Ed Hamilton Writer
Biography
Ed Hamilton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his bachelor’s degree with a double major in philosophy and psychology from the University of Kentucky, and his master’s degree, also in philosophy, from the University of Louisville.
Writing
Ed is the author of three books: a non-fiction work, Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York’s Rebel Mecca (Da Capo/Perseus, 2007); a short story collection, The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York (Červená Barva Press), which spent 10 months on the Small Press Best Sellers List in 2015 & 2016; and a novel, Lords of the Schoolyard (Sagging Meniscus, 2018), which
Ed Hamilton | |
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| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, journalist |
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| Books↙ | Legends of the Chelsea Hotel (DeCapo; Perseus) (2007)
The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York (Cervena Barva Press) (2016) Lords of the School Yard (Sagging Meniscus) (2017) |
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His short fiction has appeared in dozens of small journals, including: Limestone Journal, The Journal of Kentucky Studies, SoMa Review, River Walk Journal, Exquisite Corpse, Bohemia, Modern Drunkard, Omphalos, and in translation in the Czech Republic’s Host. In addition, a chapter from Hamilton’s alternate history of the artists Harry Smith and Vali Myers has appeared in Footnote: a Literary Journal of History, and was a finalist for the Charter Oaks Award. His non-fiction has appeared in The Villager, Chelsea Now, The Huffington Post, and Living with Legends: Hotel Chelsea Blog.
The Legends blog[1], which Ed and his wife, Debbie Martin, started in 2004, was apparently the world’s very first hotel blog, and in connection with the blog and the Legends book which grew out of it, Ed was interviewed by over a hundred media outlets—TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, and online sites—in countries as diverse as the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, The Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Argentina, The Netherlands, and Japan. Living with Legends was also the first blog ever to be the subject of an editorial in the New York Times. And the first blog to be the subject of a documentary.[2] Ed lives in New York City.
Select Reviews:
Legends of the Chelsea Hotel
"One of the recurring pleasures of Ed Hamilton's Legends of the Chelsea Hotel is his sly rendering of its former proprietor, Stanley Bard, an eccentric patron of the arts[3]…There's something remarkable about the way the author manages to celebrate the Chelsea's singular atmosphere without ever forgetting how toxic the air is for many of the people who come desperate to breathe it…What really resonates in the book, what makes it so sorrowful at times, is Hamilton's evocation of all the young and old hopefuls who have just enough ambition to push their lives past the point of no return. Legends comes close to convincing you that, as destructive drugs go, self-delusion has heroin beat." -- New York Times Book Review[4]
"The best of his experiences from 1995 to 2006, both from the blog and not, are compiled in the fascinating Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living With the Artists and Outlaws of New York's Rebel Mecca. It's an entertaining look at the building's history through the eyes of a resident … Hamilton seamlessly mixes history, reporting and humor to make a patchwork account that conveys the essence of the building, easily switching between annoyance at tourists or junkies (or both), humor at some of the stranger antics of the Chelsea's denizens, and deep sorrow after the suicide of a fellow resident and friend." -- Philadelphia Inquirer [5]
"Legends of the Chelsea Hotel" is a collection of bizarre tableaux – aging actresses, bathroom high jinks, ghosts and tricksters. It is full of affection for a passing era. Surrounded by creeping gentrification, the Chelsea may not long remain affordable to the kinds of characters Hamilton describes. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review [6]
“Hamilton skillfully interweaves his memories of residents with a history of the 23rd Street hotel…Recent management changes and the Chelsea’s uncertain future make this nostalgic portrait of the hotel’s ‘fabled madness’ all the more poignant.”— Publishers Weekly[7]
Select Praise for The Chintz Age: Tales of Love and Loss for a New New York
"New Gentrification Books Examines New York Being Left Behind"
Author interview with Wendy Biddlecomb at Metro New York
http://www.metro.us/new-york/new-gentrification-book-examines-the-new-york-being-left-behind/zsJokw---iVrKsd5bnBmTA/
“38 Local Books for Giving” by Jayne Moore Waldrop at The Courier Journal
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2015/11/30/lots-local-books-available-holiday-gift-giving/76569730/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=
"Is the End Nigh for Artists?"
Author interview with Will Pavia at The London Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article4649730.ece
"A Book about Gentrification Published in Rapidly Gentrifying Somerville" Author interview with Kyle Clauss at Boston Magazine
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2015/10/02/gentriwatch-gentrification-book-somerville/
"Is There a Future for the Classic Greasy Spoon Diner?"
Author interview with Chris Shott at Food Republic
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2015/12/21/is-there-a-future-for-the-classic-greasy-spoon-diner/
“Masterful fiction… Real New Yorkers will recognize themselves, or at least their neighbors, here. As the city of New York sinks beneath the weight of its newest 100-story residential towers, Hamilton preserves the stories of the city's street-level inhabitants -- an endangered but always fascinating species. Highly recommended for anyone who loves New York in all its genuine, serendipitous glory." - Sherill Tippins, acclaimed author of “Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel and February House: The Story of W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Paul and Jane Bowles, Carson McCuller, and Gypsy Rose Lee Under One Roof in Wartime America.
"Set in dive bars, flophouses and condemned buildings, the book is completely engrossing, feeling as though we had been to these fictional places and had met - and perhaps sympathized with - most of these characters in real life." -Bowery Boogie, Lori Greenberg
"Hamilton has an uncanny ability to show how the inroads of time, age, etc.. forces choices in our lives. His characters find some sort of redemption, and keep on keepin' on. Highly recommended."-Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene, Doug Holder
References
- ↑ Cohen, Adam (December 19, 2006). "Blogging the Hotel Chelsea". New York Times.
- ↑ Maher, Michael (May 15, 2007). "Blogging From Bohemia - Last Drinks at the Chelsea Hotel (ABC)". Australian Broadcasting Corp.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Lisa (June 19, 2007). "Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts". New York Times.
- ↑ Giles, Jeff (October 28, 2007). "Chelsea Mornings". New York Times. p. 1.
- ↑ "A Building with a Story Worth Telling". Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 2007.
- ↑ SALTER REYNOLDS, SUSAN (January 6, 2008). "Discoveries: Legends of the Chelsea Hotel". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living with the Artists and Outlaws of New York's Rebel Mecca". Publishers Weekly. August 13, 2007.
New York Times, April 2021 "How a Legendary New York Hotel Became a Battleground"
New York Times, February 2017 "Calling the Chelsea Hotel Home"
The New York Times, December 2016 "Artists and Their Muse: Gentrification"
Vanity Fair, October 2013 "Chelsea Hotel Oral History"
New York Times, April 2012 "Ed Hamilton Chelsea Hotel Blogger Strolls the Avenues"
New York Times, July 2007 “Art, Food, Lodging”
New York Times, June 2007 “Change at the Chelsea, Shelter of the Arts”
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- ↑ Chamberlain, Lisa (June 4, 2006). "A Year in the Life". New York Times. pp. CY9.
