nersesian at Smyles & Fish
- Arthur Nersesian - New York's Best Kept Secret - Broowaha Archived 2013-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
References[edit]
- ^ Gibberd, Ben (12 September 2008). "Writing the Myth of Moses". The New York Times.
- ^ Stevens, Andrew (October 8, 2007). "Globalization of the Worst Kind". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Epstein, Daniel (Nov 26, 2003). "Interview: Arthur Nersesian". Suicide Girls. Retrieved September 10, 2012. Nersesian has become an outspoken advocate of millennials and their effect on New York City.
- ^ Myers, Kimber (3 November 2016). "Review No life or laughs to the dated comedy 'My Dead Boyfriend'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Trachtenberg, Jeffrey (19 April 2020). "This Book Isn't 'War and Peace.' It's Bigger". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Stevens, Andrew (October 8, 2007). "Globalization of the Worst Kind". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Laurence, Alexander. "Arthur Nersesian". Free Williamsburg. Retrieved September 10, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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