Norman Lock

Norman Lock is a writer of fiction, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a playwright whose work has been staged internationally. The House of Correction was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as among the best of 1988 and 1994, for its revival and was called the best new play of the 1996 Edinburgh Theatre Festival. His radio dramas, in translation, have been broadcast by WDR and NDR, Germany. His recent books include A History of the Imagination (Fiction Collective Two, 2004) and The Long Rowing Unto Morning (Ravenna Press, 2006). He is also the author of Land of the Snow Men by George Belden (Calameri Press, 2005) and Cirque du Calder - Jules Cuiff's Reminiscence of Alexander Calder's 'Circus'. An artist's book was made of his Cirque du Calder in 2006, with illustrations by Faruk Ullay - available from Rogue Literary Society. Sections 18 and 19 of Pieces For Small Orchestra appear in the current issue of Upstairs at Duroc (Paris).

resources on the web

Bookslut Review
Norman Lock's A History of the Imagination is a delightful and sometimes transporting book built of perversely ridiculous ideas made to work in practice.
http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2005_08_006257.php

Fiction Collective Two
Fiction Collective Two is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction.
http://www.fc2.org

Calamari Press
Calamari Press can be defined as an apparatus by which the impression or liquid of a living and highly edible inkpot is expressed, or the publishing establishment or building where said activities take place. Was it Freud who characterized language errors as lapsus linguini (slips of the tongue) and lapsus calamari (slips of the pen)?
http://www.calamaripress.com

Ravenna Press
Ravenna Press is an independent, self-funded venture based in Edmonds, WA.
http://www.ravennapress.com

Triple Press
http://www.triplepress.com

Rogue Literary Society
Handmade books, paintings and an online bookstore.
http://www.rogueliterarysociety.com/home.htm

Elimae
Elimae, pronounced el-ee-may, stands for electronic literary magazine.
http://www.elimae.com/