{"id":18186,"date":"2013-04-15T01:56:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T01:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=18183"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:05:15","slug":"resources_lit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=18186","title":{"rendered":"Literary Works Based on Jonestown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Articles from the jonestown report\u00a0<\/em>which discuss a number of the works listed below appear in the Jonestown in the Arts<\/a> section, both on the Fiction and Literature<\/a> page and the Theater & Opera<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fondakowski, Leigh<\/a>, with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh, and Margo Hall. The People\u2019s Temple<\/em>. Premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley, CA, April 2005. Additional productions at the Perseverance Theater in Juneau, AK; The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN; and the Puzzle Piece Theatre in Detroit, MI; and Yankton high School in Yankton, SD, among others.<\/p>\n

Hutchinson, Sikivu<\/a>, writer and director. White Nights, Black Paradise<\/em>. Los Angeles: Zephyr Theater, 2018.<\/p>\n

Reston, James Jr. \u201cJonestown Express.\u201d Plays in Process\u00a0<\/em>5, no. 10 (1984).<\/p>\n

Shojaei, Mohammad<\/a>, director. 1978<\/em>. Performed by the Bit Theater Group in Iran, 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n

White, Ken<\/a>. \u201cMy Father\u2019s House<\/a>: A Play in Three Acts.\u201d Published in the jonestown report\u00a0<\/em>15 (November 2013).<\/p>\n

Williams, Jamal<\/a>, writer and director. Bloodlines to Oblivion<\/em>. Julian Theatre Company: 1983. Reviews by Annie Dawid<\/a> and Aaron Duggan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buford O\u2019Shea, Teri<\/a>. Jonestown Lullaby<\/em>. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2011.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Aguiar, Fred. Bill of Rights<\/em>. London: Chatto and Windus, 1998.<\/p>\n

Gilkes, Michael.\u00a0Joanstown and Other Poems.\u00a0<\/em>Leeds, U.K.: Peepal Tree, 2002. Review by Rebecca Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gillespie, Carmen<\/a>. Jonestown: A Vexation<\/em>. Detroit, MI: Lotus Press, 2011.<\/p>\n

Hirschman, Jack. The Jonestown Arcane<\/em>. Los Angeles: Parentheses Writing Series, 1991.<\/p>\n

Lambrev, Garrett<\/a>. Dogstar and Poems from Other Planets<\/em>. Berkeley, CA: Beatitude Press, 2007.<\/p>\n

McCuistian, Washington S. A Jonestown for Worms: New Poems<\/em>. Louisville, KY: Wasteland Press, 2005.<\/p>\n

Parker, Pat. Jonestown and Other Madness<\/em>. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1985. (The text of the title poem is here<\/a> (1985); her reading of the poem is <\/em>here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

scott, darlene anita<\/a>. Marrow<\/em><\/a>, The University Press of Kentucky, 2022.<\/p>\n

Sutherland, Fraser. Jonestown<\/em>. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart, 1996.<\/p>\n

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Literary Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackwood, Scott. We Agreed to Meet Just Here<\/em>. Kalamazoo, Michigan: West Michigan University Press, 2009. Review by Karen Stroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jonestown Revisited<\/a>, a short story by Jan Carew, published in Eusi Kwayana, A New Look at Jonestown: Dimensions from a Guyanese Perspective<\/em>. Los Angeles: CaribHouse, 2016.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Aguiar, Fred. Children of Paradise<\/em>. New York: HarperCollins, 2014. Reviews in the jonestown report<\/em> by Annie Dawid<\/a>\u00a0and Matthew Fulmer<\/a>, and in Fictional Cults Lack Verisimilitude<\/a>\u00a0by Annie Dawid. Also reviewed in The New\u00a0York Times<\/em> review by Julia Scheeres<\/a> (which also appears here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dawid, Annie<\/a>. Paradise Undone: A Novel of Jonestown<\/em><\/a>. Chipping Norton, UK: Inkspot Publishing, 2023. See reviews by Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons<\/a> and darlene anita scott<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Harris, Wilson. Jonestown<\/i>. London: Faber and Faber, 1996.\u00a0See discussions in the jonestown report<\/em> of this work by Tayla Boote<\/a>, Annie Dawid<\/a>, Jonathan Highfield<\/a>, Gentian Miller<\/a>, and Rebecca Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hutchinson, Sikivu<\/a>. White Nights, Black Paradise<\/em>. Infidel Books, 2015. See reviews by Annie Dawid<\/a> and Rebecca Moore<\/a>, and in Fictional Cults Lack Verisimilitude<\/a>\u00a0by Annie Dawid.<\/p>\n

Maas, Sharon<\/a>. The Girl from Jonestown<\/em>. Bookouture, 2022. See review by Laura Elizabeth Woollett<\/a>. Additional reviews are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Woollett, Laura<\/a>. Beautiful Revolutionary<\/a><\/em>. Melbourne, Australia: Scribe Publications, 2018. See reviews by Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons<\/a>, Katherine Hill<\/a>, Kathy Sparrow<\/a>, and Rikke Wettendorf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Popular Fiction with Jonestown Themes or as Plot Device<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carter, Nick. Retreat for Death<\/em>. New York: Charter Communications, 1982. See Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n

Christine, Juliea. Escaping Jonestown<\/i>. BookRix<\/a>, 2012.<\/p>\n

Hart, Megan. All Fall Down<\/em>. Don Mills, Ontario: Mira Books, 2012.<\/p>\n

Hartmann, Joseph. Before White Night: Rescue from Jonestown<\/em>. Richmond, Virginia: Belle Isle Books, 2014. Review by Matthew Fulmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hewtson, Kathleen\u00a0McKenna.\u00a0Jungle Rot: Jonestown, an American Holocaust<\/em>. San Francisco: Taylor Street Books, 2015. Critical essay review by Katherine Hill<\/a>. Response to Katherine Hill by Tim Hewston<\/a>. Reply by Katherine Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

James, Steven. The Pawn<\/em>. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Revell, 2007. Review by Karen Stroup<\/a>. See also\u00a0Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>\u00a0(2012)<\/p>\n

Lescroart, John. The Hunter<\/em>. New York: Dutton, 2012. See Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n

Ludwig, Arnold<\/a>. Blue Smoke and Mirrors<\/em><\/a>. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. See reviews by Matthew Fulmer<\/a>, Bulent Atalay, and <\/a>Robert Westlake<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mankel, Henning. Before the Frost<\/em>. New York: Vintage Books, 2006. See Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n

Maupin, Armistead. More Tales of the City<\/i>. New York: Harper Perennial, 1980. See review by Blair Alan Gadsby<\/a> (2022) <\/p>\n

_____. Further Tales of the City<\/i>. New York: Harper Perennial, 1982.\u00a0Review by Karen Stroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mendonsa, Eugene. Jim Jones Is Alive<\/em>. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015.
\nSee reviews by Katherine Hill<\/a> and Mark T. Gallaga<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Olsson, Peter Alan. A Boyish God<\/em>. Houston: Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., 2013.
\nReview by Laura Johnston Kohl<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read, Cornelia. The Crazy School<\/i>. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010. See Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rodgers, William D. Cult Sunday<\/i>. Denver: Accent Books, 1979.<\/p>\n

Roy, Ryan.\u00a0Jonestown<\/em>. Living Art Publications, 2014. See reviews by Matthew Thomas Farrell<\/a>\u00a0and Katherine Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wilson, Gar. Terror in Guyana<\/em>. Toronto, Ont.: Worldwide Press, 1990. See Peoples Temple as Plot Device<\/a>\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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