Travis Jeppesen

Travis Jeppesen (born September 4, 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American novelist, poet, and art critic. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to New York City at the age of 17. He received his B.A. from Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research (now The New School), where he studied literature and philosophy. Among his professors at the New School were the philosopher Paul Edwards and writers Lynda Schor and Sekou Sundiata. He later studied literary translation at the and art history at the Open University. Bruce Benderson became his mentor. In 2001, Jeppesen moved to Europe. He currently divides his time between Berlin and Prague, where he edits the literary journal "BLATT".

Jeppesen's first novel, "Victims", was selected by Dennis Cooper to debut his "Little House on the Bowery" series for Akashic Books in 2003. "Poems I Wrote While Watching TV", a collaboration with painter Jeremiah Palecek, was published by BLATT Books in 2006. The next year, Twisted Spoon Press published Jeppesen's latest novel, "Wolf at the Door".

In addition, Jeppesen's work has been anthologized in "The Edgier Waters" (Snowbooks, 2006), "3:AM London, Paris, New York" (Social Disease, 2008), and the forthcoming "The Offbeat Generation" (Social Disease, 2008).

Travis Jeppesen's critical writings on art and literature have appeared in "Flash Art", "New York Press", "Bookforum", "The Stranger", and "Zoo Magazine". A collection of his art criticism, "Disorientations", will be published by Social Disease in 2008.

Previously an editor at the "Prague Pill" and the "Prague Literary Review", he is now a contributing editor to "".

External links

* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/language-is-a-whore-an-interview-with-travis-jeppesen/ "3:AM" interview (2007)]