FC2

All of us at FC2 are remembering Raymond Federman, one of the masters of innovative fiction and richest hearts of our press, who changed tense on the morning of 6 October after a long battle with cancer.

This from Ted Pelton: “Ray had been in hospice in recent weeks, and although I had been working on his final novel with Starcherone, Shhh: a novel of childhood, I hadn’t heard from him since August. When I wrote him last month, his daughter Simone wrote back that he was too weak to do emails. Anyone who knew Ray would know that when he was too weak to write, he wouldn’t last long. I know nothing yet about any memorials or services, but send this merely to note the passing of a powerful, funny, and supremely dedicated artist, humanitarian, and friend. He loved life, and we will miss him.”