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Jamy is one of two regular columnists for Antinomy, the new quarterly magic journal. Subscribe now! Read his controversial essay, "In Search of Street Magic."

Jamy's performance mentioned in a New York Times article about the Martin Gardner conference. (There's also a slideshow - see if you can find Jamy.) Another piece in the Knickerbocker column of the New York Sun also mentions Jamy [access only by subscription].

Convention news: Jamy has been steadily making convention appearances in the past couple of years. In 2002 he was part of Magic in the Rockies and Deceptions Unlimited; 2003 saw him at CAM (Canadian Association of Magicians) and the LVMI (Las Vegas Magic Invitational ); and in 2004 he appeared at Holy Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. At Holy Toledo and Magic in the Rockies he lectured and also performed on the close-up show, cabaret show, and large venue public stage shows. At CAM he also hosted a tribute banquet to James "The Amazing" Randi, including MCing the stage show. And in 2005, Jamy was invited to teach a sold-out group seminar at the World Magic Summit in Las Vegas.

"Shattering Illusions" second edition is now sold out! The book is now difficult to find and there is no source with any standing inventory. Hermetic Press hopes to reprint the book sometime in the future.

A personal account of Jamy's experiences on September 11, 2001 appeared in the November, 2001 issue of Genii magazine. A photo essay version can be found here.

Jamy shared teaching duties with Jeff McBride at Jeff's new Magic School in Las Vegas. The session -- "Focus on Card Magic: Close-up, Platform, and Stage" -- took place April 15 - 17, 2003. Check out the roster of other classes and instructors, including Eugene Burger, Max Maven, Bob Fitch, and more! And see a couple of photos in the Galleries under People & Places.

Check out the new photo galleries in the People & Places section. Latest additions include the Amazing Meeting; a visit with Martin Gardner; and time spent with Juan Tamariz.

Jamy on the radio! Listen to Jamy take part in the "Movie Night Debriefing" on Sirius satellite radio, every Monday in the last hour of the Alex Bennett Show, sometime between 11:00 a.m. and noon EST.

Read the full-length version of Jamy's Genii interview with Derren Brown

Jamy mentioned in TimeOut New York, in a piece on "How to do a cold reading."

Read the interview, 12 Questions with Jamy Ian Swiss at Penguin Magic.

Jamy´s piece on the passing of Richard Pryor was picked up by a number of blogs, including comedy blog SHECKYmagazine, and Harris Online, the site of St. Louis radio personality, Paul Harris.

An extensive interview with Jamy about dangerous magic and Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy is published on the arts site known as "The Thing" (see reviews/columns)

Read an extensive interview with Jamy at the CardMSG website and forum.

Shattering Illusions was reviewed in the L.A. Times Sunday Book Review. The review concludes: "But at his best, [Swiss] comes close to the heart of the issues magic raises about truth and art. One of Aristotle's puzzles about art was why we enjoy experiencing in art what we would never enjoy experiencing in reality. Aristotle had in mind the death and degradation presented in tragedy, but the condition of any work with an element of fiction raises the same question about our own violation by deception. The reason mimetic art can be cathartic is that, in it, we deal with the questionable aspects of human experience in a relatively safe environment. Blues music, for example, gets its power from the transformation of suffering into art and even joy. Magic, we might say, gives to the experience of being duped a pleasure, dignity and even truth."