Dennis Cooper
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1953 -
Occupation
Writer
Description
Novelist, blogger, theatre writer, and poet. His literary output includes 10 books of poetry, 12 plays and theatrical works, 2 GIF novels, 2 feature length films, and a graphic novel. Notable books include his first poetry collection 'Idols' (1979), followed by 'Tenderness of the Wolves' (1982), and his books 'The Marbled Swarm' (2011), 'Frisk', 'Closer' and 'I Wished' (2021). Author of the George Miles Cycle, a collection of five novels (Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period). Made news headlines when his long-running literary blog was removed, raising questions of online censorship (2016).
See Also
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/
- https://www.them.us/story/dennis-cooper-i-wished-interview
