John J. Clayton
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Reviews

INTERVIEW with Francesca Rheannon for Pacifica on WRITER'S VOICE:

http:www.writersvoice.net. The podcast is at:
http:/​/​www.writersvoice.net/​wp-content/​uploads/​podcasts/​Clayton.mp3

REVIEW by Joshua Cohen in THE FORWARD:

http:/​/​www.forward.com/​articles/​11771/​

Selected Fiction

Short Fiction
Wrestling With Angels: New and Collected Stories
Most of my stories, previously collected and published but uncollected
Radiance: Ten Stories
Jewish fiction, runner-up for National Jewish Book Award in 1998.
Bodies of the Rich. 1984
Short stories, mostly Jewish. Some O.Henry or Best American selections.
Novels
Kuperman’s Fire
A novel about Jewish heritage and about criminal evil. 2007
The Man I Never Wanted to Be
Story of a gentle, liberal professor who has to cope with a man of violence. 1998
What Are Friends For?
Love story of a seventies radical and an older woman. 1979
Stories Available On-line
"The Contract"
Originally published in Commentary
"Vertigo"
A recent story originally published in Commentary "Vertigo" is part of a new collection, The Promised Land.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
A recent story from AGNI-On Line