David Gates (author)
David Gates | |
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 David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City | |
| Born | January 8, 1947 |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Education | University of Connecticut (BA) |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1998) |
David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist.[1][2] His works have been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Education
[edit | edit source]Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Gates' first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,[4][5][6] was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[7][3] This was followed by a second novel, Preston Falls (1998),[8] and two short story collections, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1999)[9][10] and A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me (2015).[11]
Gates has published short stories in The New Yorker, Tin House, Newsweek, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Rolling Stone, H.O.W, The Oxford American, The Journal of Country Music, Esquire, Ploughshares,[12] GQ, Grand Street, TriQuarterly, and The Paris Review.[3][13] Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow.[14]
Journalism
[edit | edit source]Until 2008, Gates was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.[3][15]
Teaching
[edit | edit source]Gates taught in the creative writing program at The University of Montana[16] as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars. He is a member of the Dog House Band, performing on the guitar, pedal steel, and vocals.[14]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ploughshares articles by or about David Gates
- Bombsite.com– Biography
- Random House– Interview with David Gates
- Salon.com– "Spiritual Chapter 11"
- New York Times, "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life", A review of Jernigan, May 24, 1991
- Salon.com - "Breaking Up With the Beats"
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