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http://www.goodreads.com/Joyland

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http://www.brianjosephdavis.com

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Literature & Fiction

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September 2010

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BRIAN JOSEPH DAVIS is the author of Portable Altamont, a collection that garnered praise from Spin magazine for its “elegant, wise-ass rush of truth, hiding riotous social commentary in slanderous jokes.” Slate called his novel I, Tania, “The book of your fever dreams.” Ronald Reagan My Father was longlisted with the 30,000 Euro Frank O'Connor Prize For Short Fiction.
Along with Emily Schultz he founded Joyland.ca

His music and radio productions have been acclaimed by Wired, Pitchfork, Salon, and LA Weekly, which wrote, “Davis has an amazing head for aural experiments that are smart on paper and fascinating in execution.”

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The Composites on The New Yorker blog, Mark Leyner in The Believer, Sheila Heti on The Huffington Post

The New Yorker's book blog reports on The Composites with an honest and funny take. I'm quite glad they gleaned that disappointment is an integral part of the project. Let me add that disappointment may be an important part of literary pleasure in general, what with that gulf between thought and representation.

The Believer has run two excerpts, here and here, of my forthcoming interview with Ma...

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Books by Brian Joseph Davis

Average rating: 3.71 · 45 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Portable Altamont 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	I, Tania 3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Ronald Reagan, My Father 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Joyland Retro by Brian Joseph Davis (Goodreads Author), Nathan Sellyn, Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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