James McCourt (writer)

James McCourt (born 1941) is an American writer and novelist. He is best known for his extravagant 1975 novel "Mawrdew Czgowchwz", about a fictional opera diva, and his 2003 nonfiction book "Queer Street", about gay life in New York City after World War II. His latest novel, "Now Voyagers", is the first in a series of projected sequels to "Mawrdew Czgowchwz". He is openly gay.Queer Street, pg. 5]

Works

Fiction

* "Mawrdew Czgowchwz" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975)
* "Kaye Wayfaring in “Avenged”" (stories) (Viking, 1985)
* "Time Remaining" (stories) (Knopf, 1993)
* "Delancey's Way" (Knopf, 2000)
* "Wayfaring at Waverly in Silverlake" (stories) (Knopf, 2002)
* "Now Voyagers" (Turtle Point Press, 2008)

Nonfiction

* "Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985" (W.W. Norton, 2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6467161.html interview in Publishers Weekly] about "Now Voyagers"
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw930830james_mccourt Bookworm: James McCourt] interview on KCRW (1993)
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw040311james_mccourt Bookworm: James McCourt] interview on KCRW (2004)
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw080117james_mccourt Bookworm: James McCourt] interview on KCRW (2008)
* [http://denniscooper.blogspot.com/2006/11/seven-godlike-books-of-james-mccourt.html The Seven Godlike Books of James McCourt] feature on Dennis Cooper's blog
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/Shae-t.html A Diva Cruises Again] New York Times review of "Now Voyagers"
* [http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-moore4nov04,0,4837126.story L.A. Times review of "Now Voyagers"]
* [http://66.111.110.102/newyork/DetailsAr.do?file=gay/432/432.gay.open2.html review and interview on "Queer Street"] in Time Out New York