David Bowman (writer)
David Bowman | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1957 |
| Died | February 27, 2012 (aged 54) |
| Occupation | Writer |
David Bowman (December 8, 1957 – February 27, 2012) was an American writer. He published two novels and one book of music criticism before his death in 2012, at age 54.[1] A third novel, Big Bang, was published on January 15, 2019, by Little, Brown and Company.[2] Bowman also wrote for Salon.[3]
Books
His first novel, Let the Dog Drive, was a 1993 New York Times Notable Book.[4] It also won the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers.[5]
Bunny Modern, his second novel, was published in 1998; Spin called it "lively, whacked-out, [and] often surprisingly moving."[6]
Bowman's only work of nonfiction, This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of the Talking Heads in the 20th Century, about Talking Heads, came out in 2001.[1]
Big Bang, Bowman's posthumous novel, received critical acclaim.[7][8][9]
References
- 1 2 Vitello, Paul (May 3, 2012). "David Bowman, Author of 'Let the Dog Drive,' Dies at 54". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Big Bang". Little, Brown. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Salon News, Politics, Business, Technology & Culture". Salon. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Notable Books of the Year 1993". The New York Times (National ed.). 5 December 1993. pp. 7–42. eISSN 1553-8095. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
Let the Dog Drive. By David Bowman.
- ↑ Sandlin, Tim (February 7, 1993). "The Hippo and the Belle of Amherst". The New York Times.
- ↑ "2020 Vision". Spin. Spin Media LLC. February 3, 1998. p. 56.
bunny modern bowman.
- ↑ Bowman, David (June 4, 2019). "Among the Dark Horses with David Bowman's 'Big Bang'". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ Williams, John (February 10, 2019). "An Encyclopedic Novel Intent on Reliving the Baby Boomers' Touchstone Moments. All of Them". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ↑ "'Big Bang' praises famous men (and women)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Further reading
- — (3 April 2001). This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century. HarperEntertainment. ISBN 978-0380978465. LCCN 00046082. OCLC 44914246. OL 7435999M. Retrieved 3 January 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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- 1957 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century American male novelists
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American male non-fiction writers