American Stutter
memoir · First published 2022
Author guide
Steve Erickson Books in Order
Steve Erickson is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic. He is the author of ten novels and three books about politics and popular culture, including Days Between Stations, Tours of the Black Clock, Zeroville, and Shadowbahn. His work combines surrealism, historical speculation, political commentary, and explorations of film and music. Erickson has received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Days Between Stations
Erickson's debut novel and the natural chronological starting point for his fiction.
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Bibliography by category
Novels (12)
- Days Between Stations
novel · 1985
- Rubicon Beach
novel · 1986
- Tours of the Black Clock
novel · 1989
- Leap Year
nonfiction · 1989
- Arc d'X
novel · 1993
- Amnesiascope
novel · 1996
- American Nomad
nonfiction · 1997
- The Sea Came in at Midnight
novel · 1999
- Our Ecstatic Days
novel · 2005
In the waning summer days, a lake appears almost overnight in the middle of Los Angeles. Out of fear and love, a young single mother commits a desperate act: convinced that the lake means to take her small son from her, she determines to…
- Zeroville
novel · 2007
- These Dreams of You
novel · 2012
At once immediate and epic, funny and devastating, this new novel by the author of Shadowbahn is a transcendent dispatch from the intersection of art and politics, passion and memory. One November night in a canyon outside L.A., Zan…
- Shadowbahn
novel · 2017
A LA TIMES' BEST BOOK OF 2017 (FICTION) "A beautiful, moving, strange examination of apocalypse and rebirth.” - Neil Gaiman "Erickson has mobilized so much of what feels pressing and urgent about the fractured state of the country in a…
Nonfiction (1)
- American Stutter
memoir · 2022
Frequently asked questions about Steve Erickson
Who is Steve Erickson?
Steve Erickson is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic. He also teaches creative writing as a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside.
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Where is Steve Erickson from?
Erickson was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and is closely associated with the city. Los Angeles frequently serves as the setting or imaginative landscape of his fiction.
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What writers influenced Steve Erickson?
Erickson has cited L. Frank Baum, William Faulkner, Henry Miller, and Emily Brontë as formative literary influences. He has also discussed film as an important part of how he thinks about narrative and structure.
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What does Steve Erickson do besides write fiction?
He has worked as a film and television critic for Los Angeles magazine and was editor and co-founder of the literary journal Black Clock for twelve years. He is also a university professor and department chair.
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What awards has Steve Erickson received?
Erickson has received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2014 Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and twice been nominated for the National Magazine Award.
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