Chuck Wachtel



“Chuck Wachtel is a remarkable artist.”
Herbert Selby, Jr.







Chuck Wachtel is the author of the novels Joe the Engineer, which was awarded a PEN/Hemingway Citation, The Gates, and 3/03, a collection of stories and novellas, Because We Are Here, and five collections of poems and short prose. He received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts in both poetry and fiction, and the Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work. He died in 2026. 


Coming soon:

Joe the Engineer
(McNally Editions, 2028)







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