James McCourt (writer)

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James McCourt (born 1941) is an American writer and novelist. He is best known for his extravagant 1975 novel Mawrdew Czgowchwz, about a fictional opera diva, and his 2003 nonfiction book Queer Street, about gay life in New York City after World War II. His latest novel, Now Voyagers, is the first in a series of projected sequels to Mawrdew Czgowchwz. He is openly gay.^[1]

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Fiction 1.2 Nonfiction 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Works

[edit] Fiction

• Mawrdew Czgowchwz (Farrar, Strous & Giroux, 1975)
• Kaye Wayfaring in “Avenged” (stories) (Viking, 1985)
• Time Remaining (stories) (Knopf, 1993)
• Delancey's Way (Knopf, 2000)
• Wayfaring at Waverly in Silverlake (stories) (Knopf, 2002)
• Now Voyagers (Turtle Point Press, 2008)

[edit] Nonfiction

• Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985 (W.W. Norton, 2003)

[edit] References

1. ^ Queer Street, pg. 5

[edit] External links

• interview in Publishers Weekly about Now Voyagers
• Bookworm: James McCourt interview on KCRW (1993)
• Bookworm: James McCourt interview on KCRW (2004)
• Bookworm: James McCourt interview on KCRW (2008)
• The Seven Godlike Books of James McCourt feature on Dennis Cooper's blog
• A Diva Cruises Again New York Times review of Now Voyagers
• L.A. Times review of Now Voyagers
• review and interview on Queer Street in Time Out New York