Lawyers and Literature
James R. Elkins
Lowell B. Komie's Lawyer Stories: Meditations on the Odd Lives We Live
Instructor's Writings on Komie and His Stories
An Introduction to Lowell B. Komie's Stories
Lowell B. Komie's Lawyer Stories
A Short Story Inspired by Komie's Stories: Ruthann Robson, The Satisfactions of Kimberly Bascomb: An Intervention into the World of Lowell Komie's Fictional Women Lawyers, 31 Legal Stud. F. 835 (2007) [online text] [Kimberly Bascomb makes a brief appearance in Komie's "The Cornucopia of Julia K."]
Commentary on the Komie Stories: Louise Harmon, lluminating the Dark: The Stories of Lowell B. Komie and the Pursuit of Meaningful Work, 31 Legal Stud. F. 851 (2007) | Thomas D. Barton, Feathered and Unfeathered Hope: The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie, 31 Legal Stud. F. 933 (2007) | Robert H. Bunzel, Corruption and Resignation in the Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie, 31 Legal Stud. F. 977 (2007) | Jessica E. Price, "Don't Be Beguiled": Gender, Insider-Outsiders, and Justice in the Stories of Lowell B. Komie, 31 Legal Stud. F. 959 (2007) | Lillian Baker Kennedy, Reading Lowell Komie, 31 Legal Stud. F. 981 (2007)
Lowell B. Komie Stories Publications
Publication Note: Lowell B. Komie's lawyer stories appear in the following collections: The Judge's Chambers (Chicago: American Bar Association, 1983)(Chicago: Academic Chicago Publishers, 1987), The Lawyer's Chambers and Other Stories (Swordfish/Chicago, 1994), The Night Swimmer: A Man in London and Other Stories (Chicago: Swordfish/Chicago, 1999). Komie's lawyer stories were republished in the Legal Studies Forum (with an introduction by James R. Elkins) (vol. 25, 2001) and then collected in Lowell B. Komie, The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie (Chicago: Swordfish/Chicago, 2005) (with an introduction and reader's guide to the stories by Elkins).
Lowell Komie's Novels
Komie is also the author of several novels including:
The Last Jewish Shortstop in America (Chicago: Swordfish/Chicago, 1998)
1998 Small Press Award for Fiction
Conversations with the Dancing Ballerina (Chicago: Swordfish/ Chicago, 2001)
a footnote to accompany Komie's stories:
Fictional Autobiography: Definitions and Descriptions
video footnotes
Lowell Komie Talking About the Translation and Publication of his Legal
Fiction in SpanishKomie Talking about a Trip to The Netherlands
Komie Talking about Paris & Amsterdam
Balcon: A Reading by Lowell Komie : : Pt.2