I am a writer and film critic based in New York City. I was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, and on the way to Astoria, I have lived in Mississippi, New Orleans, and the north coast of the Dominican Republic, where I worked as a translator. Other past jobs include web designer, content manager, editor of one of the earliest German-language literary magazines on the Internet, business card proof reader, the Undead Richard Nixon, and adjunct professor of English. I’m an associate editor at Mississippi Review Web, and I’m married to Marcy Dermansky, author of Twins.
Education
I hold a Ph.D. and M.A. from USM’s Center for Writers, in English with Creative Writing emphasis. I have a German Abitur and completed a Grundstudium in American studies, film, and theater at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Film Criticism
In addition to the posts on this site, I write about world and independent film at About.com, where I blog, review, and maintain an extensive library of film-related links. My writing on film has also appeared in Flavorpill, New York Newsday, and the Wiesbadener Kurier. I am a member of New York Film Critics Online. For a list of recent reviews, see my page at RottenTomatoes.
Tiger in Orbit
My novel Tiger in Orbit is being represented by William Clark. Here is what Frederick Barthelme, author of Elroy Nights, had to say about the book:
Jurgen Fauth’s Tiger in Orbit is a remarkable debut novel, a screwball comedy of the American underclass of slackers, hackers, Deadheads, Phishsticks, ex-hippies, and New Age profiteers, bathed in the light of contemporary offbeat cinema and littered with the paraphernalia of the drug cultures. It’s at turns hard as nails and soft as goosefeathers, a rich, affectionate read that cracks the heart.
Short Fiction
A list of short stories published in web and in print.
- “Orchard.” La Petite Zine. Fall 2001. (online)
- “Mustard Gas.” Eclectica. Oct/Nov 2001.(online)
- “Cows.” Drunken Boat. Fall/Winter 2001. (online)
- “Gas Making You Sick?” Pig Iron Malt. Summer 2001.(online)
- “Jeffrey & Me.” Eclectica. July/August 2001.(online)
- “Dizzy.” Vestal Review. Summer 2001. (online)
- “Good Fortune.” Chiron Review. Summer 2000.
- “Delicious Juice.” Berkeley Fiction Review. 2000.
- “Chloroform.” EVO. 2000. (online)
- “Crude Nonsense.” Potatoeaters Quarterly. 1998.
- “Boom! You’re Smithereens.” Georgetown Review. 1998.
- “Tiger.” Mississippi Review Web. 1998. (online)
- “Frank Sinatra.” Naugahyde Literary Journal. 1997.
- “Railroad Trains & Finger Guns.” Product. 1997. (online)
- “Boom! You’re Smithereens.” Enterzone. 1997. (online)
- “You Boys Are Doing The Right Thing.” Naugahyde Literary Journal. 1997.
- “You Boys Are Doing The Right Thing.” The Blue Moon Review. Summer 1997. (online)
- “Kind Brother.” In Vivo. 1996. (online)
- “Cyphertext.” Mississippi Review Web. 1995.
Non-Fiction
A list of my published articles and editorials.
- “Time to Rethink the $10 Blockbuster.” New York Newsday, September 4, 2005. (scan)
- “Coventry Stories.” Jambands.com, August 29, 2004. (online).
- “An Introduction in 750 Words.” Mississippi Review Web.
Spring 2001. (online). - “Softmoderne?” In German. Der Brennende Busch. 1996.
(online). - “Poles in Your Face: The Promises and Pitfalls of
Hyperfiction” Mississippi Review Web. June 1995. (online).
Reprinted in Fussnoten zur Literatur. Universität Bamberg,
2000. Ed. Timo Kozlowski and Oliver Jahraus. - “The Fractals of Familiarty and Innovation: Robert Hunter
and the Grateful Dead Concert Experience.” The Annotated
Grateful Dead Lyrics. 1994. (online). Rober Hunter’s response,
“Fractures of Unfamiliarity and Circumvention in Pursuit of a
Nice Time,” is also (online). - Editorial. Mississippi Review Web. Spring 2001, vol. 7, number 2.
- Editorial. Der Brennende Busch. German literary journal. 1996-1999.
Web Design
I’ve designed a number of web sites, including:
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