Marc Acito
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Marc Acito is a United States
novelist, humorist, and screenwriter. His comic novel How I Paid for College
won the Oregon Book Award
s' 2005 Ken Kesey Award for Best Novel, was voted a 2005 "Teens Top Ten for favorite young adult book" of the American Library Association
.
In April 2008, Acito published Attack of the Theater People, a sequel to How I Paid for College
.
He is also the writer of the syndicated humor column "The Gospel According to Marc", which ran for four years in nineteen gay publications. His humorous essays have appeared in many publications including The New York Times
(April 3, 2006) and Portland Monthly magazine (January 2007, February 2007); as well as on NPR
's All Things Considered
(October 4, 2006 and April 16, 2009).
Acito is openly gay
and lives in Portland, Oregon
with his partner Floyd Sklaver.
Marc Acito is a 1984 graduate of Westfield High School
in Westfield, New Jersey.
Interviews
Misc
United States
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novelist, humorist, and screenwriter. His comic novel How I Paid for College
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater is a 2004 teen novel, the first by American author Marc Acito...
won the Oregon Book Award
Oregon Book Award
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
s' 2005 Ken Kesey Award for Best Novel, was voted a 2005 "Teens Top Ten for favorite young adult book" of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
.
In April 2008, Acito published Attack of the Theater People, a sequel to How I Paid for College
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater is a 2004 teen novel, the first by American author Marc Acito...
.
He is also the writer of the syndicated humor column "The Gospel According to Marc", which ran for four years in nineteen gay publications. His humorous essays have appeared in many publications including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
(April 3, 2006) and Portland Monthly magazine (January 2007, February 2007); as well as on NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
's All Things Considered
All Things Considered
All Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets...
(October 4, 2006 and April 16, 2009).
Acito is openly gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and lives in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
with his partner Floyd Sklaver.
Marc Acito is a 1984 graduate of Westfield High School
Westfield High School (New Jersey)
Westfield Senior High School, or simply, Westfield High School is the only public high school located in Westfield, in Union County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Westfield Public Schools. It was established in the early 1900s at its original location on Elm Street until 1951 when it was...
in Westfield, New Jersey.
External links
General- Marc Acito.com - official website: columns, press reviews, excerpts, etc.
- Marc Acito profile at Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
Interviews
- 2004 interview (by Dave Weich at Powells.com)
- 2004 interview (by Daulton Dickey at PopMattersPopMattersPopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
) - 2005 interview (by Andrew Hicks at PageAndAuthor.com)
Misc
- Literature-Map for Marc Acito (JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
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