Dennis Cooper




Dennis Cooper

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born
January 10, 1953

place of birth
Arcadia, California, The United States

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genre
Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction

influences
Rimbaud, Verlaine, De Sade, Baudelaire


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Dennis Cooper was born on January 10, 1953 and grew up in the Southern California cities of Covina and Arcadia. In 1976, he founded Little Caesar Magazine and Press, which he ran until 1982. In 1985, he moved to Amsterdam for two and a half years, where he began his ten year long project, The George Miles Cycle, an interconnected sequence of five novels that includes Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period. His post-George Miles Cycle novels include My Loose Thread, The Sluts and his most recent novel, the highly acclaimed God, Jr. Other works include the short-story collection Wrong, a collection of poetry titled The Dream Police and All Ears: Cultural Cristicism, Essays and Obituaries. Dennis Cooper currently spends his time between Los...more




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During the 20th and 21st centuries, a record chart was a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of prominent record charts include the NME Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100, which were compiled and published on a week-by-week basis by popular magazines.


This man has "loads of CDs". Could he have been a chart compiler?

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avg rating: 3.72 | 2,126 ratings | 258 reviews | 27 distinct works | 18 fans
Frisk Frisk
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.68 — 212 ratings — published 1991
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Closer Closer
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.88 — 197 ratings — published 1995
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The Sluts The Sluts
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avg rating 3.84 — 182 ratings — published 2004
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God Jr. God Jr.
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.44 — 199 ratings — published 2005
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Guide Guide
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.90 — 154 ratings — published 1997
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Period Period
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.65 — 164 ratings — published 2000
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Try Try
by Dennis Cooper, Claro
avg rating 3.89 — 137 ratings — published 1994
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My Loose Thread My Loose Thread
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.71 — 125 ratings — published 2002
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Wrong: Stories Wrong: Stories
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.61 — 122 ratings — published 1993
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Ugly Man: Stories Ugly Man: Stories
by Dennis Cooper
avg rating 3.61 — 56 ratings — published 2009
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"When I started writing
I was a sick teenaged
fuck inside who partly
thought I was the new
Marquis de Sade, a body
doomed to communicate
with Satan who was us-
ing my sickness as his
home away from home,
and there’s your proof."
Dennis Cooper
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