Noah Cicero
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Noah Cicero is an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He lives in Youngstown, Ohio
, and is the author of six books of fiction:
His fiction is also anthologized in:
His stories, poetry, and essays have also been published extensively, at such magazines as Scarecrow, Brittle Star, Retort, Nth Position, Black Ice, Identity Theory, Prague Literary Review and many others. He has done readings at KGB Bar in New York.
He has cited Sartre
, Hemingway
and Beckett
as central influences.
His essays are both political and philosophical in nature, sometimes using the tools of psychology and philosophy to crucify those political leaders or followers he sees as acting in bad faith
. Some of these essays have been written in collaboration with Ohio journalist Bernice Mullins.
He is a former co-editor of 3:AM Magazine
.
He has two books published on Bear Parade.
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, and is the author of six books of fiction:
- The Human War [2003, Fugue State PressFugue State PressFugue State Press is a small New York City fiction publisher, specializing in the experimental novel. It has published twenty titles to date, including work by Joshua Cohen, Noah Cicero, Shane Jones, Ben Brooks, James Chapman, Prakash Kona, Eckhard Gerdes, André Malraux, W. B. Keckler, Vi Khi...
; foreign publications include Snowbooks, London 2007; as well as editions in Greek and German] - The Condemned [2006, Six Gallery Press]
- Burning Babies [2006, Parlor Press]
- Treatise [2008, A-Head Publishing]
- The Insurgent [2010, Blatt]
- Best Behavior [2011, Civil Coping Mechanisms]
His fiction is also anthologized in:
- The Edgier Waters [2006, Snowbooks, London]
His stories, poetry, and essays have also been published extensively, at such magazines as Scarecrow, Brittle Star, Retort, Nth Position, Black Ice, Identity Theory, Prague Literary Review and many others. He has done readings at KGB Bar in New York.
He has cited Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, particularly Marxism, and was one of the key figures in literary...
, Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
and Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
as central influences.
His essays are both political and philosophical in nature, sometimes using the tools of psychology and philosophy to crucify those political leaders or followers he sees as acting in bad faith
Bad faith
Bad faith is double mindedness or double heartedness in duplicity, fraud, or deception. It may involve intentional deceit of others, or self deception....
. Some of these essays have been written in collaboration with Ohio journalist Bernice Mullins.
He is a former co-editor of 3:AM Magazine
3:AM Magazine
3:AM Magazine is a literary magazine, which was set up as 3ammagazine.com in April 2000 and is edited from Paris. Its editor-in-chief since inception has been Andrew Gallix, a lecturer at the Sorbonne ....
.
He has two books published on Bear Parade.