David Gates (author)

David Gates
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
Born (1947-01-08) January 8, 1947 (age 77)
OccupationNovelist, journalist
EducationUniversity of Connecticut (BA)
Notable awardsGuggenheim 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

Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.[3]

Career

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

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

Gates teaches in the graduate writing program at The University of Montana[16] as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars. Here he is a member of the Dog House Band, performing on the guitar, pedal steel, and vocals.[14]

References

  1. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn (18 June 1991). "David Gates and His Exploring Of the Beauty Within the Bleak". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "- Believer Magazine".
  3. ^ a b c d "David Gates- Assistant Professor". The University of Montana Creating Writing Program. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (1991-05-24). "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. ^ Weber, Bruce (12 November 1995). "To See Ourselves As Writers See Us". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "JERNIGAN by David Gates - Kirkus Reviews".
  7. ^ "1992 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org.
  8. ^ "Willis's Disease". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. ^ ""The Wonders of the Invisible World"". 30 June 1999.
  10. ^ "Review - The Wonders of the Invisible World". januarymagazine.com.
  11. ^ Carlson, Ron (24 July 2015). "'A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me,' by David Gates". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Read By Author - Ploughshares". www.pshares.org.
  13. ^ "Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists". The Paris Review.
  14. ^ a b "David Gates Reading". Book People of Moscow. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  15. ^ The Editors (8 June 2008). "Up Front - Talkin With David Gates". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "English/Film Course Catalog - the University of Montana". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

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