Noah Cicero (born October 10, 1980) is an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the author of nine books of fiction, two books of poetry, and two ebooks.

Cicero's stories, poetry, and essays have been published in magazines such as Scarecrow, Brittle Star, Retort, Nth Position, Black Ice, Identity Theory, Prague Literary Review, and many others. His fiction is anthologized in The Edgier Waters, published by 3:AM Magazine in 2006.

Personal life

Cicero grew up in Vienna, Ohio, what he calls “a sleazy, one-red-light town.” His mother was a tow-motor driver and his father was a butcher at a Kmart. Cicero has said that he had no books in his house as a child and started to read ghost stories around 13 or 14 years of age. He later returned to the Grand Canyon, writing about his experiences in Give It to the Grand Canyon (2019). He lived in Seongnam in 2012 while teaching English; many of the poems in Bipolar Cowboy (2015) reference experiences from his time and relationships in South Korea. His first novel, The Human War (2003), was adapted into a movie and won the 2014 Beloit Film Festival award for Best Screenplay. He lives in Las Vegas, where he has worked at a supermarket and as a litigation-trial paralegal. His books have been translated into Turkish, Kurdish, and Spanish.

Bibliography

;Novels

  • The Human War (2003, Fugue State Press; foreign publications include Snowbooks, London 2007; as well as editions in Greek and German)
  • The Condemned (2006, Six Gallery Press)
  • Burning Babies (2006, Parlor Press)
  • Treatise (2008, A-Head Publishing)
  • The Insurgent (2010, Blatt)
  • Best Behavior (2011, Civil Coping Mechanisms)
  • Go to Work and Do Your Job. Care for Your Children. Pay Your Bills. Obey the Law. Buy Products. (2013, Lazy Fascist Press)
  • Give It to the Grand Canyon (2019, Philosophical Idiot)
  • Las Vegas Bootlegger: Empire of Self-Importance (2020, Trident Press)

;Poetry

  • Bipolar Cowboy (2015, Lazy Fascist Press)
  • Nature Documentary: Poems (2018, House of Vlad)

;Nonfiction

  • Blood-Soaked Buddha/Hard Earth Pascal (2017, Trident Press)

;eBooks

  • The Living And The Dead (2006, Bear Parade)
  • Nosferatu (2008, Bear Parade)

;Anthology

  • The Collected Works of Noah Cicero Vol. 1 (2013, Lazy Fascist Press)
  • The Collected Works of Noah Cicero Vol. 2 (2014, Lazy Fascist Press)
  • The Noah Cicero Bathroom Reader (2014, Lazy Fascist Press)

References

  • Noah Cicero's blog
  • Cowboy Koans, a poem by Noah Cicero from Bipolar Cowboy
  • Noah Cicero's Neutral Spaces profile
  • Noah Cicero's Goodreads profile
  • Ones To Watch
  • Las Vegas Bootlegger: Noah Cicero and The Idea of Authenticity
  • The Death of Nihilism: A Review of Noah Cicero's Give It to the Grand Canyon
  • 20,000-word interview with Noah Cicero by Tao Lin
  • Fifteen Questions Literature Interview with Noah Cicero