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.
Biography
Titles
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
Readings and events
Thursday, 6 June 2013 at 7:30 pmFacebook Twitter
Scott Nadelson and Jay Ponteri at Broadway Books for their Love Will Tear Us Apart book tour
Please join Scott Nadelson and Jay Ponteri in conversation and reading from their memoirs, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress and Wedlocked at the event Love Will Tear Us Apart: Memoir and the Art of Self-Scrutiny at Broadway Books.
- locationBroadway Books
- 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97212
- (503) 284-17
News
Scott Nadelson interviewed in Run to the Roundhouse, Nellie, by Melissa Shook
Scott Nadelson writes well and he’s genuinely funny as well as sensitive. It seems rare to read about anyone, especially a man, who has so much trouble becoming angry and who automatically puts all...Forward
Scott Nadelson’s “A Warm Breath” is a Ploughshares Solo
From Ploughshares: We’re excited to announce the publication of a new Ploughshares Solo: “A Warm Breath” by Scott Nadelson. The Ploughshares Solos series allows us to publish long essays and...Forward
To celebrate Short Story Month Scott Nadelson autographed collections will be $10.00 for the entire month of May! That includes shipping! Get them while you can!
Here’s your chance to buy Scott Nadelson’s entire autographed short story collection for $10.00 each.
Scott’s debut collection, Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories won numerous awards; 2004 H.L....Forward
Scott Nadelson on Other People with Brad Listi, In-Depth, Inappropriate interviews with authors
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Scott Nadelson interviewed on Miami Book Radio
Author Spotlight: Scott Nadelson on Writing the Memoir
Miami Book Radio Most writers find it hard to write about themselves so openly and honestly as you’ve done with The Next Scott Nadelson.
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On the Hawthorne Books Blog
A deleted scene from The Next Scott Nadelson
Posted by Scott Nadelson on 06 March 2013
Whenever I finish a movie on DVD, I can’t help watching the “Extras”—all those deleted scenes and low budget interviews and director comments over the soundtrack. Sometimes I even watch them...Forward
Russell Banks came for dinner one night and Hawthorne’s Rediscovery Series was born
Posted by Rhonda Hughes on 23 February 2013
In 2005 the Wordstock Festival launched in Portland, Oregon, and I immediately volunteered. Extraordinary writers participated: Russell Banks, John Irving, Norman Mailer, Pam Houston, Susan Orlean,...Forward
Literary gifts
Posted by Penelope Bass on 12 December 2011
Although we may have been hearing jingly pop renditions of “The Little Drummer Boy” for at least a month already, the final countdown to the holidays is officially here now that we’ve hit...Forward
OPB's Art Beat posts episodes, including some featuring Hawthorne
Posted by Liz Crain on 28 November 2011
Over the years we’ve had a lot of Hawthorne Books folks featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Art Beat. Here are some of our favorite Art Beat episodes featuring Monica Drake, Kassten Alonso,...Forward
Hawthorne staffer examines Nadelson's Aftermath
Posted by Penelope Bass on 14 November 2011
Real life doesn’t end when the credits roll or the last page turns. There is always the slow, quiet drive home from the movie theater as we try to realign our own expectations with the temporary...Forward
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