Author Jaime Clarke examines The Great Gatsy, one of the most important books in twentieth century literature.

Jaime Clarke holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels Garden Lakes, World Gone Water, We're So Famous, and Vernon Downs; editor of the anthologies Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, and Conversations with Jonathan Lethem; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton), and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton). He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.