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* ''Cottonmouth Kisses'' (2000) ISBN 978-0916397654 * ''Cottonmouth Kisses'' (2000) ISBN 978-0916397654
* ''Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person'' (with Michelle Tea) (2004) ISBN 1555837530 * ''Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person'' (with Michelle Tea) (2004) ISBN 1555837530

Short stories - books:
* ''What It's Like'' - Porn! Dirty Gay Erotica (edited by Ian Phillips and Greg Wharton) ISBN 1560235829
* ''As Far as Therapy Goes'' - The Salivation Army Black Book (edited by Scott Treleaven) ISBN 0-89439-021-X
* ''My Attempts at Polyamory'' - The Best of Both Worlds (edited by Sage Vivant and M Christian) ISBN 156023492X
* ''Praise for the Prancy Boys'' - That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore) ISBN 1593761953
* ''A Love Like Ours Is Dangerous'' - Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men’s Diaries (edited by Kevin Bentley) ISBN 1555836569
* ''Friend or Faux: An Excerpt from Turnskin'' - Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache (edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea) ISBN 1555837530
* ''Some New Kind of Kick'' - Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (edited by Thomas S. Roche) ISBN 1892723034
Nonfiction - books:
* ''Door Etiquette for the Nightlife Challenged'' - Good Advice for Young Trendy People Of All Ages (edited by Jennifer Blowdryer) ISBN 1933149027
* ''Clubland in El Lay'' - The Underground Guide to Los Angeles (2nd Edition) (edited by Pleasant Gehman) ISBN 0916397815


==External links== ==External links==

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Clint Catalyst
Clint Catalyst, photo by Fingers CrossedClint Catalyst, photo by Fingers Crossed
OccupationWriter, Actor
GenreLGBT, Gay, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Website
http://www.clintcatalyst.com

Clint Catalyst (b. April 8, 1971) is an American author, actor, spoken word performer and stylist.

Catalyst has covered music, fashion, LGBT issues, and popular culture for magazines including Los Angeles magazine, LA Weekly, Frontiers (magazine), Out (magazine), and Swindle Magazine.

Early life

Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas Catalyst was raised an only child to Southern Baptist parents. Other than a year in Germany on scholarship, he remained there until he attended Hendrix College, where he started As If magazine and received a Bachelors in English. Upon graduation, Catalyst went to San Francisco, where he earned a Master of Arts in Writing degree from the University of San Francisco. He said he knew he was gay from a young age.

Writing in the LA Weekly, Linda Immediato called Catalyst a "Midwestern ex–meth head who came to L.A. by way of San Francisco, where he was a goth art-club darling — the most photographed model of the underground." In Los Angeles in the 90s "he became the most sought-after nightclub... guest-list gatekeeper, wooed by seemingly every hip promoter in the city."

Published work

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Cover of Cottonmouth Kisses - published by Manic D Press

Catalyst's book Cottonmouth Kisses was released in the summer of 2000 by San Francisco-based publisher Manic D Press. Cottonmouth Kisses developed a widespread "cult following" according to No-Fi magazine. The book went into its second printing in 2007.

In support of the book Catalyst toured the U.S. and Canada with friend and author Michelle Tea. During the book tour they came up with the idea to solicit first-person narratives for an anthology they co-edited entitled Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache. The book reached #10 on the Los Angeles Times non-fiction paperback Bestseller List the week after its release on March 14, 2004 . The book was also a 2004 Lambda Literary Awards finalist in the fiction anthology category.

Spoken Word

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Performing spoken word at Club DNA in San Francisco

Catalyst has appeared as a spoken word performer at: The Bumbershoot festival ; OUTFEST ; the New York Fringe Lit Festival; the Dark Arts Festival; ; Homo-a-Go-Go; Convergence 9; Scutterfest; the West Hollywood Book Fair; the Highways in Santa Monica; The Village in Los Angeles; the Radar Reading Series in San Francisco; Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA ; and at the California state capitol.

"To Push Away Or Clutch," spoken word by Catalyst, was displayed in 2008 at the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh as part of an 8 year retrospective of Glenn Kaino's work. Catalyst was involved as one of Kaino's "Uberstars" -- internet celebrities Kaino photographed for the exhibit.

Acting

Catalyst was “discovered” by director Hilary Goldberg at a dramatic reading he gave at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. She cast him to play a charlatan opposite actress Guinevere Turner in the short 2007 film “In The Spotlight.” The Belgian magazine Secret called the film "a black and white short with a black heart and biting social commentary about fame, art, artifice (and) shadowy figures."

The non-profit feministBitch (magazine) said "In The Spotlight" is a "feminist upending of the genre."

Catalyst was cast as Jared Silver in Lisa Hammer's film POX. In 2008, he was cast in Matthew Mishory's film, Portland as "Sid the Emcee".

Television

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Catalyst along with Jessicka and Jared Gold - backstage at Germany's Next Topmodel

In 2004, Clint set his sights on writing and working within the television industry. With a writing partner, Darren Stein, he co-created a property for a development deal with Touchstone/ABC. As an Associate Show Producer, he worked for three cycles (2005-2006) on the reality series “America's Next Top Model.”

February 8, 2008, Clint won the first place for TV Host in CBS's BigShotLive contest.. His role for the followup winner's episode was red carpet commentator for the 2008 Grammys. This marks the second time that he's done red carpet commentary for a major awards show.

On May 22, 2008 Catalyst was a guest on "Good Things Utah" and spoke about being an MC and guest judge for an "open call" for models by Salt Lake City-based clothing designer Jared Gold.

November 2008: Clint Catalyst has a cameo as the stylist for Antoine de Caunes in Allez a L.A.!, a five-part series that ran on the French Cable Network Canal Plus. In the episode, de Caunes asks for Clint's assistance before attending Lenora Claire's birthday party at the Houdini Mansion.

March 5, 2009: Clint appears as a special guest in episode 4, cycle 4 of the reality t.v. series Germany's Next Topmodel, hosted by Heidi Klum.

Model and stylist

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Clint Catalyst for Lipstick Prophets, Photo by Sasha Sheldon

Catalyst has had a variety of modeling assignments. He also modeled for the cover of a book, The Best of Alice Joanou.

In March 2008 Catalyst was chosen to appear in a national Peta2 "Fur Is Dead" campaign.. That May Catalyst was hired as a model for the clothing line Killers Never Die. In June 2008, Catalyst was chosen as a model for the jewelry line Hello Drama.

Catalyst has been employed as a stylist by musician/model Lisa D'Amato and comedian Margaret Cho. He has also worked for Beth Ditto, lead singer of The Gossip.

Host

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Catalyst working the red carpet at the 2007 Emmy Awards

Catalyst is often hired as a club and party host . He worked as a “celebrity judge” for the Asian Pacific AIDS Alliance Quest Beauty Pageant and was hired by Paper Magazine as a judge for Audrey Kuenstler's 'High Fashion Wrestling' event. He's done red carpet duty at several awards ceremonies, including the 2007 Emmy Awards for Buzznet.

Personal life

Catalyst gives advice on skin and beauty products to newspapers, radio shows, and on his own website.

Catalyst served as the master of cermonies for the wedding of Jessicka and Christian Hejnal of Scarling on October 13, 2007 in Los Angeles.

Clint is friends with avant-garde designer Jared Gold and has even been described as his 'muse.' They often attend social events and fashion shows together , and Clint has worked as an event producer for some of Jared's fashion shows .

Works

  • Cottonmouth Kisses (2000) ISBN 978-0916397654
  • Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person (with Michelle Tea) (2004) ISBN 1555837530


Short stories - books:

  • What It's Like - Porn! Dirty Gay Erotica (edited by Ian Phillips and Greg Wharton) ISBN 1560235829
  • As Far as Therapy Goes - The Salivation Army Black Book (edited by Scott Treleaven) ISBN 0-89439-021-X
  • My Attempts at Polyamory - The Best of Both Worlds (edited by Sage Vivant and M Christian) ISBN 156023492X
  • Praise for the Prancy Boys - That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore) ISBN 1593761953
  • A Love Like Ours Is Dangerous - Afterwords: Real Sex from Gay Men’s Diaries (edited by Kevin Bentley) ISBN 1555836569
  • Friend or Faux: An Excerpt from Turnskin - Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache (edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea) ISBN 1555837530
  • Some New Kind of Kick - Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (edited by Thomas S. Roche) ISBN 1892723034

Nonfiction - books:

  • Door Etiquette for the Nightlife Challenged - Good Advice for Young Trendy People Of All Ages (edited by Jennifer Blowdryer) ISBN 1933149027
  • Clubland in El Lay - The Underground Guide to Los Angeles (2nd Edition) (edited by Pleasant Gehman) ISBN 0916397815

External links

Notes

References

  1. de la Croix, Sukie (2000-08-02). "The Cottonmouth Kisses of a Small Town Boy". Outlines. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. "Biography". clintcatalyst.com. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. Linda Immediato. "Clint Catalyst". laweekly.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  4. The No-Fi "Magazine" interview with Clint Catalyst
  5. "Cottonmouth Kisses". Amazon.com. 2006-06-03. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  6. ""BESTSELLERS; LOS ANGELES TIMES LIST FOR MARCH 14, 2004"".
  7. Lambda Literary Foundation
  8. Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival (September 2002) http://www.bumbershoot.org/history.htm
  9. http://www.outfest.org/fest2002/fest2002.platinumartist.html
  10. http://www.darkartsfestival.com/2001/index.html
  11. http://www.homoagogo.com/2006/info/index.html
  12. http://www.virulent.org/converg4/past.html
  13. http://www.litrave.com/archives/archives14.htm
  14. http://www.poetryflash.org/0805.00_norcal_calendar.html
  15. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/16/RV7C10J8RI.DTL
  16. http://www.fritzhaeg.com/salon/events/12lamasterminding_text.html
  17. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/california/LIFE/1996/youth.lobby.day.successful-01.05.96
  18. http://artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=24010&b=clint%20catalyst
  19. Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net
  20. Hilary Goldberg
  21. http://www.darkartsfestival.com/lineup.php?show=performanceart
  22. http://losangeles.metromix.com/events/article/outfest-25-years/100903/content
  23. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Secret-zine.jpg
  24. Bitch Magazine "Feminist Response to pop culture", Winter 2009, Issue No. 42, pages 52/89
  25. Pox (2008)
  26. Clint Catalyst
  27. Josef Adalian (2007 -16-11). ""Flyover has ABC aboard"". Variety.com. Retrieved 2008-02-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. www.ssgmain.org/Sept_Oct_06_Ask_SSG_Newsletter.pdf
  29. Lina Lecaro. ""Freaky Stylee"". "LA Weekly".
  30. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1096358/brie_congrats_clint_catalyst_asa_thibodaux_travis_parker
  31. ""Clint Catalyst is first Big Shot Live TV Host winner"". Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  32. Local - ABC4.com
  33. http://www.canalplus.fr/index.php?pid=2863
  34. http://www.vimeo.com/2327957
  35. http://www.thestylephile.com/blog/330000033/post/860028486.html
  36. http://www.laweekly.com/2008-06-19/music/freaky-friday/
  37. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145902/
  38. "SkellAnimal Peta2 Fur Is Dead campaign".
  39. "Steve Diet Goedde Photography".
  40. "Exquisite Restraint".
  41. "Amanda Brooks Photography".
  42. "Tony Mech".
  43. "Book Cover by Steve Diet Goedde".
  44. ""Peta2 blogs on Clint Catalyst"". Peta2.
  45. Killers Never Die
  46. Hello DRAMA!!
  47. http://web.mac.com/alex.cho/iWeb/Alexander%20Cho/Portfolio.html
  48. http://www.laweekly.com/2007-07-12/music/fabulously-phony
  49. Palomar Agency Talent: Clint Catalyst
  50. Lina Lecaro. ""Bonded By The Beats". LA Weekly.
  51. Lina Lecaro. "Fabulously Phony". LA Weekly.
  52. http://www.apaitonline.org/newsArticle.asp?articleID=82
  53. Lina Lecaro. ""Nightranger"". LA Weekly.
  54. http://losangeles.metromix.com/style/article/q-and-a-clint/110344/content
  55. http://clintcatalyst.buzznet.com/user/journal/2519191/ever-question-youve-asked-lame/
  56. "This bride definitely wears black"Los Angeles Times October 28, 2007
  57. ""Wrinkle Free Fresh Faces at Fashion Week"". LA Weekly.
  58. "Thinking outside the Smashbox". Metromix Los Angeles.
  59. LA Weekly - Columns - Rags to Riches - Linda Immediato - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
  60. http://nickverrreos.blogspot.com/2009/03/nick-verreos-attends-los-angeles.html
  61. LA Weekly - Columns - L.A. Fashion Week Smackdown - Linda Immediato - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
  62. http://www.laweekly.com/2001-07-26/columns/i-voyeur-hell-is-other-people/2
  63. "This bride definitely wears black"Los Angeles Times Oct 28, 2007
  64. http://www.lamag.com/bola/article.aspx?id=12982
  65. "Clint Catalyst articles". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  66. Clint Catalyst. "The Future is Jeffree Star". Frontiers Magazine.com. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  67. swindlemagazine.com Clint Catalyst articles
  68. Out.com Features | Love Transamerican Style
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