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'''David Gates''' (born January 8, 1947) is an American [[journalist]] and [[novelist]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/books/david-gates-and-his-exploring-of-the-beauty-within-the-bleak.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=David Gates and His Exploring Of the Beauty Within the Bleak|first=Mervyn|last=Rothstein|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 June 1991 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=interview_gates|title=- Believer Magazine|publisher=}}</ref> His works have been shortlisted for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] and the [[Pulitzer Prize]].


==Education==
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'''David Gates''' (born January 8, 1947) is an American [[journalist]] and [[novelist]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/books/david-gates-and-his-exploring-of-the-beauty-within-the-bleak.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</ref><ref>http://www.believermag.com/issues/200706/?read=interview_gates</ref> His first novel, ''[[Jernigan (1991 novel)|Jernigan]]'' ([[1991 in literature|1991]]), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,<ref>http://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]]</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/to-see-ourselves-as-writers-see-us.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</ref><ref>https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gates/jernigan/#review</ref> was a [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist in 1992 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.<ref>http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1992</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web|title=David Gates- Assistant Professor|url=http://www.cas.umt.edu/english/creative_writing/faculty_pages/gates.cfm|publisher=The University of Montana Creating Writing Program|accessdate=16 April 2013}}</ref> This was followed by a second novel, ''Preston Falls'' (1998),<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/15/reviews/980215.15woodlt.html "Willis's Disease" by Michael Woods</ref> and two short story collections, ''The Wonders of the Invisible World'' (1999)<ref>http://www.salon.com/1999/06/30/gates_3/</ref><ref>http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/wonders.html</ref> and ''A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me'' (2015).<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/books/review/a-hand-reached-down-to-guide-me-by-david-gates.html</ref> 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]]'',<ref>http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?intAuthorID=534</ref> ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Grand Street (magazine)|Grand Street]]'', ''[[TriQuarterly]]'', and ''[[The Paris Review]]''.<ref name=about /><ref>http://www.theparisreview.org/back-issues/197</ref> Gates is also a [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref name=work>{{cite web|title=David Gates Reading|url=http://www.bookpeopleofmoscow.com/event/david-gates-reading|publisher=Book People of Moscow|accessdate=16 April 2013}}</ref>
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Gates obtained his B.A. from the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1972.<ref name=about />


==Career==
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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>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Upfront-t.html?_r=1</ref>
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Gates' first novel, ''[[Jernigan (novel)|Jernigan]]'' ([[1991 in literature|1991]]), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=1991-05-24 |title=Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/books/books-of-the-times-inspecting-the-ruins-of-a-contemporary-life.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/to-see-ourselves-as-writers-see-us.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=To See Ourselves As Writers See Us|first=Bruce|last=Weber|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=12 November 1995 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-gates/jernigan/#review|title=JERNIGAN by David Gates - Kirkus Reviews|publisher=}}</ref> was a [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1992|title=1992 Pulitzer Prizes |website=www.pulitzer.org}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web|title=David Gates- Assistant Professor|url=http://www.cas.umt.edu/english/creative_writing/faculty_pages/gates.cfm|publisher=The University of Montana Creating Writing Program|accessdate=16 April 2013}}</ref> This was followed by a second novel, ''Preston Falls'' (1998),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Willis's Disease |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/02/15/reviews/980215.15woodlt.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref> and two short story collections, ''The Wonders of the Invisible World'' (1999)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/30/gates_3/|title="The Wonders of the Invisible World"|date=30 June 1999|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://januarymagazine.com/fiction/wonders.html|title=Review - The Wonders of the Invisible World|website=januarymagazine.com}}</ref> and ''A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me'' (2015).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/books/review/a-hand-reached-down-to-guide-me-by-david-gates.html|title='A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me,' by David Gates|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 July 2015 |publisher=|last1=Carlson |first1=Ron }}</ref>


Gates 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|Esquire]]'', ''[[Ploughshares]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?intAuthorID=534|title=Read By Author - Ploughshares|website=www.pshares.org}}</ref> ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Grand Street (magazine)|Grand Street]]'', ''[[TriQuarterly]]'', and ''[[The Paris Review]]''.<ref name=about /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/back-issues/197|title=Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists|website=The Paris Review}}</ref> Gates is also a [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref name=work>{{cite web|title=David Gates Reading|url=http://www.bookpeopleofmoscow.com/event/david-gates-reading|publisher=Book People of Moscow|accessdate=16 April 2013}}</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 />


==Education==
==Journalism==
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Until 2008, Gates was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.<ref name=about /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/books/review/Upfront-t.html?_r=1|title=Up Front - Talkin With David Gates|author=The Editors|website=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 June 2008 |publisher=}}</ref>
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Gates obtained his B.A. from the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1972.<ref name=about />

His second last name is Anus.
==Teaching==
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Gates 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=English/Film Course Catalog - the University of Montana |accessdate=2012-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630180132/http://www.umt.edu/catalog/cat/cas/englishfilm.html |archivedate=2012-06-30 }}</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 />


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=534 ''Ploughshares'' articles by or about David Gates]
*[http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=534 ''Ploughshares'' articles by or about David Gates]
*[http://www.bombsite.com/archive/earle/gates/gates_bio.html Bombsite.com– Biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050204080954/http://www.bombsite.com/archive/earle/gates/gates_bio.html Bombsite.com– Biography]
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/gates.html Random House– Interview with David Gates]
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/gates.html Random House– Interview with David Gates]
*[http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/08/27/gates Salon.com– "Spiritual Chapter 11"]
*[http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/08/27/gates Salon.com– "Spiritual Chapter 11"]
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D8113FF937A15756C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=Jernigan+david+gates&st=nyt ''New York Times'', "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life", A review of ''Jernigan'', May 24, 1991]
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D8113FF937A15756C0A967958260&scp=1&sq=Jernigan+david+gates&st=nyt ''New York Times'', "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life", A review of ''Jernigan'', May 24, 1991]
*[http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/04/12/beats/print.html Salon.com - "Breaking Up With the Beats"]
*[http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/04/12/beats/print.html Salon.com - "Breaking Up With the Beats"]


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David Gates
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
David Gates at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City
Born (1947-01-08) January 8, 1947 (age 77)
OccupationNovelist, journalist
EducationUniversity of Connecticut (BA)
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1998)

David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist.[1][2] His works have been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Education

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Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.[3]

Career

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Gates' first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,[4][5][6] was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[7][3] 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]

Gates 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, Ploughshares,[12] GQ, Grand Street, TriQuarterly, and The Paris Review.[3][13] Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow.[14]

Journalism

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Until 2008, Gates was a senior writer and editor in the Arts section at Newsweek magazine, specializing in articles on books and music.[3][15]

Teaching

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Gates 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]

References

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  1. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn (18 June 1991). "David Gates and His Exploring Of the Beauty Within the Bleak". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "- Believer Magazine".
  3. ^ a b c d "David Gates- Assistant Professor". The University of Montana Creating Writing Program. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (1991-05-24). "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. ^ Weber, Bruce (12 November 1995). "To See Ourselves As Writers See Us". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "JERNIGAN by David Gates - Kirkus Reviews".
  7. ^ "1992 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org.
  8. ^ "Willis's Disease". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. ^ ""The Wonders of the Invisible World"". 30 June 1999.
  10. ^ "Review - The Wonders of the Invisible World". januarymagazine.com.
  11. ^ Carlson, Ron (24 July 2015). "'A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me,' by David Gates". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Read By Author - Ploughshares". www.pshares.org.
  13. ^ "Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists". The Paris Review.
  14. ^ a b "David Gates Reading". Book People of Moscow. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  15. ^ The Editors (8 June 2008). "Up Front - Talkin With David Gates". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  16. ^ "English/Film Course Catalog - the University of Montana". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
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