Support Jamie Brickley's Memorial Book Collection

Dear Friends and Supporters,

To celebrate the life of Jamie Brickley, we are raising funds to establish a permanent memorial book collection in the library at West Chester University. Your donation will go toward purchasing fiction literature that will forever be housed under- Postmodern Dystopia and Hope: The James Brickley Collection.

Jamie Brickley passed away ten years ago, leaving a legacy of creativity, passion, and unique spirit. A talented writer, Jamie posthumously graduated from West Chester University in Spring 2015 with a BA in English. While at WCU, he self-published a novel, The Alchemy of Strangers, which now resides on the university library shelves—a testament to his love of storytelling and literature.

To honor Jamie’s memory, we have the opportunity to create a unique collection featuring books that reflect his passions. This effort, Postmodern Dystopia and Hope: The James Brickley Collection, will enhance the library’s offerings by including works that otherwise wouldn’t be available. It will inspire future students with the kind of material Jamie enjoyed. Your contribution will go directly toward building this meaningful tribute to Jamie’s life and spirit.

Thanks for helping us create a lasting legacy at a place he loved and where his talent continues to inspire. Here’s a tentative list of titles that will be acquired with your help:

Collection of Books

White Noise/ Don Delillo

Mao 2/ Don Delillo

Infinite Jest / David Foster Wallace

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays / David Foster Wallace

House of Leaves / Mark Danielewski

Invisible Monsters/ Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club/ Chuck Palahniuk

Thomas Pynchon/ Vineland

Thomas Pynchon/ Gravity’s Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon/ Mason and Dixon

The Parable of the Sower/ Octavia Butler

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas/ Hunter S Thompson

Love in the Time of Cholera/ Gabriel Marcia Marquez

The Unbearable Lightness of Being/ Milan Kundera

Immortality/ Milan Kundera

American Psycho/ Tome Easton Ellis

The Hours/ Micheal Cunningham

Money/ Martin Amis

Blindness/ Jose Saramago

Slaughter House 5/ Kurt Vonnegut

Post Office/ Charles Bukowski

The Family Fang/ Kevin Wilson

Confederacy of Dunces / John Kennedy Toole