Gerald Nicosia
Gerald Nicosia (born November 18, 1949 in Berwyn, Illinois) is an author, poet, journalist, interviewer, and literary critic. He is based in Marin County, California.[1]
About[]
He received a B.A. and an M.A. in English and American Literature, with Highest Distinction in English, from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1971 and 1973 respectively.[2]
He has written book reviews for the past 25 years for many major American newspapers, including The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.
Nicosia is best known as a biographer of Jack Kerouac.[3] He had also been an advocate and supporter of the late Jan Kerouac, Jack's estranged daughter. In January, 2009, Nicosia edited and published , containing photos and written essays and remembrances about her.[4]
In 2001 Nicosia's book "Home to War" was published and covers the problems faced by Vietnam Veterans returning to an ungrateful nation. It also discusses the battle to stop the use of Agent Orange.[5] In 2020 Nicosia's book "BEAT Scrapbook" was published by coolgrove press. It contains highly personal poems by the author, many of which poems are addressed to Beat literary icons Nicosia knew as colleagues and friends.[6]
Nicosia is currently working on a full-length critical biography of the pioneer black writer Ntozake Shange, which will be published by St. Martin’s Press.[7]
Bibliography[]
- (Vantage Press, 1977) SBN 533-02531-1
- (Grove Press, 1983, reprint: University of California Press, 1994) ISBN 0-520-08569-8[8]
- (Host Publications, 1991) ISBN 0-924047-05-4
- (Carroll & Graf, 2001, new edition, 2004) ISBN 0-7867-1403-4
- (12 Gauge Press, 2002) ISBN 0-9718458-1-6
- (Noodlebrain Press, Corte Madera, CA; 2009) ISBN 978-0-615-24554-6
- Co-authored by Anne Marie Santos (Berkeley: Cleis Press/Viva Editions, 2011) ISBN 978-1-936740-04-8
- (Grizzly Peak Press, Kensington, CA; 2014) ISBN 978-0-9839264-3-6[9]
- (Noodlebrain Press, 2016) ISBN 978-0-692-77586-8
- (Noodlebrain Press, 2019) ISBN 978-0-578-40140-9
- (coolgrove press, Brooklyn, NY, 2020) ISBN 978-1887276-36-8
References[]
- ^ "Beats Back Bigger Than Ever: An Interview with Gerald Nicosia". Rain Taxi. 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Night Train to Shanghai". City Lights Books. October 28, 2014.
- ^ Corral, Oscar (1998). "Fighting over Jack". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Jan Kerouac: A Life in Memory". City Lights Books. 2009. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ Nicosia, Gerald, New York, Crown Publishers ISBN 0-8129-9103-6(2001)
- ^ Nicosia, Gerald, Brooklyn, coolgrove press ISBN 978-1887276-36-8(2001)
- ^ Author's Contract, St. Martin's Press, LLC, January 10, 2011
- ^ "Taking the Slow Way Out". The New York Times. July 3, 1983. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ Review of Night Train to Shanghai in The Huffington Post (2014)
External links[]
- Official Website
- PEN Oakland Official Website
- Interview with Gerald Nicosia by Jonah Raskin, The Rag Blog, April 26, 2012]
- Beat Scrapbook Book Review by Jim Feast, Sensitive Skin Magazine, September 9, 2020
- Review of Beat Scrapbook by Jeff Kaliss, Mill Valley Literary Review, Issue #19.
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