Brad Gooch
Brad Gooch (born 1952) is an American writer.
Biography
Born and raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in 1973 and a doctorate in 1986.[1]
Gooch has lived in
AIDS crisis.[2]
Gooch is married to writer and religious activist Paul Raushenbush; they have two children.[2]
Bibliography
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Books
- The Daily News (1977) poetry
- Jailbait and Other Stories (1984) stories
- Hall And Oates (1985) biography
- Billy Idol (1986) biography
- Scary Kisses (1990) novel
- City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara (1993) biography
- The Golden Age of Promiscuity (1996) novel
- Finding the Boyfriend Within (1999) self-help
- Zombie 00 (2000) novel
- Godtalk (2002) spiritual self-help
- Dating the Greek Gods: Empowering Spiritual Messages on Sex and Love, Creativity and Wisdom (2003) spiritual self-help
- Flannery : A Life of Flannery O'Connor (2009) biography
- Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the '70s & the '80s (2015) memoir
- Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love (2017) biography
- Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring (2024) biography
Essays, reporting and other contributions
- (essay in) Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, Patrick Merla (ed.) Avon Books. 1996
Critical studies and reviews
- O'Neill, Joseph (Jun 2009). "Touched by evil". The Atlantic. 303 (5): 88–96. Review of Flannery.
Critical reception
His book Jailbait and Other Stories was selected by
American Poetry Review
.
His most acclaimed work is a biography of the poet Frank O'Hara, City Poet. His book, Finding the Boyfriend Within, calls for gay men to cultivate self-respect by cultivating an imaginary lover.
References
- ^ "Take Five with Brad Gooch '73". Columbia College Today. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Van Meter, William (April 8, 2015). "In the Gritty New York of the '70s and '80s, Not Exactly a Model Life". The New York Times. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
