Mark binelli biography
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Mark Binelli Biography, Books, and Similar Authors
Interview
A brief Q&A with Mark Binelli
Where are you from?
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Who are your favorite writers?
Nabokov, Pynchon, Flann O'Brien, AJ Liebling, David Foster Wallace, Geoff Dyer, Janet Malcolm, Nicholson Baker, Tom Stoppard.
Which book/books have had the biggest influence on your writing?
White Noise, Don DeLillo; Up in the Old Hotel, Joseph Mitchell; Family, Ian Frazier; The White Album, Joan Didion; 60 Stories, Donald Barthelme.
What is your favorite quote?
"But just wait until now become then. You'll see how happy we were."—Susan Sontag.
What is the question most commonly asked by your readers? What is the answer?
"Detroit - I've always been so fascinated by that city! Should I visit?" If I like the person, the answer is: "Yes."
What inspired you to write your first book?
Watching Abbott and Costello movies with my dad on Sunday mornings instead of going to church, an
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Binelli, Mark
PERSONAL:
Born in MI; son of a knife-grinder and a high-school English teacher. Education:University of Michigan, B.A., Columbia University, M.F.A.
ADDRESSES:
Home—New York, NY. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Journalist and novelist. Rolling Stone,New York, NY, contributing editor and writer.
WRITINGS:
Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die! (novel), Dalkey Archive Press (Normal, IL), 2006.
SIDELIGHTS:
Mark Binelli's first novel, Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die! was inspired by the true-life story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchists who were executed in 1927. However, instead of staying true to his journalistic roots, Binelli veers quickly into fiction and reinvents the duo as a vaudeville comedy team styled on Laurel and Hardy who makes it big in silent-era Hollywood. The narrative is augmented by invented diary entries, magazine interviews, and newspaper accounts that highlight the team's immigrant status and which exp
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Interview with Mark Binelli
Context N°18
by Theodore McDermott
A first-generation American, Mark Binelli grew up just outside of stad, where he worked in his father’s knife-sharpening shop. He graduated from the University of Michigan and received an MFA from Columbia University. Currently, he is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone.
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