Jay Cantor (born 1948 New York City) is an American novelist and essayist.
Jay Cantor | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) New York City, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of California, Santa Cruz (PhD) |
| Spouse | Melinda Marble |
| Children | 1 |
He graduated from Harvard University with a BA, and from University of California, Santa Cruz with a Ph.D. He teaches at Tufts University.[1] He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, Melinda Marble, and their daughter, Grace.[2]
His work appeared in The Harvard Crimson.[3] He was on the 2009 ArtScience Competition jury.[4]
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Works edit
Novels edit
- The Death of Che Guevara, Knopf, 1983, ISBN 978-0-394-51767-4
- Krazy Kat: a novel in five panels, Knopf, 1988, ISBN 978-0-394-55025-1
- Great Neck: a novel, Knopf, 2003, ISBN 978-0-375-41394-0[5]
- Forgiving the Angel: Four Stories for Franz Kafka, Knopf, 2014, ISBN 978-0385350341
Essays edit
- The Space Between: Literature and Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-8018-2672-6
- On Giving Birth to One's Own Mother. Knopf, 1991, ISBN 978-0-394-58752-3
References edit
- ^ "Tufts University: English Department". Ase.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Jay Cantor Author Bookshelf - Random House - Books - Audiobooks - Ebooks". Random House. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ Cantor, Jay. "Jay Cantor | Writer Profile | The Harvard Crimson". Thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ [1] Archived April 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cantor, Jay (2004-08-10). "Random House, Inc. Academic Resources | Great Neck by Jay Cantor". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
External links edit
- "Jay Cantor talks about food", Cantabrigia
- "An Interview with Jay Cantor", Ken Capobianco and Jay Cantor, Journal of Modern Literature, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer, 1990), pp. 3–11
- "Jay Cantor. Great Neck. (Book Review)", The Review of Contemporary Fiction, June 22, 2003, James Crossley