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Noah Cicero Born October 10, 1980
Youngstown, OhioOccupation novelist, essayist Nationality American Alma mater Youngstown State University Genres Transgressional fiction, existential, Notable work(s) Best Behavior, The Human War,
Influences- Richard Wright, Bret Easton Ellis, Jean Paul Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Erskine Caldwell, Mark Twain, Kathy Acker, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Simone De Beauvoir, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus,
noah-cicero.blogspot.comNoah Cicero (born 1980) is an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He lives in Youngstown, Ohio, and is the author of six books of fiction:
- The Human War [2003, Fugue State Press; foreign publications include Snowbooks, London 2007; as well as editions in Greek and German]
- The Condemned [2006, Six Gallery Press]
- Burning Babies [2006, Parlor Press]
- Treatise [2008, A-Head Publishing]
- The Insurgent [2010, Blatt]
- Best Behavior [2011, Civil Coping Mechanisms]
His fiction is also anthologized in:
- The Edgier Waters [2006, Snowbooks, London]
His stories, poetry, and essays have also been published extensively, at such magazines as Scarecrow, Brittle Star, Retort, Nth Position, Black Ice, Identity Theory, Prague Literary Review and many others. He has done readings at KGB Bar in New York.[1]
He has cited Sartre, Hemingway and Beckett as central influences.
His essays are both political and philosophical in nature, sometimes using the tools of psychology and philosophy to crucify those political leaders or followers he sees as acting in bad faith. Some of these essays have been written in collaboration with Ohio journalist Bernice Mullins.
He is a former co-editor of 3:AM Magazine.
He has two books published on Bear Parade.
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Categories:- American essayists
- American dramatists and playwrights
- American short story writers
- American poets
- American novelists
- People from Youngstown, Ohio
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Postmodern writers
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