Marie Calloway Explained

Marie Calloway
Nationality:American
Genre:Literary fiction
Notable Works:what purpose did i serve in your life?

Marie Calloway is an American writer. Her first book, what purpose did i serve in your life?, was published by Tyrant Books and generated controversy.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Part of the volume recounts the author's romantic relationship with a married journalist who she dubbed "Adrien Brody", and is reportedly based on an actual relationship with a prominent American writer.[6] Daniel D'Addario of Salon said the article upon which the book was based "sent shockwaves through the publishing industry".[7]

Calloway's writing has been championed by writer Tao Lin and is considered a staple of alternative literature.[1] [8]

Reception

A writer in Esquire described Calloway as belonging to an "'Asperger's style' of literature, the mode of a small New York-based coterie of writers who specialize in disaffection and disconnection."[9] Jacob M. Appel at Quarterly Conversation compared Calloway to Jane Austen's Marianne Dashwood and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke.[10] A writer in Bookforum described the controversy that greeted Calloway's debut, writing, "The initial publication of "adrien brody" on novelist Tao Lin's website Muumuu House heralded Calloway's arrival in the New York literary scene—as an author, but also as a phenomenon. Brody was recognizable to insiders, and the ethics of Calloway's exposure were questioned, often within broader attacks on her sexual morality and provincial assessments of her craft."[11]

Notes and References

  1. News: Koul . Scaachi . Marie Calloway Was Reviled By The Internet. Then She Disappeared . October 8, 2021 . BuzzFeed News . October 5, 2021.
  2. Web site: Berman. Judy. June 20, 2013. It Doesn't Matter If You Think It's "Good": In Defense of Marie Calloway. Flavorwire.
  3. Web site: January 13, 2013. Citing "Content" Issue, Printer Refuses to Print Marie Calloway's Tyrant Books Debut. 2021-10-17. PublishersWeekly.com. en.
  4. Web site: Brown. Buster. May 22, 2013. Marie Calloway Pushes The Boundaries Of What's Printable. 2021-10-17. HuffPost.
  5. Web site: A Titillating, Frustrating Debut About Sex and Selfies. Michelle. Orange. June 7, 2013. Slate Magazine.
  6. Web site: Orange. Michelle. June 7, 2013. A Titillating, Frustrating Debut About Sex and Selfies. 2021-10-17. Slate Magazine. en.
  7. Web site: D'ADDARIO. DANIEL. June 12, 2013. Memoirist Marie Calloway: "I don't like the privileging of other topics over sex". 2021-10-17. Salon. en.
  8. Web site: December 21, 2011. Meet Marie Calloway: The New Model for Literary Seductress is Part Feminist, Part 'Famewhore' and All Pseudonymous. 2021-10-17. Observer. en-US.
  9. Web site: Marche. Stephen. June 10, 2013. Marche: The New Book You Need to Read. 2021-10-17. Esquire. en-US.
  10. Web site: Appel. Jacob. September 2, 2013. what purpose did i serve in your life, by Marie Calloway. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131217065530/http://quarterlyconversation.com/what-purpose-did-i-serve-in-your-life-by-marie-calloway. 2013-12-17. 2021-10-17. Quarterly Conversation. en-US.
  11. News: Fateman. Johanna. September 2013. Bodies of Work. Book Forum. 2021-10-17.

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