Madison Smartt Bell

Bibliography

BOOKS:

  • The Washington Square Ensemble (novel) Viking Press, 1983 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1984
  • Waiting For The End Of The World (novel) Ticknor & Fields, 1985 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1986
  • Straight Cut (novel) Ticknor & Fields, 1986 Penguin mass-market paperback, 1987
  • Zero db (short fiction) Ticknor & Fields, 1987Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1988
  • The Year Of Silence (novel) Ticknor & Fields, 1987Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1989
  • Soldier's Joy (novel) Ticknor & Fields, 1989 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1990
  • Barking Man (short fiction) Ticknor & Fields, 1990 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1991
  • Doctor Sleep (novel) Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, 1991 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1992
  • Save Me, Joe Louis (novel) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993 Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series, 1994
  • All Souls' Rising novel from Pantheon/ Knopf, October 1995
  • Narrative Design: An Improvisational Method for Apprentice Writers (textbook), in progress under contract to Harcourt Brace.

    • ANTHOLOGY PUBLICATIONS (short fiction):

  • Intro 9: Close to Home: Triptych," (Hendel & Reinke, 1978)
  • Best American Short Stories 1984: "The Naked Lady," Houghton Mifflin, 1984)
  • The Best of Intro: "Triptych," (Associated Writing Programs, 1985)
  • New Stories from the South: "Triptych 2," (Algonquin Books, 1986)
  • The Editors' Choice (v. 3): "Zero db," (Bantam Books, 1986)
  • Homewords: "The Day I Shot My Dog," (University of Tennessee Press, 1986)
  • The New Writers of the South: "Monkey Park," (University of Georgia Press, 1987)
  • Oral Interpretation: "The Naked Lady," (Houghton Mifflin, 1987)
  • Best American Short Stories 1987: "The Lie Detector," (Houghton Mifflin, 1987)
  • Louder Than Words: "Finding Natasha," (Random House, 1989)
  • Best American Short Stories 1989: "Customs of The Country" (Houghton Mifflin, 1989)
  • New Stories from the South: "Customs of the Country," (Algonquin Books, 1989)
  • Amerika Porteller: "Customs of the Country," (1990? an anthology of 30 U.S. short stories published in Norway -- Den Norske Bokklubben)
  • Voices In Fiction and Non Fiction: "Witness," (with notes) (The Long Ridge Writers Group, Danbury CT, 1990)
  • Words on the Page, the World in Your Hands "Getting Involved," (adapted from "I Love New York," Eds. Lipkin & Solotaroff, Harper & Row, 1990, v. 2)
  • Best American Short Stories: 1990: "Finding Natasha" (Houghton Mifflin 1990)
  • The Literary Dog: Great Contemporary Dog Stories: "Black and Tan" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990)
  • Literary Outtakes: chapter from Soldier's Joy, Ed. Larry Dark, Fawcett 1990
  • The Sound of Writing: "Mister Potatohead in Love," (Doubleday/Anchor 1991)
  • A Pocket Full of Prose: "Dragon's Seed," (Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1991)
  • The Wedding Cake In The Middle Of The Road: "Pawnshop," (Norton, 1992)
  • Elvis In Oz: "At Sea," University of Virginia Press, 1992
  • Das Grosse Lesebuch Der Wilden Manner: "Die Nachte Lady" (translation of The Naked Lady) Goldmann Verlag (Germany), 1992
  • That's What I Like About The South: "Hammerhead," Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1993)
  • Inside, Outside '93: "Today Is A Good Day To Die (Snake Nation Press, 1992)
  • Legal Fictions: "Witness" (Overlook Press, 1992)

    • PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS (SHORT FICTION): 

    Antaeus:                      "Finding Natasha," Spring 1989
Atlantic:                        "Black and Tan," February 1990
Boulevard:                  "Holding Together," Fall 1988
"Dragon's Seed," Fall 1990?
Cosmopolitan (British edition):    "Monkey Park," November 1987
Harper's:                      "The Naked Lady," October 1984
"Zero db," August 1985
"Customs of the Country," February 1988
"Witness," January 1990
Hudson Review:        "Monkey Park," Vol. 38 #1, Spring 1985
"The Moon Will Be Bleeding," Vol. 41 #4, Winter 1989
Literary Review (London):      "Zero db," October 1985
North American Review:        "World Without End," September 1987
Switch:     "Monkey Park," (Japanese translation), 1987
"Zero db," (Japanese translation), 1988
Crescent Review       "The Naked Lady," (Vol. 1 No. 1, 1983)
"Triptych 2," (Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1984)
"The Lie Detector," (Vol 4., No. 2, Fall 1986)
"Beggarman, Thief," (Vol 5, No. 1, 1987)
Columbia          "Irene," (no. 7, 1982)
"The Year of Silence," (no. 12, 1987)
Witness       "The Forgotten Bridge," (vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 1987)
Stories       "Feast of the Assumption," (No. 18, 1987)
Greensboro Review      "I've Got a Secret," (No. 42, Summer 1987)
Lowlands Review         "The Structure and Meaning of DFS," (no. 8, 1979)
Poughkeepsie Review         "The Girl in the Black Raincoat," (Summer 1987)
Green Mountains Review       "I Love New York" (no. 13, Spring 1984)
Tennessee Illustrated        "Last Go-Round," (Vol. 2, No. 1, January/ February 1989)
America Illustrated       "Black and Tan," (1990?)
The Russian language magazine of the U.S. Information Agency
Story         "Cash Machine," spring, 1991
Vox          "Pawnshop," Vol I, No. 1, spring 1991
Northwest Review       "Barking Man," volume 28, #1
Gentlemen's Quarterly       "Summertime," August 1992
Witness         "The Life of Georgie," Vol. VI # 1 1992
Ploughshares     "The Rights Of Man," Vol. 19 # 4, Winter 1993-94
Boulevard       "A Consummation,"  Vol. 9 # 1&2, Spring 1994
Witness       "Blood Harvest," Vol. VIII #1, 1994
Southern Review        "The Dead," Vol. 30, #2, Spring 1994

    ESSAYS AND BOOK REVIEWS:

  • Antaeus: "Literature and Pleasure: Bridging the Gap," #59, September 1987
  • Chronicles: "An Interview with George Garrett," June 1988; "An Interview with Andrew Lytle," September 1988
  • Harper's: "Less Is Less: The Dwindling American Short Story," April 1986
  • Switch: "Less Is Less," (Japanese translation), 1988
  • Rediscoveries II: "Do, Lord, Remember Me," (Carroll & Graf, 1988)
  • Columbia: "Throwing Dirt on the Grave of Minimalism," (Panel Discussion, No. 14, 1989)
  • Chronicles: "Time and the Tide in the Southern Short Story," March 1991
  • The World and I: "Blood and Guts in the Bookstore" (critical essay) April 1992
  • Chattahoochee Review: "An Essay Introducing His Work In Rather A Lunatic Fashion," Vol xii # 1, Fall 1991
  • Manoa: "Book-Reviewing For Better or Worse," Vol 3, #2, Fall 1991
  • Critical Preface to A Wake For The Living, by Andrew Lytle (J.S. Sanders & Co. 1992)
  • Critical Essays On Peter Taylor: "The Mastery of Peter Taylor" (G.K. Hall, 1993)
  • "Where an Author Might Be Standing" (essay on William Vollman), The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Volume 13, no. 2, Summer 1993
  • "The Short Story Revival (Or Whatever It Was): An Impressionistic History and Diatribe" Mississippi Review, vol 21, Numbers 1 & 2
  • "A Memory of William Goyen," Mid-American Review , Volume 13, no. 1, 1992
  • Book reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, the Village Voice, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the London Standard, the North American Review, the L.A. Times Book Review, the Boston Globe, Southern Magazine , and others.
  • Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace, Washington Post, 1989
  • Lights Out in the Reptile House by Jim Sheperd, Washington Post 1990
  • The Other Side by Mary Gordon, New York Times Book Review, 1989
  • The Pilgrim's Rules of Etiquette by Taghi Modarressi, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989
  • The Rainbow Stories by William Vollman, Philadelphia Inquirer 1989
  • Caverns by O.U. Levon (Ken Kesey et. al.), Village Voice Literary Supplement) February 1990
  • The Salt Point by Paul Russell, Village Voice1990
  • Many Things Have Happened Since He Died by Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn, Washington Post, 1990
  • My Life and Doctor Joyce Brothers by Kelly Cherry, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1990
  • Godchildren by Charles Casey Martin, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1990
  • The Homestead by Chilton Williamson, Chronicles , May 1990
  • The Music of Chance by Paul Auster, New York Times Book Review, fall 1990
  • The Second War by G.C. Hendricks, Philadelphia Inquirer , April 22, 1990
  • Two Girls, Fat and Thin by Mary Gaitskill, Boston Globe spring 1991
  • S.F.W by A.M. Wellman, Philadelphia Inquirer, spring 1991
  • Resuscitation of a Hanged Man by Denis Johnson, Philadelphia Inquirer, spring 1991
  • If Not Now, Then In Heaven, by Joel Redon, Philadelphia Inquirer, spring 1991
  • Complete Collected Stories, by V.S. Pritchett, Philadelphia Inquirer, Spring 1991
  • The Alchymist's Journal by Evan S. Connell, Boston Globe, spring 1991
  • Sweet Angel Band by R.M. Kinder, New York Times Book Review, 9/27/91
  • All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, New York Times Book Review, May 17, 1992
  • A Foreign Woman by Sergei Dovlatov, USA TODAY, August 23, 1991
  • An Afghanistan Picture Show by William Vollman, USA Today, August 13, 1992
  • Crystal River by Charlie Smith, Washington Post Book World, September 8, 1991
  • Fathers And Crows by William Vollman, Chicago Tribune , July 26, 1992
  • A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler, Chicago Tribune, February 23, 1992
  • The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina, Chicago Tribune , May 10, 1992
  • Mercy by Andrea Dworkin, Chicago Tribune, September 15, 1991
  • Whores For Gloria by William T. Vollman, Boston Globe, December 29, 1991
  • Talents and Technicians by John Aldridge, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 1992
  • The Night Travelers by Elizabeth Spencer, Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 18, 1991
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Baltimore Sun , September 27, 1992
  • Pilgrim In The Ruins: A Life Of Walker Percy by Jay Tolson, New York Times Book Review, November 15, 1992
  • The Collected Stories by William Trevor, USA Today , January 29, 1993
  • The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court by Peter Taylor, Baltimore Sun, February 14, 1993
  • Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, USA Today, March 2, 1993
  • Cry Me A River by T.R. Pearson, Philadelphia Inquirer , January 10, 1993
  • Too Far From Home by Paul Bowles, Chicago Tribune , March 14, 1993
  • The Names of The Lost by Liza Wieland, USA Today , March 30, 1993
  • Notes From Underground by Eric Bogosian, Washington Post March 30, 1993
  • Sex Crimes, by Alice Vachss, Chicago Tribune, July 25, 1993
  • Sailor Song by Ken Kesey, Baltimore Sun, August 23, 1992
  • Bottoms Up, By Jeff Putnam, Philadelphia Inquirer , May 23, 1993
  • Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs, by William Vollmann, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 1993.
  • Butterfly Stories, by William Vollmann, Chicago Tribune, November 28, 1993.
  • Poor Things, by Alasdair Gray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution , March 7, 1993.
  • On Fire by Larry Brown, New York Times Book Review , August 24, 1994
  • The Children in the Woods by Frederick Busch, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 1994
  • A Way in the World by V.S. Naipaul, Chicago Tribune, May 29, 1994

    • OTHER WRITING:

  • "William T. Vollmann's Risky Business" (profile), New York Times Magazine, February 6, 1994
  • "An Interview with Madison Smartt Bell" by Mary Louise Weaks, Southern Review, Vol. 30 #1, Winter 1994
  • My Poor Elephant: 27 Male Writers at Work: "One Art" (autobiographical essay) Longstreet Press, 1992
  • Baltimore Magazine: "The School Of Hard Knocks" (article on local boxing gym) November 1990
  • Waiting For The End Of The World (screenplay) Commissioned by Cine Paris, 1988
  • The Safety Net (screenplay) Commissioned by New Horizons (Roger Corman)
  • Choc En Retour (screen adaptation of novel Straight Cut) Commissioned by Thomas Kuchenreuther, Munich, Germany, in progress.
  • Happy Families Are All Alike (half-hour filmscript) in production by Andrew Moore, New York, NY
  • The History Of The Owen Graduate School Of Management (nonfiction book) Vanderbilt University, 1988
  • Readers' Guides: The Franklin Library, 1979-83 (On Cervantes, Bronte, Twain, Fenimore Cooper, Tolstoy, Howells, Trollope, James, Pound, London, Plotinus, Aristotle, &c.)

    • Miscellaneous:

  • "A Propellor On A Skullcap" (note on Thelonius Monk), New York Times Arts & Leisure, June 13, 1993
  • "Rediscovering the Ageless Pleasures of Rereading," Boston Globe, June 20, 1993

    • BOOKS IN FOREIGN EDITIONS AND IN TRANSLATION:

  • The Washington Square Ensemble: British edition, Andre Deutsch, 1983 German translation Washington Square, New York , Wilhelm Goldmann, 1990 Danish translation,(Ensemblet Fra Washington Square) Fremad, 1990 Spanish translation, Ediciones del Serbal, 1990
  • Waiting For The End Of The World : British editions: Chatto & Windus, 1985; Sphere/Abacus paperback, 1986 German translation (Warten auf das Ende der Welt), Wilhelm Goldman, 1989
  • Straight Cut: British editions, Chatto & Windus, 1987; Sphere/Abacus paperback, 1988 German translation (Ein Sauberer Schnitt), Wilhelm Goldmann, 1988 Danish translation (Klip), Samlerens Forlag, 1989 Spanish translation (Corte Directo), Editorial Circe, 1988 Portuguese translation, ditora Globo, 1990 Japanese translation, Shinchosa, 1990
  • Ein Sauberer Schnitt, Goldman Krimi, 1992 French translation (Coups Sombres) Actes Sud, 1994
  • Zero db: British editions, Chatto & Windus, 1987; Sphere/Abacus paperback, 1989 German translation (Heute ist ein guter Tag zum Sterben), Wilhelm Goldmann, 1989 Japanese translation, Shinchosa, 1991 French translation (Coups Sombres ), Actes Sud, 1994
  • The Year Of Silence: British editions, Chatto & Windus, 1987; Sphere/Abacus paperback, 1989 German translation, Wilhelm Goldmann, 1990 Danish translation (Stilhedens Ar), Samlerens Forlag, 1989 Dutch translation (Een Jaar Stilte), Uitgeveri Unieboek, 1989 Spanish edition (El Antilde;o del Silencio) Circe, 1990
  • Barking Man: British edition, Bloomsbury, 1992 German edition, Wilhelm Goldmann, 1992
  • Doctor Sleep: British edition, Bloomsbury 1992 German translation, Wilhelm Goldmann, 1992

    • INTERVIEWS; REVIEWS; PROFILES:

  • Interview by Bob Summer, Publishers' Weekly, December 11, 1987
  • Interview by Ann Kolson, Philadelphia Inquirer, March or April 1988?
  • Interview by Robert Bradley, AWP Newsletter, February 1989
  • Profile by Bill Kent, Baltimore Magazine, May 1989
  • Interview by John X Kim and Yong Lee, Zeniada, Johns Hopkins University, vol xi, no. 1, fall 1988.
  • Essay-Review by George Garrett, "A Singular View of New York," The World and I, The Washington Times, January 1988
  • Interview in Japanese, Switch, 1988
  • Interview in Japanese, Switch, November 1991 Vol 9 #5
  • Interview by Randi Henderson, The Baltimore Sun, Sunday, March 24, 1991
  • "Criminal Codes," Interview with Craig Daniels, CityPaper (Baltimore) August 6, 1993

    • For reviews of individual titles, see the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Village Voice, The London Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, &c.

    Books By Madison Smartt Bell

    Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series (paperbacks):

    The Washington Square Ensemble ISBN 0 14 007025 7

    Waiting For The End Of The World ISBN 0 14 009330 3

    Straight Cut ISBN 0 14 015386 1

    Zero db ISBN 0 14 010629 4

    The Year of Silence ISBN 0 14 011533 1

    Soldier's Joy ISBN 0 14 013359 3

    Barking Man ISBN 0 14 014903 1

    Doctor Sleep ISBN 0 14 016560 6

    Save Me, Joe Louis ISBN 0 14 023633 3

    Pantheon Books (hard cover)

    All Souls' Rising ISBN 0-679-43989-7 Price $25.00