Q&A with Screen and Fiction Writer Jon Raymond

Jon Raymond is the author of the novels The Half-Life, a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2004; Rain Dragon (2012); Freebird, an Indie Next selection of 2018; and The Empty Chair (forthcoming). He also wrote the story collection Livability, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and winner of the 2009 Oregon Book Award. 

Raymond has collaborated with director Kelly Reichardt on five films—Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff, Night Moves, and First Cow—and was nominated for an Emmy for his writing on the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. He's also published a collection of writings about visual art in Portland called The Community. His writing has appeared in Tin House, Zoetrope, Playboy, Artforum, and Bookforum, among many other publications.

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