Francis Levy

Francis Levy
Born (1948-03-12) March 12, 1948
New York City, United States
Occupation Writer, Co-Director of The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination
Nationality US
Period 1993–present
Literary movement Postmodern literature
Notable works Erotomania: A Romance (2008)
Spouse Hallie Cohen (1982–present)
Website
www.mwww.screamingpope.com

Francis Levy (born March 28, 1948) is the author of the comic novels Erotomania: A Romance, published by Two Dollar Radio in 2008 and subsequently translated in a Spanish edition by Tusquets Editores in 2009, and Seven Days in Rio, published by Two Dollar Radio in 2011. Levy is also the co-founder of the Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination. He has been profiled in The East Hampton Star,[1] AIGA Voice,[2] Nerve.com,[3] and elsewhere.

Writing

Levy's debut novel, Erotomania: A Romance, a satirical examination of compulsive sexuality, was a Queerty Top 10 Book of 2008[4] and named a Standout Book of the Year[5] by Inland Empire Weekl. Erotomania was reviewed in The Village Voice,[6] The Los Angeles Times,[7] Publishers Weekly,[8] Time Out Chicago[9] and elsewhere. Levy's short stories, poems, criticism, and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The Village Voice, The East Hampton Star, The Quarterly, and Evergreen Review. The journal American Imago published a long autobiographical essay about Levy's psychoanalytic treatment entitled "Psychoanalysis: The Patient’s Cure” in its Spring 2010 issue. Levy blogs as The Screaming Pope.

The Philoctetes Center

Inspired by CP Snow's famed "Two Cultures" essay, The Philoctetes Center (2003–2011) brought together scientists, artists, and scholars in an attempt to bridge the separation between the worlds of science and the humanities. In doing so, the Center hosted a range of figures from the humanities, including Edward Albee, John Turturro, Nicholson Baker, John Cameron Mitchell, Rick Moody, Ned Rorem, Rocco Landesman, C.K. Williams, Sharon Olds, Kiki Smith, Bruce McCall, Lewis Black, Philip Pearlstein, and Chuck Close, together with such distinguished scientists as physicist Brian Greene, Nobel prize-winning researchers Gerald Edelman and Christian De Duve, and neuroscientists Antonio Damasio and Joseph LeDoux, among others.

Education

Levy received a BA from Columbia University in 1969 and an M.F.A from the Yale School of Drama in 1973. He also holds a third-degree black belt from Seido Karate, and was the subject of a profile concerning his workout regimen[10] in the online edition of The Wall Street Journal.

References

  1. ↑ Virginia Garrison, The East Hampton Star, August 4, 2008 Source 1
  2. ↑ Steven Heller, AIGA Voice, September 15, 2009 Source 2
  3. ↑ Joseph Lazauskas, Nerve.com, October 1, 2008 Source 3
  4. ↑ "Top 10 Books of '08 That Belong on A Gay's Bookshelf," Queerty.com, December 30, 2008 Source 4
  5. ↑ Bill Kohlhaase, Inland Empire Weekly, December 30, 2008 Source 5
  6. ↑ Zach Baron, The Village Voice, August 5, 2008 Source 6
  7. ↑ Richard Rayner, The Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2008 Source 7
  8. ↑ Publishers Weekly, March 21, 2008 Source 8
  9. ↑ Jonathan Messinger, Time Out Chicago, Aug. 21–27, 2008, Source 9
  10. ↑ Jen Murphy, The Wall St. Journal, June 26, 2007 Source 10
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