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James Greer

James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, musician, and critic. He lives in Los Angeles but spends much of his time in France.

Greer was Senior Editor and Senior Writer at Spin magazine in NYC in the early 90s. He then moved to Dayton, Ohio, where in 1994 he joined the influential Indie rock band Guided By Voices, contributing bass guitar and vocals to the albums Alien Lanes (Matador, 1995) and Under the Bushes Under the Stars (Matador, 1996) and touring extensively across the U.S. and in Europe.

He was engaged to Kim Deal of the Pixies/Breeders from 1991 until their break-up in 1996.

Greer has published two novels, Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006) and The Failure (Akashic, 2010). Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction. Noted American novelist Dennis Cooper has written about Greer's latest novel that "James Greer, one of the nimblest and most multilayered American fiction writers, has, with his latest novel The Failure, pulled off a sublime and shivery-smooth literary hat-trick-cum-emotional-gotcha. I defy anyone to come up with an equation to explain how this book's first impression as a ridiculously clever, funny crime story can gradually disclose a metanovel built from far more encyclopedic scratch only to reveal upon its conclusion a central, overriding thought so heartfelt literally it trembles your lower lip. This is one stunning piece of work." Greer also wrote a biography of Guided By Voices, Guided By Voices: A Brief History (Black Cat/Grove Press, 2005).

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American novelist, screenwriter, musician and critic (born 1961)

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American novelist, screenwriter, musician and critic (born 1961)

Subjects

Fiction, experimental fiction, literary fiction, rock music, Crime, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Failure (Psychology), Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Guided By Voices, History, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Notebooks, Religion, Robbery, Robert Pollard, Rock musicians, Slackers, Social conditions, Suicide victims, United states, fiction, Women authors, dark humor, prodigious alcohol consumption, tragedy

Places

Dayton, Ohio, Dayton OH, Los Angeles, Sligo (County)

People

Greg Demos, James Greer, Mitch Mitchell, Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout

Time

Ohio, 1983-2004 Dayton, 1995, 2010, Dayton, Los Angeles

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
March 18, 2011 Edited by Thomas Early Added new photo
March 18, 2011 Edited by Thomas Early Bio stuff from Wikipedia
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import