Dennis Cooper

Dennis Cooper

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1953 -

Occupation

Writer

Description

Novelist, blogger, theatre writer, and poet. Notable books include his first poetry collection 'Idols' (1979), followed by 'Tenderness of the Wolves' (1982), and his books 'The Marbled Swarm' (2011), 'Frisk' and 'Closer'. Made news headlines when his long-running literary blog was removed, raising questions of online censorship (2016).

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.dennis-cooper.net/
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/14/dennis-cooper-google-censorship-dc-blog
• http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/why-did-google-erase-dennis-coopers-beloved-literary-blog
• http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/tag/dennis-cooper/

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