born february american novelist short story writer novel gun genre work mixed elements science fiction detective fiction published followed science fiction novels published winning novel achieved mainstream success published fortress received early life born brooklyn new_york political activist avant garde painter eldest children father protestant scottish english ancestry mother jewish family roots germany poland russia brother blake artist sister photographer writer translator family lived pre brooklyn neighborhood called hill despite racial tensions conflicts later described bohemian childhood thrilling culturally wide reaching gained knowledge music bob_dylan saw star wars times original theatrical release read complete works science fiction writer later said work formative influence marijuana punk rock equally responsible beautifully fucking life bending course travel parents divorced young thirteen mother died brain event said haunted strongly affected writing discusses direct relation mother bob_dylan song like rolling stone canadian documentary complete unknown explained books giant missing center language disappeared vanished memory gone intending visual artist like father attended new_york painted style describes usually produced featured artwork writing created animated films wrote page novel heroes unpublished graduating high school entered vermont prospective art student experienced overwhelming collision realities class parents bohemian kept understanding little poor demolished encounter fact real privilege coupled realization interested writing art led drop halfway sophomore year denver colorado berkeley california thousand miles desert mountains wyoming utah nevada dollars pocket describing memorable things lived california years working clerk including writing time published short story published early 1990s career novels novel gun merging science fiction detective story includes talking radical futuristic versions drug scene prisons novel published later described experience pictured novels published paperback originals recalled instead prestigious house book cloth heaven novel released little initial fanfare enthusiastic review newsweek declared gun assured novel book wider commercial success gun finalist placed best novel category reader poll mid-1990s film producer director optioned novel movie rights allowed quit working devote time writing book amnesia moon partially inspired experiences cross country second novel uses road narrative explore multi post apocalyptic future landscape perception tricks publishing early stories collection wall sky wall eye published novel climbed table starts physics researcher falls love artificially generated spatial called lack previous partner partner comic struggle rejection constitute majority narrative moved brooklyn book published return brooklyn girl landscape novel young girl endure having face strange new world populated aliens known said girl landscape plot characters including figures young girl violently protective father figure strongly influenced movie obsessed mainstream success genre bending novel began returning new_york_city return detective theme maintained objective realism exploring protagonist syndrome obsessed language later said obviously character written identify novel stands outside doesn need found write necessity publication won crime fiction salon book award named book year actor announced planning write direct star film adaptation novel march said working screenplay according new_york_times mainstream success celebrity referred times genre critics cited variety novels alternately hard boiled detective fiction science fiction autobiographical credited comfort genre mixing father art combined observed imagined reality canvas naturally self consciously time magazine classed movement authors similarly eager blend literary popular writing including friends commented concept genre bending fact involved seven years ago questions taxonomy genre idea ultimately political idea given writer objective way alter boundaries genres come feel talking categories high low genre boundaries boundaries consists elaborate way avoid actually discussing moves interests books like books books mysterious movements characters situations emotions accompany movements play sentences infinite variety early 2000s published story collection edited wrote magazine pieces published page shape shape offerings publishing imprint developed november said working big novel child grows rock journalist novel published fortress semi autobiographical features dozens characters variety features tale racial tensions brooklyn late 1970s main characters friends different backgrounds grew block named editor choice books year new_york_times published languages second collection short fiction published late march disappointment artist collection essays released september received interview said short fiction writing short stories right novels love devoted know funny sort law celebrated couple people break didn review story collections saying nice novelist review novels saying bad longer stuff people tend end happy life novelist story collections published important stories collected stories writings closely allied obviously novel writing distinct know need choose present september wrote article genius bob lengthy interview bob_dylan published rolling_stone interview contained reflections artistic achievements revealed dissatisfaction contemporary recording techniques thoughts status fortress decided time leave brooklyn literary sense needed stuff place memory returned novelist california earlier fiction set don love novel rock band novel revolves woman band answers phones friend complaint line uses words lyrics according book inspired years spent lead singer california band late 1980s early 1990s called phase life novel received mixed reviews announced planning revive marvel comics character issue series published hearing project creator expressed personal outrage use character participation later discussed project admitted marvel editor chief explained series delayed saying winning grant additional unexpected demands time revamped unknown series published monthly issues october july issues published single volume october early began work published october july said set manhattan strongly influenced concerns circle friends including faded child star actor cultural critic hack ghost writer city official long strange essay influence passionate defense return gift economy arts writes soul let substance bulk actual valuable material human don pirate editions visions game reader welcome stories place gave essay included collection influence etc philip dick edited published projects published short books film live published october live album starting served professor position held late ninth novel entitled gardens released september according interview los_angeles_times novel concerns american specifically red baby generation trying figure means legacy novel setting said interview set queens new_york neighborhood book life city writing jump imaginative leap things exciting gardens quickly followed february stories fifth short story collection novel tenth scheduled publication october titled anatomy novel official plot description website alludes concerning international thinks psychic personal life married writer artist divorced married canadian film executive divorced years later lived brooklyn maine wife filmmaker son works criticism interpretation samuel end history 1990s contains discussion conversations literary conversations matthew understanding understanding james contemporary american
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