The Brooklyn Rail

Steve Katz has written and published continuously since the self-published novella, The Lestriad, in 1962. His collection of stories, Creamy & Delicious (1970), was mentioned in Larry McCaffery’s list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century where it was called, “The most extreme and perfectly executed fictional work to emerge from the Pop Art scene of the late 60s.” His other works include The Exagggerations of Peter Prince (1968), Moving Parts (1977), Antonello’s Lion (2005), the collections of stories Stolen Stories (1984) and KISSSSS, a Miscellany (2007). His 1995 novel, Swanny’s Ways, won an American Book Award. He has taught creative writing and literature at a number of universities, including the University of Colorado in Boulder, from 1978-2003, and an Emeritus Professor since. He lives in Denver.