Juliet Escoria
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Juliet Escoria is an American writer. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and lives in West Virginia with her husband, the writer and martial artist Scott McClanahan.Escoria, Juliet. Hobart (magazine), September 6, 2014. [http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/true-life-i-married-scott-mcclanahan "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan"]
She published a collection of stories with accompanying videos[https://vimeo.com/channels/blackcloud Juliet Escoria's Vimeo account] titled Black Cloud (2014). Black Cloud received positive reviews at Flavorwire,Diamond, Jason, Flavorwire, July 15, 2014, [http://flavorwire.com/467423/the-best-indie-literature-of-2014-so-far "The Best Indie Literature of 2014 So Far"]. Bullet MagazineMaharry, Lindsay, Bullett, June 13, 2014, [http://bullettmedia.com/article/sexual-masochism-juliet-escoria/ "The Sexual Masochism of Juliet Escoria"]. and Volume 1 BrooklynCarroll, Tobias, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, May 6, 2014, [http://www.vol1brooklyn.com/2014/05/06/talking-literary-viscera-memory-and-ema-with-juliet-escoria/ "Talking Literary Viscera, Memory, and EMA with Juliet Escoria"]. It was mentioned in the lists of best books of 2014 at The Fader,Fader, The, December 19, 2014, [https://www.thefader.com/2014/12/19/listmania-2014 "The FADER Presents: LISTMANIA! 2014"]. Salon,Filgate, Michele, December 29, 2014, [http://www.salon.com/2014/12/29/salon%E2%80%99s_what_to_read_awards_top_critics_choose_the_best_books_of_2014/ "Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2014"]. and Flavorwire.
Escoria's work has appeared in publications such as Electric Literature, Hobart,Escoria, Juliet, Hobart, September 6, 2014, [http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/true-life-i-married-scott-mcclanahan "True Life: I Married Scott McClanahan"]. VICE The Believer,Escoria, Juliet, The Believer, November 7, 2014, [http://logger.believermag.com/post/102022176299/an-interview-with-lindsay-hunter "An Interview with Lindsay Hunter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909201045/http://logger.believermag.com/post/102022176299/an-interview-with-lindsay-hunter |date=2015-09-09 }}. and Guernica. Escoria holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Brooklyn College.
Escoria also created companion videos to accompany the stories in Black Cloud.Escoria, Juliet, Vimeo, 2014 [https://vimeo.com/julietescoria "Juliet Escoria's videos"].
Critical response
In his positive review of Juliet the Maniac for NPR, Gabino Iglesias said, "Juliet The Maniac is a heartfelt, raw, powerfully told story about surviving mental illness and learning to cope with inner demons. Escoria is a talented writer who's not afraid to write her truth, even when it will scrape viciously at the souls of readers."Iglesias, Gabino, NPR, May 1, 2019, [https://www.npr.org/2019/05/01/718715858/for-juliet-the-maniac-healing-had-to-come-from-within "For 'Juliet The Maniac,' Healing Had To Come From Within"]. In her review for The New York Times, Elizabeth Nicholas compared the novel to Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, and Ottessa Moshfegh, adding, "Juliet Escoria’s autofictive debut novel, Juliet the Maniac, is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction. Told in a series of fragments spanning the teenage years in which bipolar Juliet’s life unravels, it is a narrative that insists on its own severity."Nicholas, Elizabeth, The New York Times, June 24, 2019, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/books/review/juliet-escoria-juliet-the-maniac.html "For Fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, a Debut Novel of Female Psychosis"].
Bibliography
- Black Cloud (2014, Civil Coping Mechanisms)
- Witch Babies (2015, Holler Presents)
- Witch Hunt (2016, Lazy Fascist)
- Juliet the Maniac (2019, Melville House)
- You Are the Snake (2024, Soft Skull Press)
References
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External links
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- [http://julietescoria.com Official site]
- [https://twitter.com/julietescoria Official Twitter page]
- [http://copingmechanisms.net/black-cloud-by-juliet-escoria/ Black Cloud by Juliet Escoria]
- [https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-mystery-is-in-the-ordinary-uncool-things-an-interview-with-author-717/ VICE magazine interview]
- [http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20457/1/the-best-books-of-2014-so-far DAZED best-of 2014 list]
- [http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/the-gospel-of-tender-rage-elizabeth-ellen-interviews-juliet-escoria Hobart interview]
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Category:American women short story writers
Category:21st-century American short story writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Australian emigrants to the United States
Category:Writers from San Diego