Juliet Escoria is an American writer. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and lives in West Virginia with her husband, the writer and martial artist Scott McClanahan.[1]
Juliet Escoria | |
|---|---|
 Escoria in 2014 | |
| Occupation | Writer, artist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brooklyn College (MFA) |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Website | |
| julietescoria | |
She published a collection of stories with accompanying videos[2] titled Black Cloud (2014). Black Cloud received positive reviews at Flavorwire,[3] Bullet Magazine [4] and Volume 1 Brooklyn [5] It was mentioned in the lists of best books of 2014 at The Fader,[6] Salon,[7] and Flavorwire.
Escoria’s work has appeared in publications such as Electric Literature, Hobart,[8] VICE The Believer,[9] and Guernica. Escoria holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Brooklyn College.
Escoria also created companion videos to accompany the stories in Black Cloud.[10]
Critical response
editIn his positive review of Juliet the Maniac for NPR, Gabino Iglesias said, "Juliet The Maniac is a heartfelt, raw, powerfully told story about surviving mental illness and learning to cope with inner demons. Escoria is a talented writer who's not afraid to write her truth, even when it will scrape viciously at the souls of readers."[11] In her review for The New York Times, Elizabeth Nicholas compared the novel to Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, and Ottessa Moshfegh, adding, "Juliet Escoria’s autofictive debut novel, Juliet the Maniac, is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction. Told in a series of fragments spanning the teenage years in which bipolar Juliet’s life unravels, it is a narrative that insists on its own severity."[12]
Bibliography
edit- Black Cloud (2014, Civil Coping Mechanisms)
- Witch Babies (2015, Holler Presents)
- Witch Hunt (2016, Lazy Fascist)
- Juliet the Maniac (2019, Melville House)
- You Are the Snake (2024, Soft Skull Press)
References
edit- ^ Escoria, Juliet. Hobart (magazine), September 6, 2014. "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan"
- ^ Juliet Escoria's Vimeo account
- ^ Diamond, Jason, Flavorwire, July 15, 2014, "The Best Indie Literature of 2014 So Far".
- ^ Maharry, Lindsay, Bullett, June 13, 2014, "The Sexual Masochism of Juliet Escoria".
- ^ Carroll, Tobias, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, May 6, 2014, "Talking Literary Viscera, Memory, and EMA with Juliet Escoria".
- ^ Fader, The, December 19, 2014, "The FADER Presents: LISTMANIA! 2014".
- ^ Filgate, Michele, December 29, 2014, "Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2014".
- ^ Escoria, Juliet, Hobart, September 6, 2014, "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan".
- ^ Escoria, Juliet, The Believer, November 7, 2014, "An Interview with Lindsay Hunter" Archived 2015-09-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Escoria, Juliet, Vimeo, 2014 "Juliet Escoria's videos".
- ^ Iglesias, Gabino, NPR, May 1, 2019, "For 'Juliet The Maniac,' Healing Had To Come From Within".
- ^ Nicholas, Elizabeth, The New York Times, June 24, 2019, "For Fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, a Debut Novel of Female Psychosis".
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