Books by James C L Brown
Winner of the Best Chapbook of Verse Award from the Delaware Press Association 2020
Named the Best Book of Verse by the Delaware Press Association 2014.
For the first time all of Brown’s columns on the crafting of fiction from The Broadkill Review ar... more For the first time all of Brown’s columns on the crafting of fiction from The Broadkill Review are collected in a single volume. Practical advice for the would-be writer, Brown brings his thirty-plus years of experience as a writer, teacher, and publisher to bear on the subject in plain, simple and practical terms.
Constructing Fiction is a gift to the young or would-be writers of short stories and novels. In plain, no-nonsense prose, Jamie Brown takes the reader for a walk through the world of fiction writing—avoiding the alleys and dead-end streets that so often lure new writers with promises of shortcuts. Here is advice that all writers—those young in the work, and old hands—can actually use.
— H. A. Maxson
Constructing Fiction is a must for green writers looking to cut their teeth with short fiction, especially for those who over-think their prose, their process. From notes on character names to telling the author to trust the subconscious and “to get out of the way,” Brown, like Frank O'Hara, dares the writer to go “on your nerve.”
— Scott Whitaker
A collection of poetry published by
Bay oak Publishers
34 Wimbledon Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Pho... more A collection of poetry published by
Bay oak Publishers
34 Wimbledon Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Phone/FAX(302)674-5650
ISBN 978-0-9800874-1-3
ISBN 1-88761-13-0 • Price: $7.00
More Info: A chapbook of poetry published by Argonne House Pres... more ISBN 1-88761-13-0 • Price: $7.00
More Info: A chapbook of poetry published by Argonne House Press 1620 Argonne Place NW, Washington, DC 20009
Academic Papers by James C L Brown
Gatsby was no mere front man for Meyer Wolfsheim. Two "coincidences" which are often overlooked ... more Gatsby was no mere front man for Meyer Wolfsheim. Two "coincidences" which are often overlooked suggest a much deeper involvement on Gatsby's part in Wolfsheim's criminal network.
Gargoyle, 2017
_The Great Gatsby_ is a story about the conflict between the classes, Their failure to recognize ... more _The Great Gatsby_ is a story about the conflict between the classes, Their failure to recognize this fact, instead focusing on the lavish parties through which Gatsby hopes to reestablish a connection with Daisy, is perhaps, more than any other reason, why each director has failed in their attempt to adapt _The Great Gatsby_ for film. The nature of that class divide, and the smoldering resentment on Gatsby's part which lead him to attempt to remake himself
Though Ernest Hemingway denied the use of religious symbolism, it is clear from _A Farewell to Ar... more Though Ernest Hemingway denied the use of religious symbolism, it is clear from _A Farewell to Arms_ that it occurs in his work.
Did Eliot's finding of faith lead him to stop writing poetry?
It is the author's assertion the both Gatsby and Nick Carraway demonstrate symptomatic responses ... more It is the author's assertion the both Gatsby and Nick Carraway demonstrate symptomatic responses which suggest they each suffer to some degree from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This article appeared in Gargoyle #64, Fall, 2015.
Literary Articles by James C L Brown
on "Do We Mistake Inaccessibility for Brilliance?" A friend, having read the same columns, wrote ... more on "Do We Mistake Inaccessibility for Brilliance?" A friend, having read the same columns, wrote to ask whether I had a take on MFA programs, since these two columns talked a bit about the things students in such programs are assigned as readings in university. She asked about MFA programs in light of the authors' positions. I wrote that discussion about MFA programs was, in the main, less about content than results. Too much time, I replied, seemed to be devoted to trying to figure out if an MFA will lead to financial/career success as a writer. Almost all of the writertargeted magazines and web sites pimp their MFA Program Guides and offer advice on how to determine "which one is right for you" based on this approach alone. But then, if those magazines didn't take that approach to selling magazines, their circulation figures would probably rely more heavily on the much lower number of writers who are trying to actually become good (or better) writers.
eading Douglas Matus's "Teach as You Like and Die Happy: Henry Miller as High School Curriculum,"... more eading Douglas Matus's "Teach as You Like and Die Happy: Henry Miller as High School Curriculum," in Nexus, Volume 7 (2010), I was struck by how closely his experience mirrored my own in over a decade's teaching at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Shortly after I started teaching there in 1990, the Writing Program's new Director, Dr. Daniel Moshenburg, encouraged each of us to construct courses which fulfilled the academic requirements, but which also utilized each instructor's strengths and interests.
Huck Finn as metaphor for class-structured inequality.
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Books by James C L Brown
Constructing Fiction is a gift to the young or would-be writers of short stories and novels. In plain, no-nonsense prose, Jamie Brown takes the reader for a walk through the world of fiction writing—avoiding the alleys and dead-end streets that so often lure new writers with promises of shortcuts. Here is advice that all writers—those young in the work, and old hands—can actually use.
— H. A. Maxson
Constructing Fiction is a must for green writers looking to cut their teeth with short fiction, especially for those who over-think their prose, their process. From notes on character names to telling the author to trust the subconscious and “to get out of the way,” Brown, like Frank O'Hara, dares the writer to go “on your nerve.”
— Scott Whitaker
Bay oak Publishers
34 Wimbledon Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Phone/FAX(302)674-5650
ISBN 978-0-9800874-1-3
More Info: A chapbook of poetry published by Argonne House Press 1620 Argonne Place NW, Washington, DC 20009
Academic Papers by James C L Brown
Literary Articles by James C L Brown
Constructing Fiction is a gift to the young or would-be writers of short stories and novels. In plain, no-nonsense prose, Jamie Brown takes the reader for a walk through the world of fiction writing—avoiding the alleys and dead-end streets that so often lure new writers with promises of shortcuts. Here is advice that all writers—those young in the work, and old hands—can actually use.
— H. A. Maxson
Constructing Fiction is a must for green writers looking to cut their teeth with short fiction, especially for those who over-think their prose, their process. From notes on character names to telling the author to trust the subconscious and “to get out of the way,” Brown, like Frank O'Hara, dares the writer to go “on your nerve.”
— Scott Whitaker
Bay oak Publishers
34 Wimbledon Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Phone/FAX(302)674-5650
ISBN 978-0-9800874-1-3
More Info: A chapbook of poetry published by Argonne House Press 1620 Argonne Place NW, Washington, DC 20009