David Gates (author)

Template:Infobox writer David Gates (born January 8, 1947) is an American journalist and novelist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His works have been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Education

Gates obtained his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1972.<ref name=about />

Career

Gates' first novel, Jernigan (1991), about a dysfunctional one-parent family,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1992 and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=about>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This was followed by a second novel, Preston Falls (1998),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and two short story collections, The Wonders of the Invisible World (1999)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me (2015).<ref>Template:Cite news</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, Ploughshares,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> GQ, Grand Street, TriQuarterly, and The Paris Review.<ref name=about /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gates is also a Guggenheim Fellow.<ref name=work>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Journalism

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>Template:Cite news</ref>

Teaching

Gates taught in the creative writing program at The University of Montana<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as at the Bennington Writing Seminars. He is a member of the Dog House Band, performing on the guitar, pedal steel, and vocals.<ref name=work />

External links

• Ploughshares articles by or about David Gates
• Bombsite.com– Biography
• Random House– Interview with David Gates
• Salon.com– "Spiritual Chapter 11"
• New York Times, "Books of The Times; Inspecting the Ruins Of a Contemporary Life", A review of Jernigan, May 24, 1991
• Salon.com - "Breaking Up With the Beats"