Plazm, art criticism for Artforum and Modern Painters, and teaching through The New School. Raymond's writing has also appeared in Bookforum, the Village Voice, and other publications. Raymond produced the 2012 feature film, Buoy, directed by Steven Doughton and starring Matthew Del Negro and Tina Holmes. He has also served as the assistant to Writer/Director Todd Haynes on the set of his 2002 film, Far From Heaven, starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid. Raymond used the name "Slats Grobnik" (a character created by Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko) when he worked as Haynes' assistant on Far From Heaven, and Roger Ebert noticed this deep in the credits and wrote about it in his "Movie Yearbook 2004." Books Denial: A Novel (2022) Freebird: A Novel (2017), Rain Dragon: A Novel (2012), Livability: Stories (2008), Oregon Book Award's Ken Kesey Award for Fiction in 2009 Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writer’s" selection The Half-Life: A Novel (2004), (2005 paperback) Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2004" award Old Joy (2004), with Justine Kurland, Screenplays Showing Up (2022) (with Kelly Reichardt) First Cow (2019) (with Kelly Reichardt) Night Moves (2013) (with Kelly Reichardt) Meek's Cutoff (2010) (with Kelly Reichardt) 2011 Sundance Film Festival Humanitas Award Nomination Wendy and Lucy (2008) (with Kelly Reichardt) (based on his short story Train Choir in the collection Livability) Old Joy (2006) (with Kelly Reichardt) (based on his short story Old Joy in the collection Livability) John Cassavetes Award Nomination from the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards Teleplays Mildred Pierce (2011) (teleplays for all five episodes, Part One to Part Five) Primetime Emmy Nomination for "Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special" (shared with Todd Haynes) Awards and nominations For Mildred Pierce: Primetime Emmy Nomination for "Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special" (shared with Todd Haynes) For Livability (Short story collection): Oregon Book Award's Ken Kesey for Fiction in 2009 and Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writer’s" selection For The Half-Life: A Novel: Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2004" Award For Meek's Cutoff screenplay, 2011 Sundance Film Festival Humanitas Award Nomination References External links 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Portland, Oregon American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Oregon Screenwriters from Oregon 21st-century American screenwriters