Ames, Jonathan
AMES, Jonathan
AMES, Jonathan. American, b. 1964. Genres: Novels. Career: Writer and performance artist. Worked briefly as a boxer. Publications: I Pass like Night (novel), 1989; The Extra Man (novel), 1998; Oedipussy, (one-man show), 1999; What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer, 2000; My Less than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays, 2002. Address: 181 Wyckoff St., Brooklyn, NY 11217, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]
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