Justin Gene Gregorits (born November 5, 1976) is an American writer, editor and publisher. He founded and published Sex & Guts Magazine, an independent arts and culture journal, that ran from 1997 to 2004. Subsequent works include Johnny Behind The Deuce, Sex & Guts Anthology, Sex & Guts 4, Midnight Mavericks, Dog Days: Volume One, Dog Days: Volume Two, Hatchet Job: The Gene Gregorits Reader, and Fishhook. Gregorits' most recent works have been described as having running themes of poverty, sexuality, trauma, mental illness, violence, multi-substance abuse and death. He has said that early influences on his writing included Charles Bukowski and Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
Bibliography
Sex and Guts 4(2002) Midnight Mavericks: Reports From The Underground (2007) HATCHET JOB: The Gene Gregorits Reader (2012) Dog Days: Volume One (2012) Dog Days: Volume Two (2013) Johnny Behind The Deuce (2013) Sex and Guts Anthology (2013) Dog Days Omnibus (2013) Fishook Volume One (2013) The Portland Eight Mile (2014) Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File (2014) The Portable Gene Gregorits (2014) Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Untold Story (2014) Intra-Coastal: One Year On St Pete Beach (Volume One) (2014) Stretch Marks (2015) Meet Me Down The Alley (2016) Bigger Than Life at the Edge of the City (2017) SPOOK: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume One (2019) Teenage Lust: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Two (2021) Northern Soul: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Three (2023) The Night: My Kate Like The Seashore: Volume Four (2023)
As a contributing writer
Chelsea Hotel Manhattan: A Raw Eulogy To A New York Icon (2008) Antique Children: A Mischievous Literary Arts Journal (2010) Analysing David Peace (Katy Shaw, editor. Cambridge Scholars Publishing) (2011)
Film work
Born To Lose: The Last Rock'n'Roll Movie (Lech Kowalski, 1999) (graphic designer, promotion) Ronni Lee (Ron Athey, 2000) (lead actor) Blank Generation (Celine Dahnier, 2006) (actor) The Sand Trap (Casey Fischer, 2012) (subject) The Second Coming (Richard Wolstencroft, 2014) (lead actor)
References
External links official website Beat Magazine interview Vice Magazine interview Gene Gregorits interview with director Richard Stanley, from "Sex & Guts Vol. 3", 2001 Up From the Underground: Sex & Guts Magazine Reborn Love and Pop interview Disqus profile The Alexxcast interview Amazon.com Book Sales