James K Beach

Fiction Writer

New York, NY

New York US

Author's Bio

JAMES BEACH opted to overindulge in poetry and lit before discovering that bohemian professions are a bit more challenging and dangerous than they appear... But anyway. Taking risks is a risk, as anyone knows. Since 2002, he's used his Bachelor's in Writing to amass 150+ journalism bylines in 20 venues, manage as editor at AWAREing Press, and do related tasks in publishing. Currently he's working various temp jobs in the USA, looking at graduate schools, and considering the significance of mating young. CREATIVE WRITING CREDITS: Antique Children Journal, Blue Monday Review, Danse Macabre Online, The Exhibit Literary, Paraphilia Magazine, Smokebox Commentary, Warhol Stars UK, his own defunct Wood Coin Magazine, and others. As a solo artist, his work remains inscrutible to some.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Antique Children

Counterexample Poetics

Danse Macabre

Jivin Ladybug

Mad Hatters' Review

Medulla Review

Prizes won:

TOP-23 MENTION: "Shaking the Tree by its Roots" at the Guthrie Theatre's Call for Dramatist's Manifestos (judged by Tony Kushner, 2003). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: "The Intelligence of Moving Bodies" (a Feldenkrais-based philosophy by Carl Ginsburg PhD, AWAREing Press 2010); "Gargoyle #54" - Slings & Arrows (Richard Peabody, publisher); University of Pennsylvania catalog mention (per mention of Carol Berge as her last editor due to her 1964 Vancouver Report for sale) in 2018.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

S. Anderson, Asimov, Atwood, Burgess, Burroughs, Camus, Coetzee, Coupland, Cruz Smith, Eco, Fielding, Franzen, Gibson, Greene, Hardy, Hawthorne, Hesse, Huxley, James, Joyce, Juvenal, Kafka, Kerouac, S. Lewis, Mailer, Mann, A. Miller, H. Miller, T. Morrison, Nin, Plato, Poe, Roth, Twain, Updike, Vonnegut Jr, Walker, Whitman...

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults, At Risk Youth, Children, Naturalists/Environmentalists, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Raised in:

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Last update: Nov 16, 2022