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Bernard Cooper

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October 03, 1951 in Hollywood, California, The United States

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Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Gay & Lesbian

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Bernard Cooper has won numerous awards and prizes, among them the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award, an O. Henry Prize, and literature fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and The National Endowment of the Arts.

He has published two memoirs, Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum, as well as a novel, A Year of Rhymes, and a collection of short stories, Guess Again.

His work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Gentleman's Quarterly, and The Paris Review and in several volumes of The Best American Essays.

He lives in Los Angeles and is the art critic for Los Angeles Magazine.

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Books by Bernard Cooper

Average rating: 3.73 · 731 ratings · 117 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Bill from My Father: A Memoir 3.40 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Maps to Anywhere by Bernard Cooper, Richard Howard (Foreword by) 4.04 avg rating — 71 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Truth Serum 3.85 avg rating — 67 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Guess Again: Short Stories 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Year of Rhymes 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Best American Gay Fiction #2 by Bernard Cooper (Editor), Brian Bouldrey (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Bill from My Father: A Memoir 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Science and Technology of Coal and Coal Utilization 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories by James Thomas (Editor), Denise Thomas (Editor), Tom Hazuka (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Indivisible: New Short Fiction By West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers by Terry Wolverton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Drake (Editor), Jeane Jacobs (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991	My rating:

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“For me, the words 'Anything is possible' haven't served as a bolstering of hope as much as a warning to run for cover”
― Bernard Cooper, The Bill from My Father: A Memoir

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“Look, if the reason you two aren't speaking doesn't make sense, then the reason you contact him again doesn't have to make sense, either. If nothing makes sense, act accordingly.”
― Bernard Cooper, The Bill from My Father: A Memoir

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“I'm so proud of you!'' I gushed, a statement I've only recently come to realize can be a backhanded compliment, insinuating that the person you're proud of has had to overcome some character flaw to do whatevre they've done to make you proud, so what you're really saying is not that you're proud, but that you're suprised the person has made you proud.”
― Bernard Cooper, The Bill from My Father: A Memoir

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