Brad Gooch (born 1952) is an American writer.
Brad Gooch (born 1952) is an American writer.
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 New York City since 1971. His 2015 memoir Smash Cut recounts life in 1970s and 1980s New York City, including the time Gooch spent as a fashion model, life with his then-boyfriend filmmaker Howard Brookner, living in the famous Chelsea Hotel during the first decade of the AIDS crisis. [2]
Gooch is married to writer and religious activist Paul Raushenbush; they have two children. [2]
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His book Jailbait and Other Stories was selected by Donald Barthelme for a Pushcart Foundation Writer's Choice Award. His writing has appeared in the Paris Review , Partisan Review , Bomb , the New Republic , Harper's Bazaar , The New Yorker , Vanity Fair , Out , New York , the Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Nation , Travel + Leisure , and 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.
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1951.
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