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	Hubert Selby
		Born in Brooklyn, on July 23, 1928, Selby dropped out of school at age 15, joining the Merchant Marine.
		For the next decade, Selby remained bed-ridden and frequently hospitalized with a variety of lung related ailments.
		Selby has been married three times and has four children and still resides in Los Angeles.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hu/Hubert_Selby.html (165 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Willow Tree: Books: Jr., Hubert Selby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Best read as a sort of fable, Selby's novel renders few details of ghetto life: the characters' incessant slang rings false, and the story's exact moment remains fuzzy (though the fact that the street weapons of choice appear to be knives and chains rather than semi-automatics would seem to put it somewhere in the past).
		Selby is tight with his writing throughout, so much so that one cannot help but be relieved at the fate of some of the characters, especially Maria.
		Selby should not be embarassed by this novel, quite the opposite; The Willow Tree is an eloquent and moving discussion of the emotions and values that torment our lives.
	www.amazon.ca /Willow-Tree-Jr-Hubert-Selby/dp/0714530247 (1365 words)

	Matthew Firth Remembers Hubert Selby Jr. on the official website of Laura Hird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby's books were viewed - at the time of their publication - as a threat to the moral fibre holding society together.
		Selby wrote about the life he lived, the place where he lived and the people he knew (thugs, pimps, transvestites, prostitutes, queers, addicts, workers, etc.).
		What's more, Selby cared about his characters and empathized with them faults and all - and those faults ran the gamut: criminal, anti-social, vile and despicable; it didn't matter, he didn't cut his characters adrift in his fiction, rather he held them close to his chest and intimately examined what made their brutal lives tick.
	www.laurahird.com /newreview/hubertselby.html (963 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hubert Selby, Jr.
		Hubert's father, Hubert Selby Sr., was a merchant seaman and a former coal miner from Kentucky.
		His son, Hubert Jr., dropped out of school, and at the age of fifteen was able to persuade the recruiters to allow him to join the merchant marine.
		Selby's first work "The Queen Is Dead" (appearing as a chapter in Last Exit) inspired the name of an album by Manchester pop group The Smiths, and became their most highly regarded LP.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hubert_Selby (2091 words)

	LitWeb.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby's best-known work, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN (1964), was the subject of an obscenity trial in England and banned in Italy.
		Selby's story is set in the 1950s and depicts the outcasts of society with a raw power, which has not lost its edge during the preceding decades.
		Selby, panic seems to be the prevailing emotion of contemporary life, the nexus of blurred identity and sexual violence.
	www.biblion.com /litweb/biogs/selby_hubert.html (769 words)

	Momentum \| Hubert Selby Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hubert Selby Jr Hubert Selby Jr The Guardian has reported the death of acclaimed American novelist Hubert Selby Jr.
		Last Exit to Brooklyn, Selby's first novel, was published in 1964 and is acknowledged as a classic of postwar American literature.
		As a direct result of Requiem's success, Selby had recently turned his attention from novels to original screenplays, the first of which, Fear X (directed by Nicolas Winding Refn), was released last year.
	momentum.insertdisc.com /archives/2004/04/27/hubert_selby_jr.html (326 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr.; wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn;' 75 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Hubert Selby Jr., the Brooklyn-born ex-merchant mariner who created a lasting vision of urban hell in his novel "Last Exit to Brooklyn," died Monday at his home in Los Angeles.
		Selby had no formal training as a writer and disdained the prim order of punctuation and plot.
		Selby overcame his addictions and moved to the West Coast, where he wrote several other books, including "The Room" (1971), "The Demon" (1976) and "The Willow Tree" (1998).
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040506/news_1m6selby.html (700 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr.
		In 1946, he was diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis; he spent the better part of the next three and a half years in the hospital, during which time doctors collapsed one of his lungs, removed part of another, and took out ten ribs.
		Selby's subsequent novels, The Room (1971) and The Demon (1976) continued to plumb the ravaged psyches of human beings at the end of their emotional tethers, and were hailed by critics.
		Selby has lived in Los Angeles since 1969, and has taught creative writing at USC in addition to writing screenplays and teleplays.
	www.cinema.com /people/004/462/hubert-selby-jr/index.phtml (519 words)

	Amazon.com: Waiting Period: Books: Jr., Hubert Selby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby's latest offers a chilling look into the mind of a killer, as the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn uses stream-of-consciousness first-person narration to slowly transform his anonymous male narrator from a paranoid, disaffected war veteran into a deranged murderer.
		Selby's style is relentless, harrowing and frighteningly effective, albeit somewhat monotonous and tough to read; this might have been a better novel if Selby had introduced some secondary characters and broken up the first-person narrative into chapters built around each incident.
		Selby even plagiarizes himself at times - that "cops and robbers" bit on page 185 is lifted straight from Selby's 1971 novel The Room, word for word, and those depressed rants at the beginning are mighty similar to some of the ones in the aforementioned novel.
	www.amazon.com /Waiting-Period-Jr-Hubert-Selby/dp/0714530719 (2920 words)

	"Requiem for a Dream" author Hubert Selby Jr. - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Whenever Selby is on the Continent he gets an incredible amount of exposure, whether it's an appearance on French TV or an interview for a German documentary.
		America may be paying a lot more attention to Selby with the release of "Requiem" and all the controversy spawned by its hellish depiction of drug addiction, obsession and madness.
		Aronofsky updates Selby's tale -- originally set in the Bronx of the '70s (and published in 1978) -- to the mean streets of Coney Island in the '90s.
	dir.salon.com /people/conv/2000/10/26/selby/index.html (739 words)

	Morphizm.com -- R.I.P.: Hubert Selby, Jr.
		Hubert Selby, author of hallowed works like Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, cheated death for 50 years or more.
		For those who knew Selby only through his novels, it may be hard to reconcile the chronicler of urban tragedy with the writing professor nicknamed Cubby, a handle he adopted in his youth (Hubert wasn't the safest name to have in the Brooklyn hood where he grew up).
		Had Selby lived in France, where he was widely recognized, he would have enjoyed the life writers dream of.
	www.morphizm.com /features/alongride/v1/ish2/along_hubert.html (642 words)

	Hubert Selby
		Selby's early stories appeared in the 1950s in such magazines as Kulchur and Black Mountain Review, which printed the first part of 'The Queen Is Dead'.
		In 1967 Selby was arrested for possession of heroin.
		Selby died of chronic pulmonary disease in Los Angeles on April 26, 2004.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /selby.htm (1178 words)

	Amazon.de: The Willow Tree.: English Books: Hubert Selby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, Selby has certainly lost none of his ability to evoke atmospheres of tension and suffering.
		Moishe's details of his family's imprisonment, their escape to America and the death of his son in Vietnam are heart- rending and provide a platform for Bobby to jump beyond himself.
		While Selby's later works may have been overshadowed by the growth of realistic fiction, this will not disappoint his legion of fans.
	www.amazon.de /Willow-Tree-Hubert-Selby/dp/0747542449 (663 words)

	Book of the Week: (7/31/2002): Hubert Selby, Jr: Waiting Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Waiting Period is Hubert Selby, Jr.'s new novel, and quite frankly it's a dud.
		Selby has written so many good books that even his worst ones are still interesting by association.
		Selby is now one of the grand old insurrectionists of American literature; he's not only a father figure to many people, but a grandfather figure.
	www.thegline.com /book-of-the-week/2002/07-31-2002.htm (650 words)

	Hubert Selby, Jr:The Demon,The Room:Book reviews by Robert Couteau
		Selby doesn’t advocate brutality so much as portray it; he records the brutality of contemporary life.
		Here, Selby portrays the most desolate and desperate of men: one whose inferiority is counterpointed by a series of brutal domination fantasies.
		The tale unfolds with Selby’s impeccable artistry of the obscene, using the most vulgar rhythms of argot with a musical sensitivity and empathic awareness of the downtrodden and forgotten in society.
	www.tygersofwrath.com /selby.htm (818 words)

	Amazon.com: Requiem for a Dream: Books: Hubert Selby Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby instills Tyrone with a noticeable street accent, and Sara is often alone when we see the sections dealing with her, so do not worry about the format of the novel.
		Selby's prose is difficult to get into at first, unique in that it is a meandering and strewn-together style not often seen or read.
		Selby is a genius authour, but if you have not seen the movie or read his books, you might get a little lost.
	www.amazon.com /Requiem-Dream-Hubert-Selby-Jr/dp/1560252480 (2595 words)

	Amazon.fr : Song of the Silent Snow: Livres en anglais: Hubert Selby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A girl on a subway becomes a man's fantasy object, a salesman finds courage and success through fortune cookies, a father smashes a TV to gain his son's attention, and in a twisted way he doesthe son tapes the incident: Selby's work is earthy, thoughtful, funny, and about a recognizably uncaring world.
		Hubert Selby is probably one of the six best novelists writing in the English language.?
		He offers instead a passionate empathy with the ordinary dreams and aspirations of his characters, a brilliant ear for the urban vernacular and for the voices of conscience and self-deceit that torment his characters.
	www.amazon.fr /Song-Silent-Snow-Hubert-Selby/dp/0714530506 (498 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Author Hubert Selby Jr dies at 75
		Hubert Selby Jr, the acclaimed author of Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 75.
		Hailed as one of the greatest American writers, Selby died peacefully on Monday with Suzanne, his wife of 35 years, by his bedside.
		A harrowing tale of addiction, Requiem for a Dream reflected Selby's own struggle with substance abuse, having become addicted to morphine during his tuberculosis treatment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/3665719.stm (481 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow \| MTV MOVIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby only completed the eighth grade when he became a merchant marine and contracted a severe case of tuberculosis from infected cattle.
		However, Selby developed a massive appetite for alcohol and drugs which derailed his career, and by the time he published his second book, 1971's The Room, Selby was all but forgotten.
		Hubert Selby Jr.: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow is a documentary which explores the life and work of this unlikely literary icon, and features extensive interviews with Selby as well as his friends and admirers.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/286652/moviemain.jhtml (514 words)

	Interactivist Info Exchange \| Hubert Selby Jr. Dies at 75; Wrote Last Exit to Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hubert Selby Jr., the Brooklyn-born ex-merchant mariner who turned to drugs and to writing after cheating death and created a lasting vision of urban hell in his novel "Last Exit to Brooklyn," died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles.
		Selby had no formal training, and disdained the prim order of punctuation and plot.
		His son Bill Selby said he was also working on a novel and a screenplay.
	slash.autonomedia.org /news/04/04/28/018215.shtml (760 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Hubert Selby - Last Exit to Brooklyn at Epinions.com
		Selby captures the essence of an underbelly that existed in our cities.
		Selby employs a stream of consciousness type style that omits quotation marks so you have to stop to consider who is speaking or if it is a character’s thoughts or just the narrative.
		Selby is dealing with many people who were disenfranchised in these cities.
	www.epinions.com /content_120244964996 (738 words)

	AllMegaStar.com: Hubert Selby Jr., the literary legend that wrote the novel on which the film is based, during ...
		For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel--a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction--REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.
		Hubert Selby Jr., the literary legend that wrote the novel on which the film is based, during production of Artisan's Requiem For A Dream - 2000
		Hubert Selby Jr., the literary legend that wrote the novel on which the film is based, during production of Artisan's Requiem For A Dream - 2000 : Requiem for a Dream - Movie Still, Celebrity Images and Posters
	www.allmegastar.com /photo/hubert_selby_jr_requiem_for_a_dream_001.html (326 words)

	Amazon.com: The Demon: Books: Hubert Selby (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The way Selby describes Harry's emotions, his pain, his anguish, his battle with the thing, the demon, eating his flesh is unbelievable.
		As always, Selby manages to write from the heart and from the depth of his soul, honestly, though often overwhelmingly brutally, exposing the evils of humanity and the demons against which we humans fight daily.
		Selby engages and encompasses his readers' attentions with his infamously unique style, and takes them on a journey of understanding and, hopefully, self-discovery to those who connect with his writings.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Demon-Hubert-Selby/dp/0714525987 (1728 words)

	Amazon.com: Room: Books: Jr., Hubert Selby (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby's second novel is a claustrophobic descent into the tormented soul of a man trapped in a loveless society.
		Selby has, indeed, painted a gruesome portrait of a mind that has become its own hell.
		Both the pace and Selby's style of little punctuation and long thick paragraphs can make for a tedious read at times but, in my opinion this book is worth sticking with.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Room-Jr-Hubert-Selby/dp/0714530387 (1639 words)

	Hubert Selby : The Willow Tree : An interview with spike magazine
		Hubert Selby Jr is one of the most powerful American writers.
		Selby's work is strong enough to change somebody's existence.
		And Hubert Selby's books was one of the first things I read that made me feel that way !" said Richard Price.
	www.spikemagazine.com /1199hubertselby.php (2476 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr.
		"To begin to define Selby's brilliance and power, you have to go back to the rhythms of Homer, Hesiod, and Sappho; back to the dark and light and beauty of Dante; and back to what lay beyond and beneath that sign on the Belt Parkway from which he took the title of his first novel.
		Everything that Herman Melville, that other great ex-seaman, and no stranger to Brooklyn, is held up to be in the pantheon of American literature, Hubert Selby, Jr., is. What Moby Dick was to Melville's century, Last Exit to Brooklyn is to ours, and between the two, Selby's is the better book.
		There are only a few American writers who are in Selby's league, and in a wholly different way: Peter Matthiessen at his best; Philip Roth, maybe, when he takes off his yarmulke.
	aubry.free.fr /selby1.htm (260 words)

	Hubert Selby, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1947, while at sea, Selby was diagnosed with advanced gonorrhea.
		Selby started working on his first piece in 1958, The Queen Is Dead.
		^ In the obituary, Selby's wife, Suzanne Selby, states that during the treatment the doctors removed a whole lung along with eleven ribs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hubert_Selby (2212 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr., on writing, spoken word, and dying as a way of life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hubert Selby Jr., on writing, spoken word, and dying as a way of life
		I was lucky enough to get a chance to talk with Hubert Selby Jr., over lunch about writing, his latest project, and the film version of Requiem for a Dream, to be released later this year.
		Hubert is such a gentleman he unwraps my straw for me. We both dig into our lunches without restraint, and there follows several minutes of uninterrupted eating before we get back to the interview.
	www.cunepress.com /cunemagazine/news/articles/selby.htm (2415 words)

	Hubert Selby, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selby liked to be called) initially for my pal, writer Nick Valle’s, literary 'zine, "Blunt Object." Nick had made arrangements for the interview to be conducted.
		At age of 19 or 20, this was my second actual interview.
		To be interviewing Hubert Selby, Jr., someone I then and continue to perceive as one of the greats, was overwhelming to me; it still is. Daunted as I was, I am not ashamed of this piece.
	4dw.net /jtdoc/selby.html (227 words)

	Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow @ MovieTickets.com
		"Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow," explores the life and art of the renowned author Hubert Selby Jr., who against all odds, reached international acclaim with his controversial novels.
		Archival footage and new interviews from the legion of artists and friends, who shared his passion for literature and love of life, drive this insightful film.
		It also features rare footage of Selby himself reflecting on his life and work.
	www.movietickets.com /movie_detail.asp?movie_id=54831 (152 words)

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