Shane Jones (author)
| Shane Jonas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 22, 1980 Albany, New York |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, essayist, poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Literary fiction, poetry, magical realism, minimalism |
| Notable works | Light Boxes (novel) |
Shane Jones (born February 22, 1980) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He has published three novels, two books of poetry, and one novella.
Shane Jones was born in Albany, New York. He graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 2004 with a B.A. in English. As of May 2015, Jones is represented by the literary agency Dunow, Carlson & Lerner. He was a student in Lydia Davis's fiction workshop taught at the NYS Writers Institute.
Jones's novels have received mixed reviews and little attention from mainstream venues. On June 3, 2010, Bookforum, in a positive review, wrote: "Light Boxes is absurd, cryptic, and often bizarre, but if you're willing to roll with it, all is made clear by the end (and is quite satisfying). This book is not for everyone – but that, of course, is one of its virtues." That same day, The A.V. Club said, "Jones suffers from seasonal depression, and while his depiction of a town where February lasts all year benefits from his real feelings of dread, its greatest weakness is going too far into autobiography." Later in the same month, writing in The Guardian, critic Steven Poole wrote: "In its pre-industrial surrealism, the world here at first resembles slightly that of Ben Marcus...But Jones's is a saccharine version of the style, too concerned to be pretty or childlike (with its owls and teacups and mint leaves) to provoke any real aesthetic shock within a single sentence."Booklist said, "This literary gem of metaphysical malaise has that ideally weird blend of offputting sensualism and heartfelt emotion – just the sort of thing to ensure a dedicated, if limited, following."BlackBook said, "This slim and absorbing novel reads like a bedtime story that your mother forgot to tell you, and it announces Jones as a stunning new literary voice."
Rivka Galchen has praised Jones's work as "Resplendent, and somehow nearly edible." The praise was satirically criticized by Ben Crair on August 6, 2013, at The New Republic.
On December 21, 2010, NPR listed Light Boxes as one of its Best Books of 2010.
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