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Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.<ref name=about /><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Upfront-t.html?_r=1</ref> |
Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.<ref name=about /><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Upfront-t.html?_r=1</ref> |
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He teaches in the graduate writing program at [[The University of Montana]]<ref>http://www.umt.edu/catalog/cat/cas/englishfilm.html</ref> 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.<ref name=work /> |
He teaches in the graduate writing program at [[The University of Montana]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umt.edu/catalog/cat/cas/englishfilm.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630180132/http://www.umt.edu/catalog/cat/cas/englishfilm.html |archivedate=2012-06-30 |df= }}</ref> 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.<ref name=work /> |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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David Gates | |
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Born | January 8, 1947 |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Nationality | American |
Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1998) |
David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist.[1][2] His first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,[3][4][5] was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[6][7] 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] He 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 magazine, Ploughshares,[12] GQ, Grand Street, TriQuarterly, and The Paris Review.[7][13] Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow.[14]
Until 2008, he was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.[7][15]
He 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]
Education
Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.[7]
References
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/books/david-gates-and-his-exploring-of-the-beauty-within-the-bleak.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ^ http://www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=interview_gates
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/books/books-of-the-times-inspecting-the-ruins-of-a-contemporary-life.html "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life" by Michiko Kakutani
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/to-see-ourselves-as-writers-see-us.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- ^ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gates/jernigan/#review
- ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1992
- ^ a b c d "David Gates- Assistant Professor". The University of Montana Creating Writing Program. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/15/reviews/980215.15woodlt.html "Willis's Disease" by Michael Woods
- ^ http://www.salon.com/1999/06/30/gates_3/
- ^ http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/wonders.html
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/books/review/a-hand-reached-down-to-guide-me-by-david-gates.html
- ^ http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?intAuthorID=534
- ^ http://www.theparisreview.org/back-issues/197
- ^ a b "David Gates Reading". Book People of Moscow. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Upfront-t.html?_r=1
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
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External links
- 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"