writer.
He lived most of his life in New Haven, Connecticut. Yet his years at Pratt in Brooklyn, daily commuting to the city and frequent visits to jazz clubs impacted the New York settings of his books.
His first works were short stories published in the New Voices: American Writing Todayseries volumes I, II and III. These include "When Ben Awakened", "I Held Back My Hand", "The Man Who Made a Nice Appearance".
And a blade twitched into his heart, beginning the slow, massive bleeding he would never be able to stop, no matter what else he might accomplish. He was surprised and puzzled as he walked with that mortal wound in him, for it occurred to him that, although the wound would be the death of him, it would be the life of him too.
I love you all, you hear? Nothing turns MY stomach. I'll kiss your gallstones, your ulcers, your cancers, your bleeding piles - and they'll all disappear! I'm the miracle man.
All my parents gave me was their fumbly hands: I got their hands inside me to this day.
And then she saw, and was instantly destroyed in a way that would insist upon her living.
The Human Season (1960)
The Pawnbroker (1961)
The Tenants of Moonbloom (1962)
The Children at the Gate (1962)
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