“‘Spring,’ the first chapter of David Gordon’s third and as-yet unpublished novel, finds Daniel Ravitch helping his wife put on their company’s Spring fashion show, which, according to the industry’s sales cycles, takes place during New York’s Fall Fashion Week. Daniel, a native New Yorker turned LA transplant, finds himself out of his depth among the casual, glamorous sexuality of the fashion world, where lithe, naked bodies that crowd the backrooms of tents are anything but erotic. He’s socially and sexually educated by books more than experience, and his inability to reconcile what he reads with what he sees has him feeling like a tourist in his own life, looking but never touching.” - Halimah Marcus
About the Author: David Gordon was born in New York City. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MA in English and Comparative Literature and an MFA in Writing, both from Columbia University. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU/Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award, as well being the first foreign novel to win three prestigious awards in Japan, where it was also made into a major feature film. His second novel, Mystery Girl,was selected as a top pick in the New Yorker, and his short story collection, White Tiger on Snow Mountain, was published in October of last year. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Fabulist, Purple and Fence among other publications. In addition to Japanese, his books have been translated into Korean, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Polish, German and French. He is a Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute and a former leader of the Advanced Reading Group at the Proust Society as well as a former member of the American Floating World Society. He also ran an international designer clothing line along the way.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.
About the Author: David Gordon was born in New York City. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MA in English and Comparative Literature and an MFA in Writing, both from Columbia University. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU/Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award, as well being the first foreign novel to win three prestigious awards in Japan, where it was also made into a major feature film. His second novel, Mystery Girl,was selected as a top pick in the New Yorker, and his short story collection, White Tiger on Snow Mountain, was published in October of last year. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Fabulist, Purple and Fence among other publications. In addition to Japanese, his books have been translated into Korean, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Polish, German and French. He is a Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute and a former leader of the Advanced Reading Group at the Proust Society as well as a former member of the American Floating World Society. He also ran an international designer clothing line along the way.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Recommended Reading is supported by the Amazon Literary Partnership, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For other links from Electric Literature, follow us, or sign up for our eNewsletter.
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