Dale Peck (born 1967 on Long Island, New York) is an American novelist. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ...

Peck was raised in Kansas, and attended Drew University in New Jersey. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995. He currently teaches creative writing at The New School in New York City. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Drew University is a small, private university located in Madison, New Jersey. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New School, previously known as New School University, is an institution of higher learning in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Peck is considered one of the leading young gay writers in the United States, but among the general public he is best known as a controversial and caustic literary critic, who famously described Rick Moody as "the worst writer of his generation". For other uses, see Gay (disambiguation). ... Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody III October 18, 1961 in New York City), is an American novelist and short story writer best known for The Ice Storm (1994), a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973. ...

Peck currently writes for The New Republic and other publications. His negative criticism and the general tone of The New Republic was attacked by the editors of n+1 magazine. They said: For other uses, see the disambiguation section. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ...

"With the emergence of the ridiculous Dale Peck, the method of Wieseltier’s literary salon reached its reductio ad absurdum. Peck smeared the walls with shit, and bankrupted their authority for all time to come. So many forms of extremism turn into their opposite at the terminal stage. Thus The New Republic’s supposed brief for dry, austere, high-literary value—manifesting itself for years in a baffled rage against everything new or confusing—led to Peck’s auto-therapeutic wetness (as self-pity is the refuge of bullies) and hatred of classic modernism (which, to philistines, will always be new and confusing)."[1]

Works

• Martin and John (1993) - released as 'Fucking Martin' in the UK
• The Law of Enclosures (1996)
• Now It's Time to Say Goodbye (1999)
• What We Lost (2004)
• Hatchet Jobs (2004)
• Drift House: The First Voyage (2005)

1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Law of Enclosures is a 1996 novel by Dale Peck, which was adapted into a film in 1999 by Canadian director John Greyson. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Dale Peck
• Drift House
• Peck's famous (and infamous) review of Rick Moody's The Black Veil
• "Burying The Hatchet Man" Review of Peck's Hatchet Jobs (2004), reviewed in n+1 by Marco Roth.