James Salter

WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:

Last Night, a review or criticism, in Fall 2005
Palm Court, a reading - audio, in Spring 2009
Odessa, Mon Amour, an essay, in Spring 2009
Palm Court, a reading - video, in Winter 2010

Collaborative work with Kay Salter:

Reading from Life is Meals, a narrative outloud, in Spring 2009
Life Is Meals, a memoir, in Fall 2006

James Salter is one of the most gifted writers in American fiction. He was a fighter pilot in the Korean War, and his first novel, The Hunters, is based on this experience. His four other novels include A Sport and a Pastime and Light Years. The author of the memoir Burning the Days, as well as screenplays, essays, and short stories, Salter received the PEN/Faulkner Award for his collection Dusk and Other Stories. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2000, Salter recently published Life Is Meals with his wife, Kay Eldredge.

Photograph by Lana Rys.