Eric Miles Williamson
Encyclopedia
Eric Miles Williamson is an American novelist and literary critic, member of the Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle
, editor of the American Book Review
, Boulevard
, and Texas Review. Williamson is currently Professor of Postmodern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Texas-Pan American and was previously an assistant professor of English
at the University of Central Missouri
.
, Williamson has met critical success as a novelist. On his book, East Bay Grease, a journalist at the New York Times wrote, the "prose cuts loose in torrid rhythms that evoke the peril and exuberance of jazz." His style in this book has also led the work to be called "an internal combustion novel."
, and played trumpet in its jazz band. In East Bay Grease
, he gives the real names of many of the members of that band, although the novel places them in a fictional junior high school. He lives in McAllen, Texas
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National Book Critics Circle
The National Book Critics Circle is an American tax-exempt organization for active book reviewers. Its flagship is the National Book Critics Circle Award....
, editor of the American Book Review
American Book Review
The American Book Review is a nonprofit, internationally distributed publication that appears six times a year. ABR specializes in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and...
, Boulevard
Boulevard (magazine)
Boulevard magazine, published by St. Louis University, is an American literary magazine that publishes award-winning prose and poetry. Boulevard has been called "one of the half-dozen best literary journals" by Poet Laureate Daniel Hoffman in The Philadelphia Inquirer.- Overview :Richard Burgin...
, and Texas Review. Williamson is currently Professor of Postmodern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Texas-Pan American and was previously an assistant professor of English
English language
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at the University of Central Missouri
University of Central Missouri
The University of Central Missouri is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri.- History :...
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East Bay Grease
A former student of the fiction writer Donald BarthelmeDonald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme was an American author known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the Houston Post, managing editor of Location magazine, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston , co-founder of Fiction Donald...
, Williamson has met critical success as a novelist. On his book, East Bay Grease, a journalist at the New York Times wrote, the "prose cuts loose in torrid rhythms that evoke the peril and exuberance of jazz." His style in this book has also led the work to be called "an internal combustion novel."
Personal Life
Williamson is a 1979 graduate of Pacific High School in San Leandro, CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and played trumpet in its jazz band. In East Bay Grease
East Bay Grease
East Bay Grease is the debut album by the soul funk group Tower of Power. It is characteristic of the Bay City funk style they helped to establish and further built upon throughout their career.- Track listing :...
, he gives the real names of many of the members of that band, although the novel places them in a fictional junior high school. He lives in McAllen, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Books
- East Bay Grease. Picador USA/St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN 0-312-19861-2
- Two-Up. Texas Review Press, 2006. Hardcover and paperback. ISBN 1-881515-75-3
- Oakland, Jack London, and Me. Texas Review Press, 2007. Paperback. ISBN 1-933896-11-6
- Welcome to Oakland. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2009. Hardcover and paperback. ISBN 978-1-933293-80-6
Short fiction
- "The Case of Blaise" [an excerpt from novel, Pay the Boy]. Pale House. Los Angeles.
- "Two-Up" [an excerpt from novel, Two-Up]. Pale House Press Anthology. Los Angeles. 2005.
- "Pay the Boy" [an excerpt from the novel, Pay the Boy]. The Texas Review. San Houston State University. Fall 2004.
- "On Thin Ice." Kansas City Star Magazine. December 2003.
- "Our Women and Why We Love Them so Much" [an excerpt from the novel, Pay the Boy]. Boulevard. St. Louis University. Spring 2003. Special Mention Pushcart Prize Anthology 2004.
- "The Teachings of Don B." The Texas Review. Sam Houston University. Spring 2003.
- "Scow" [an excerpt from the novel, Pay the Boy]. The Chattahoochee Review. Georgia Perimeter College. Summer 2002.
- "The Cow Island Open." The Arkansas Review. Arkansas State University. Spring 2002.
- "Urban Renewal" [and excerpt from the novel, Pay the Boy]. Boulevard. St. Louis University. Fall 2001. Special Mention Pushcart Prize Anthology 2002.
- "Creusa" [an excerpt from the novel, Two-Up]. Gulf Coast. University of Houston. Spring 2000.
External links
- http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/2007/04/critical-i-kevin-prufer-interview-eric.html
- http://www.bookcritics.org/?go=boardBios
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/02/RVJ2V50FS.DTL&type=books
- http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/04/entertainment/et-cormac4
- http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/eric_miles_williamson
- http://americanbookreview.org/editor.asp?id=14
- http://www.richardburgin.net/burgininterview.htm
- http://www.uhv.edu/car/newswire/release.asp?id=120