My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize The Fabricated Memoirs of Jeff Martin

by Martin, Jeff

• ISBN13: 9781593762575
• ISBN10: 1593762577
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-18
• Publisher: Soft Skull

Summary

Jeff Martin was born in 1980. Jeff Martin made millions in the stock market. Jeff Martin lost millions in the stock market. Jeff Martin stopped a Chinese tank at Tiannanmen Square. Jeff Martin co-wrote Aliens 2: More Aliens with James Cameron. Such is only a sample of the amazing life of Jeff Martin, a modern day renaissance man adept at everything and uniquely attuned to the goings-on of the evolving planet. Equal parts Doogie Howser and Forrest Gump, Jeff Martin here offers a groundbreaking fictional memoir overflowing with action, history and hilarious social commentary.

Author Biography

Jeff Martin edited the retail anthology The Customer Is Always Wrong and in 2009 released his fabricated memoir, My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

C. Max Magee created and edits the online magazine The Millions. He has appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition and has written for Poets & Writers, The Morning News, and The Rumpus. He lives in Philadelphia.

Contributors Include: Thomas Allen • Kyle Beachy • John Brandon • Sonya Chung • Elizabeth Crane • Rudolph Delson • Rivka Galchen • David Gates and Jonathan Lethem • Joshua Gaylord • Lauren Groff • Garth Risk Hallberg • Owen King • Benjamin Kunkel • Reif Larsen • Victor LaValle • Emily St. John Mandel • Clancy Martin • Michael Paul Mason • Joe Meno • Ander Monson • Victoria Patterson • Tom Piazza • Marco Roth • Nancy Jo Sales • Katherine Taylor • Deb Olin Unferth