Adam Levin
{{short description|American writer}}
{{about||the American businessman|Adam K. Levin|others of a similar name|Adam Levine (disambiguation)}}
Adam Levin (b. 1976/77{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/10/26/thinking-big-8/|title=Thinking big: Adam Levin's 1,000-page debut novel 'The Instructions' is bold, fast, funny and ambitious — not unlike its author|last=Borrelli|first=Christopher|date=October 26, 2010|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 6, 2014}}) is an American fiction author. His short fiction has been published in places like The New Yorker,{{Cite news |last=Levin |first=Adam |date=2025-04-13 |title=“Jenny Annie Fanny Addie,” by Adam Levin |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/jenny-annie-fanny-addie-fiction-adam-levin |access-date=2025-06-19 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}} Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and Tin House. Currently, he resides in Chicago, where he teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute. His first novel, The Instructions, was published in 2010 by McSweeney's.
Works
=''The Instructions''=
Levin's first novel, The Instructions, was selected by Powell's Indispensable Book Club{{cite web|last=Hustvedt |first=Siri |url=http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=27810 |title=Powell's Books Blog |website=Powells.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-28}} and The Rumpus Book Club.{{cite web|url=http://therumpus.net/2010/11/the-rumpus-book-club-interviews-adam-levin/ |title=The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Adam Levin |publisher=The Rumpus.net |date= 24 November 2010|accessdate=2016-12-28}}
Some reviews drew comparisons with David Foster Wallace and Philip Roth.{{cite web|last=Levin |first=Adam |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Reviews-Essays/The-Instructions/ba-p/3535 |title=The Instructions |website=Bnreview.barnesandnoble.com |date=2010-10-29 |accessdate=2016-12-28}} Some reviewers praised the dark humor, the depth of the setting, and the commentary on Jewish identity.{{cite web|url=http://www.standardsandmore.fr/vu-lu-entendu/40-en-librairies/153-adam-levin-boys-will-be-boys |title=[Interview] Adam Levin - Boys Will Be Boys - Standards and More |website=Standardsandmore.fr |date=2012-02-13 |accessdate=2016-12-28}} Some reviewers criticized the book's length (more than 1000 pages), while others praised it.{{cite web|author=Abigail Deutsch |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/The-Instructions-by-Adam-Levin-3245829.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120191854/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-11-14/books/24830027_1_rabbinic-tilt-messiah |url-status=live |archive-date=November 20, 2010 |title='The Instructions,' by Adam Levin - SFGate |website=Articles.sfgate.com |date=2010-11-14 |access-date=2016-12-28}}Michael H. Miller. {{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/very-long-history-very-brief-violence |title=A Very Long History of Very Brief Violence: Adam Levin's Brutal Comedy of Manners | the New York Observer |website=The New York Observer |accessdate=2011-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208193844/http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/very-long-history-very-brief-violence |archivedate=2010-12-08 }}. New York Observer, October 26, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122803859.html |title=A middle-school war, waged with chutzpah |website=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-28}}{{cite web|author=JOSHUA COHEN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/books/review/JCohen-t.html |title=Book Review - The Instructions - By Adam Levin - The New York Times |website=The New York Times |date=2010-11-05 |accessdate=2016-12-28}}{{cite news|last=Kamer |first=Foster |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-10-20/books/adam-levin-s-new-jewish-epic/ |title=Adam Levin's New Jewish Epic |newspaper=Village Voice |date=2010-10-20 |accessdate=2016-12-28}}
The Instructions was translated into French (Inculte) and published in France in 2011.
=''Hot Pink''=
Levin's Hot Pink{{cite web |url = https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink |title = The McSweeney's Store - Hot Pink |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403065917/https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/hot-pink |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead}} is a collection of short stories released in 2012.
=''Bubblegum''=
Levin's second novel, Bubblegum, was released on April 14, 2020.{{cite web| url = https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605801/bubblegum-by-adam-levin/| title = Bubblegum by Adam Levin: 9780525566489 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books}}{{update inline|date=April 2020}}
=''Mount Chicago''=
Mount Chicago, Doubleday (August 9, 2022), 592 pages, {{ISBN|978-0385548243}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.adamlevinadamlevin.com/ Levin's website]
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Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male novelists