Richard Grayson

Death on the Cards

More Brooklyn Friends and Rockaway Neighbors

Richard Grayson, author of such acclaimed short story collections as WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, LINCOLN'S DOCTOR'S DOG and I BRAKE FOR DELMORE SCHWARTZ, has kept a daily diary for over 41 years, since the summer of 1969, when he was an agoraphobic Brooklyn teenager.The year in Rockaway is 1980. Grayson is broke and living in a beachfront studio. His first book, WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, published the year before, received good reviews but has earned him no more money than his many published stories in literary magazines. Grayson - along with his friends also in their twenties in a year of rampant inflation, widespread unemployment, and a New York City beset with crime, drugs, and seemingly unstoppable decay - wonders where to go next.

A Year in Rockaway

Suzanne Treister

3 Projects : Alchemy : Correspondence: from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe : War Artists : 11 September - 25 October 2008, Annely Juda Fine Art

Lincoln's Doctor's Dog & Other Stories

A new short story collection by the author of WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, LINCOLN'S DOCTOR'S DOG, I BRAKE FOR DELMORE SCHWARTZ, I SURVIVED CARACAS TRAFFIC, THE SILICON VALLEY DIET & HIGHLY IRREGULAR STORIES, Grayson's latest book features stories that have appeared since 2003 on such webzines as Pindeldyboz, Me Three, Fiction Warehouse, Barrelhouse, Small Spiral Notebook, Opium, Monkeybicycle, Hobart, Eyeshot and Mississippi Review. Six of the stories were selected as Notable Stories of 2004 and 2005 by StorySouth Magazine's Million Writers Award and one -- "Branch Libraries of Southeastern Brooklyn" -- was a finalist for the 2004 award.For now you can download the entire book for free if you click on "Preview."

And to Think That He Kissed Him on Lorimer Street

Richard Grayson has been keeping a daily diary compulsively since the summer of 1969, when he was an 18-year-old agoraphobic about to venture out into the world - or at least the world around him in Brooklyn. His diary, approximately 600 words a day without missing a day since August 1, 1969, now totals over 9 million words, rivaling the longest diaries ever written. Excerpts from his diaries have appeared online at McSWEENEY'S and THOUGHT CATALOG. Grayson's diaries from August 1969 to June 1978 were published in a number of previous volumes. MANHATTAN BEACH covers the second half of 1978, when the 27-year-old diarist, having published over seventy stories in little magazines, teaches remedial writing at a community college in Brooklyn and unexpectedly gets a hardcover book contract from a New York commercial publisher.

Manhattan Beach

ROLLING STONE called Richard Grayson's first short story collection, WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, published in 1979, "where avant-garde fiction goes when it becomes stand-up comedy," and NEWSDAY said, "The reader is dazzled by the swift, witty goings-on." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW said Grayson's I SURVIVED CARACAS TRAFFIC (1996) was "entertaining and bizarre" and "consistently, even ingeniously funny." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called Grayson's THE SILICON VALLEY DIET (2000) "compulsively talky and engagingly disjunctive"; and THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, reviewing AND TO THINK THAT HE KISSED HIM ON LORIMER STREET (2006), said, "Grayson has a fresh, funny voice." Grayson's diaries from August 1969 to December 1977 were published in a number of previous volumes. LUNCH AT JUNIOR'S covers the first half of 1978, when the 26-year-old author, having published over fifty stories, teaches college English classes in downtown Brooklyn and dreams about having his first book published.

Lunch at Junior's

“These twenty-two fictions display a versatility which commands attention.” —Best Sellers “Has the character of both parody and the play that is at the heart of narrative technique.” —Small Press Review “Splendid.” —The Orlando Sentinel

And Other Stories

Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

A compilation of all six books of Richard Grayson's diary entries: SUMMER IN BROOKLYN (1969-1975), AUTUMN IN BROOKLYN (1978), WINTER IN BROOKLYN (1971-72),SPRING IN BROOKLYN (1975), MORE SUMMER IN BROOKLYN (1976-79) and A YEAR IN ROCKAWAY (1980).

The Brooklyn Diaries: 1969-1981

A compilation of Richard Grayson's four out-of-print chapbooks: Disjointed Fictions, Eating at Arby's, Narcissism and Me, and The Greatest Short Story That Absolutely Ever Was

Highly Irregular Stories

Boy Finds Brooklyn

"Really funny."—Liz Smith, New York Daily News "Where avant-garde fiction goes when it turns into stand-up comedy."—Rolling Stone "Shines with intelligence and even wit."—Cleveland Plain Dealer "Quite humorous."—Miami News "Truly beautifully done. Wonderful!"—San Francisco Voice

With Hitler in New York

Richard Grayson has been keeping a daily diary compulsively since the summer of 1969, when he was an 18-year-old agoraphobic about to venture out into the world - or at least the world around him in Brooklyn. His diary, approximately 600 words a day without missing a day since August 1, 1969, now totals over 9 million words, rivaling the longest diaries ever written. Excerpts from his diaries have appeared online at McSWEENEY'S and THOUGHT CATALOG. Grayson's diaries from August 1969 to June 1978 were published in a number of previous volumes. A BROOKLYN AUTHOR covers the months leading to the publication of his first book, the hardcover short story collection WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK.

A Brooklyn Author

A Novel

The Murders at Impasse Louvain

Roger Cardinal

Clare Carolin

Published to accompany an exhibition held at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, 17 September - 11 November 2006, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill on Sea, 27 January - 15 April 2007, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 5 May - 29 July 2007.

Art, Compulsion, Concealment

A Secret Service

Richard Grayson has been keeping a daily diary compulsively since the summer of 1969, when he was an 18-year-old agoraphobic about to venture out into the world - or at least the world around him in Brooklyn. His diary, approximately 600 words a day without missing a day since August 1, 1969, now totals over 9 million words, rivaling the longest diaries ever written. But Grayson is not merely an eccentric with graphomania. His nonfiction has appeared in PEOPLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, THE NEW YORK POST and numerous other periodicals. Excerpts from his diaries have appeared online at McSWEENEY'S and THOUGHT CATALOG. ROLLING STONE called Grayson's first short story collection, WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, published in 1979, "where avant-garde fiction goes when it becomes stand-up comedy," and NEWSDAY said, "The reader is dazzled by the swift, witty goings-on." THE ROAD TO ROCKAWAY covers the months after the publication of his first book.

The Road to Rockaway

Richard S. Grayson

Fearghal McGarry

Pioneering analysis of how the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme have been remembered in Ireland since 1916.

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