Scott Nadelson is the author of three story collections published by Hawthorne, including Aftermath and The Cantor’s Daughter. A winner of the Oregon Book Award for short fiction, the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, and the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, he teaches creative writing at Willamette University and in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA Program at Pacific Lutheran University. He lives in Salem, Oregon.
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Saving Stanley
- fiction / stories
…A substantial, serious, and intelligent contribution to contemporary Jewish American writing.
- David Shields
- author of A Handbook for Drowning
Scott Nadelson’s interrelated short stories are graceful, vivid narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own...Forward
The Next Scott Nadelson:
A Life in Progress
- nonfiction / memoir
Nadelson chronicles his life in progress with the wry, warm honesty of an old friend catching up.
- Meghan Daum
- author of Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House
Beginning in the summer of 2004, Scott Nadelson’s life fell apart. His fiancée left him a month before their planned wedding. He moved into a drafty attic. His car’s brakes went out. He learned that his cat was dying. Over the next two years, he’d struggle, with equivocal and sometimes...Forward
The Cantor’s Daughter
- fiction / stories
The stories in Scott Nadelson’s The Cantor’s Daughter seethe with psychological insight.
- Cai Emmons
- Author of His Mother's Son
These stories capture Jewish New Jersey suburbanites in moments of crucial transition, when they have the opportunity to connect with those closest to them or forever miss their chance for true intimacy. In “The Headhunter,” two men develop an unlikely friendship when Len Siegel, a recruiter,...Forward
Aftermath
- fiction / stories
Scott Nadelson writes brilliantly.
- Margot Livesey
- author of The House on Fortune Street
The characters in Scott Nadelson’s third collection are living in the wake of momentous events—the rupture of relationships, the loss of loved ones, the dissolution of dreams—and yet they find new ways of forging on with their lives, making accommodations that are sometimes delusional,...Forward
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Valerie Stivers-Isakova reviews Scott Nadelson’s memoir The Next Scott Nadelson
Oh, my beloved Hawthorne imprint, whose every book I like.
The Next Scott Nadelson is a memoir about a guy living in Portland who gets dumped by his fiancee and is depressed for a while, but...Forward
New Scott Nadelson story, “Willowbrook,” in Gulf Stream Lit Mag
Excerpt from “Willowbrook,” by Scott Nadelson for Gulf Stream Lit Mag
At a quarter past eight on a steamy July morning that already had him sweating in his suit, Joseph Mandel, weekday manager of...Forward
Congratulations Scott Nadelson for The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress Announced A Housatonic Book Award Finalist!
Nonfiction
Finalists & Winners Announced – 2014
The MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University and its alumni organization, the MFA Alumni Writers...Forward
Fifth Wednesday Journal announces the Editor’s Prize Winners for 2014: Scott Nadelson in Fiction
WJ does not sponsor contests or offer prizes based on reading fees. Each year we ask an established artist in his or her field to select the recipient of our Editor’s Prize in Fiction and Poetry....Forward
“Life experiences shape Scott Nadelson’s writing, teaching,” Willamette University
Scott Nadelson’s life began unraveling in 2004, when his fiancée left him for a drag king a month before their wedding.
That’s when he took up residence in a drafty attic. The brakes went out...Forward
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