Jamie Iredell (born August 10, 1976) is an American writer.

Early life

Iredell grew up in

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, and attended North Monterey County High School.

Career

Iredell's writing has been positively reviewed by ''

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''. Writing in 2010, the ''Quarterly Conversation'' said of ''Prose, Poems, a Novel'' that "The title of the collection serves as a bold declaration of war on the boundaries of genre. Iredell is not flouting the rules of genre, though. Instead, Iredell weaves his three titular genres together into a form that is all its own, containing elements of each." Nailed Magazine wrote of ''The Book of Freaks'' in 2011, that “Iredell has produced an absolute masterpiece of the absurd and surreal – a faux-encyclopedia that contains pieces of everything and everyone you have ever encountered in your life.” In 2014, ''

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'' noted of ''I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac'', that it is “An entertaining and insightful collection often interested in the messy and difficult aspects of life.” ''

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'' listed ''Last Mass'' among "6 Books You Need to Read this August" in 2015. Also, in 2015, ''

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'' wrote about ''Last Mass'' as “An exemplary work of creative nonfiction in the vein of

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’s ''Argonauts''." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has called his writing "wildly imaginative". His 2018 novel ''The Fat Kid'' drew comparison to

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. In addition to writing, he teaches college literature and creative writing.

Bibliography

*''Prose, Poems, a Novel'' (Orange Alert Press, 2009) . *''The Book of Freaks'' (Future Tense Books, 2010) . *''I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac'' (Future Tense Books, 2011) . *''Last Mass'' (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2015) . *''The Fat Kid'' (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018) .

References

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