Background
Gooch, Bradley was born on January 31, 1952 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States.
( From the lost generation of Andy Warhol's New York to t...)
From the lost generation of Andy Warhol's New York to the cocaine-fueled runways of the top fashion houses of Paris and Milan, Scary Kisses captures the tenderness and cruelty of the beautiful people circa 1980, living behind the pages of Vogue< As a portrait of this time and this place, Scary Kisses shares a place with Bright Lights, Big City, Slaves of New York, and The Bonfire of the Vanities as a classic portrait of the seductive pull of Manhattan nightlife. The story of centers on a menage รก trois that drifts listlessly into a spiral of cynicism and nihilistic gratification via sex and drugs. With a raw, voyeuristic eye for detail, Brad Gooch zooms the reader in to the downtown New York scene and the decadent nightlife of the modeling world. His precise, snapshot prose re-creates a time unlike any other, and characters that flash with a stark, bright realism.
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(The author of Scary Kisses delivers a shocking and powerf...)
The author of Scary Kisses delivers a shocking and powerful novel about the gay club scene in New York in the 1970s. Sean Devlin leaves Columbia University to pursue the downtown life of an avant-garde filmmaker, in the tradition of Warhol. As Sean slowly becomes a famous filmmaker, readers pass through an erotic, decadent, lost world of drugs, dim lights, and strange rooms.
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( In the tradition of the perennial bestseller I'm OK, Y...)
In the tradition of the perennial bestseller I'm OK, You're OK, noted author Brad Gooch offers single and coupled gay men a provocative, sophisticated, and inspirational guide that addresses the big issues of love, romance, and being alone. Part memoir, part self-help, Finding the Boyfriend Within is a remarkably practical and helpful guide in the quest for self-discovery for the thousands of gay men who despair of ever being in a committed relationship. Filled with anecdotes, romantic advice, problem-solving suggestions, and humor -- as well as wisdom from both the East and West -- Finding the Boyfriend Within offers simple self-awareness exercises to help discover the respect, happiness, and love that come first, and most enduringly, from within.
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( Zombie00 is a touching story that explores the dark rec...)
Zombie00 is a touching story that explores the dark recesses of human desire and offers a glimpse into how we connect. Meet "Zombie," a strange and remarkable young man, growing up in Truckstown, Pennsylvania. His earliest childhood memories of visiting the "Sacred Voodoo Chamber" in the nearby Scranton Art Museum leave him in thrall and help spark in him a process of "zombification" that will last a lifetime. Fear and worship become his guiding forces as he stumbles through life wondering if there are more of his kind or if he is alone. After a series of petty crimes, committed at the behest of his first master, Zombie is given a tiny inheritance and a one-way bus ticket to New York City. He embarks on a weird, surprisingly funny and ultimately poignant odyssey where he meets those who will be responsible for his destin
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( From the author of the highly successful and influenti...)
From the author of the highly successful and influential Finding the Boyfriend Within comes an inspirational guide for gay men seeking spiritual fulfillment. When Brad Gooch began promoting his self-help book Finding the Boyfriend Within, the first of its kind directed toward a gay readership, he was overwhelmed by the response it generated. Thousands of gay men embraced the book's message of looking into themselves to find comfort and purpose in life. So enthusiastic was the response to the book that Gooch began conducting workshops and, in the process, conceived Dating the Greek Gods as both a follow-up and a companion to the earlier book -- a self-help book designed as a sort of "advanced class" for readers of Finding the Boyfriend Within. Because of the conflicted reaction many gay men have to any discussion of religious spirituality, Gooch hit upon the idea of drawing on an older spiritual base -- that of Ancient Greece -- for examining and explaining his approach to achieving a higher understanding of self through spirituality. The stories of the Greek gods have inspired human consciousness for more than thirty centuries, the outgrowth of a society in which homosexuality was an accepted aspect of human behavior. Dating the Greek Gods explores these stories as well as the dominant characteristics of those Greek deities, tying the spirituality of being a gay male to the inner patterns -- or archetypes -- that shape men's personalities and personal relationships. Gooch organizes the book into a series of meditations and personal exercises shaped around the characters, stories, and dominant traits of the deities. For example, in chapter one, Apollo addresses wisdom; chapter two concerns Dionysus and deals with sexuality and disco nights; chapter three is about Hermes and concerns communication, and so on, from Hephaestos and Eros (creativity and romance) to Zeus (independence and freedom). Gooch delves into these enduring archetypes to show men how, by understanding the philosophy behind these gods, they can come to better understand themselves and, in the process, enrich their lives. Unique in its approach and totally accessible in its realization, Dating the Greek Gods is an enlightened and literary self-help book that encourages readers to turn to their own inner oracle -- the inner voice that prompted them to "come out" in the first place -- and in the process to revitalize themselves through viewing the world's spiritual traditions in a more inclusive and caring fashion.
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Gooch, Bradley was born on January 31, 1952 in Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Columbia College, New York City, 1973. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, with honors, Columbia College, New York City, 1977. Master of Philosophy, Columbia College, New York City, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia College, New York City, 1986.
Instructor English LaGuardia Community College, New York City, 1979-1981. Senior preceptor in English Columbia College, 1983-1986. Assistant professor Columbia University, 1986.
Associate professor to professor, department English William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, since 1992. Adjustment lecturer New York University, 1985.
( From the lost generation of Andy Warhol's New York to t...)
( In the tradition of the perennial bestseller I'm OK, Y...)
( From the author of the highly successful and influenti...)
( Zombie00 is a touching story that explores the dark rec...)
(The author of Scary Kisses delivers a shocking and powerf...)
Author: The Daily News, 1977, Jailbait and Other Stories, 1984 (Writer's Choice award, Pushcart Foundation), Scary Kisses, 1988, City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara, 1993, The Golden Age of Promiscuity, 1996, Finding the Boyfriend Within, 1999, Zombie 00, 2001, Godtalk, 2002, Dating the Greek Gods, 2003, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor, 2009, others. Contributor poems, short stories, articles and reviews to numerous publications.
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild, Poetry Society America, Phi Beta Kappa.