David Bergman
Encyclopedia
David Bergman is an American
writer and English professor at Towson University
. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
, grew up in Laurelton
, New York, and graduated from Kenyon College
(1972) and earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
(1978).
He received the George Elliston Poetry Prize for his work Cracking the Code. With Karl Woelz, he won a Lambda Book Award for editing Men on Men 2000.
United States
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writer and English professor at Towson University
Towson University
Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
. He was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fitchburg is the third largest city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,318 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private elementary and high schools.- History :...
, grew up in Laurelton
Laurelton, Queens
Laurelton is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is now a largely middle class neighborhood. In the 1930s through 1970s and beyond, the neighborhood was populated by many Jewish Americans, but succeeding generations have been made up of new migrants. The neighborhood is part...
, New York, and graduated from Kenyon College
Kenyon College
Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of The Episcopal Church, in parallel with the Bexley Hall seminary. It is the oldest private college in Ohio...
(1972) and earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
(1978).
He received the George Elliston Poetry Prize for his work Cracking the Code. With Karl Woelz, he won a Lambda Book Award for editing Men on Men 2000.
Works
- Cracking the Code Ohio State University Press, 1985
- Heroic Measures Ohio State University Press, 1998
- Gaiety Transfigured: Gay Self-Representation in American Literature University of Wisconsin Press, 1991
- (ed.) Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium Plume, 2000
- (essay in) Queer 13: Lesbian And Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
- The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill and the Making of Gay Culture, Columbia University Press, 2004
- (ed.) Camp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality University of Massachusetts Press, 1993
- (ed.) The Burning Library: Essays (by Edmund White) Knopf, 1994
- (ed.) Reported Sightings: Art Chronicles 1957-87 (by John Ashbery) Knopf, 1989
- (Foreword in) Gay Fiction Speaks: Conversations with Gay Novelists
- (essay in) Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, Patrick MerlaPatrick MerlaPatrick Merla is a gay American "literary agent, editor and prominent figure in gay publishing."Born in New York City. Patrick Merla edited three of the most well-known gay publications in the United States: Christopher Street, The New York Native and the James White Review...
(ed.) Avon, 1996