Dan Josefson
Dan Josefson (March 8, 1974) is an American writer. His accomplishments include a 2015 Whiting Award in fiction.
Life
[edit]Dan Josefson was born on March 8, 1974, in Mount Kisco, New York. A few months later, Dan moved to Chappaqua, New York. He graduated from Williams College, and from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He currently lives in Manhattan.
In the Fall of 2012, his book, That's Not a Feeling was released by Soho Press. On November 18, 2012, he appeared in the New York Times Book Review.
Works
[edit]- That's Not a Feeling. Soho Press. 2 October 2012. ISBN 978-1-61695-189-4.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Miles, Jonathan (2012-11-16). "'That's Not a Feeling,' by Dan Josefson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- ^ Lucas Thompson (August 9, 2015). "David Foster Wallace and "Blurbspeak" by Lucas Thompson". LA Review of Books.
Despite his deep cynicism about the genre, Wallace clearly took his own blurbing opportunities seriously. As fans and readers of his work, we should too.
- ^ David W. Brown (Oct 2, 2012). "That's Not a Feeling and the 10-Year Path to Publishing". The Atlantic.
That's Not a Feeling is a sharp, sophisticated read, and with one book to his name Josefson has already proven himself to be a master of form. None other than David Foster Wallace described the book as a "funny, mordant, and deeply intelligent debut."
- ^ "That's not a Feeling by Dan Josefson". Kirkus Reviews.
Josefson uses Benjamin, a new student at the school, as an intermittent narrator, though he also narrates events he couldn't possibly have witnessed, so while we get his perspective on incidents at the school, we get a broader view as well.