Jason Jordan


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Jason Jordan

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url http://www.goodreads.com/profile/jasonjordan
born May 25, 1983
gender male
place of birth Louisville, KY, United States
website http://poweringthedevilscircus.blogspot.com
genre Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
influences Donald Barthelme, Richard Brautigan, Joe Meno, Haruki Murakami, George Saunders, Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut

about this author

Jason Jordan is a writer from New Albany, Indiana, who always says he's from Louisville, Kentucky, because people actually know where that is. His fiction has appeared in The2ndHand, Hobart, Pindeldyboz, VerbSap, Word Riot, and many other publications. Jordan is also Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine decomP. He is currently in the MFA program at Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is working on his first novel. You can visit him at poweringthedevilscircus.blogspot.com.

Additionally, Jordan is a music journalist for UltimateMetal.com and Zero Tolerance Magazine. He was formerly with MetalReview.com and The Metal Observer.

books by Jason Jordan

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avg rating: 4.56 | 9 ratings | 1 distinct work
Powering the Devil's Circus Powering the Devil's Circus (Paperback)
by Jason Jordan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.56 — 9 ratings — published 2006
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Vacation 08/03 Jason is currently reading:
Vacation (Paperback)
by Jeremy C. Shipp (Goodreads author!)
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August 01
See You Next Tuesday... Jason Jordan marked as to-read:
See You Next Tuesday: The Second Coming (Paperback)
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July 28
The Brief Wondrous L... Jason Jordan marked as to-read:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
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August 03
Best of the Web 2008 Jason Jordan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Best of the Web 2008 (Paperback)
by Steve Almond
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Vacation Jason Jordan is currently reading:
Vacation (Paperback)
by Jeremy C. Shipp (Goodreads author!)
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my rating:
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July 23
The Suburban Swindle Jason Jordan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Suburban Swindle (Paperback)
by Jackie Corley (Goodreads author!)
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July 12
591504 Jason Jordan read and liked Nick's review of Drown:

"There might not be such a thing as a perfect book, but this comes damn, damn close. "
531989 New comment on Nick's review of Drown
983325 Jason wrote: "Yeah, it's excellent, isn't it? I haven't read his latest yet. I guess I'm waiting for the paperback...more "

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July 17
Three Fallen Women Jason Jordan gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Three Fallen Women (Paperback)
by Amy Guth (Goodreads author!)
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July 11
Keyhole 3 Jason Jordan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Keyhole 3 (Paperback)
by Keyhole
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"Avant-garde as fuck."
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A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction and poetry only.




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from Abbeville
30 days ago, 07:11AM

1032401 Hi Jason, and thanks for the add!
We do hope you check back with us for updates on our books and our exciting new online media

from Nick
03/11/2008 09:05AM

591504 Good to see you here, man. Welcome to yet another giant online time-consumer. T'is much fun.













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