Norman Lock

Hear Norman Lock read from Shadowplay as part of The Collagist’s podcast series here: http://www.dzancbooks.org/collagist-blog-archive/2009/12/16/podcast-episode-12-norman-lock.html

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This is a scene from the play House of Correction performed at the Doug Warhit Acting Workshop on 7-29-08. It stars Oscar Jordan and Richard Gadas.

"All hail Lock, whose narrative soul sings fairy tales, whose language is glass."
–Kate Bernheimer

"[Lock's] prose is melodial, and alert to every signal from the unseen."
--Gary Lutz

"Lock's weapon is words, and he uses them well....like a nightmare that wakes you up shaking, forcing you to reassess your life."
—LA Life

"Lock’s language, though basically sleek and minimal, combines the high gloss and perspicuity of the Edwardian age with the robustness and vigor of American inventiveness, leavened by a facility for maximizing – to marvelous effect – the dichotomy between the sign and its object."
–– John Olson, First Intensity

"In truth? In truth, Lock writes it, Lish reads it! – which is a damn sight more than Lish will say for Proust."
–– Gordon Lish

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