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Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and
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. He is best known for the ''George Miles Cycle'', a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and described by
Tony O'Neill Tony O'Neill (born 1978, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English writer based in New York. A one-time musician with Kenickie (1997–98), Marc Almond (1997–98), The Brian Jonestown Massacre (1999) and Kelli Ali (2001–04), O'Neill is also the ...
"as intense a dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature has ever attempted." Cooper is the founder and editor of ''Little Caesar Magazine,'' a punk
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, that ran between 1976 and 1982.


Early life

Cooper was born in Pasadena, California and raised in
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, the son of Clifford Cooper, a self-made businessman who was one of the early designers of parts for unmanned space expeditions. His parents were politically conservative, with his father acting as an advisor to several presidents, including
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, with whom he cultivated a close friendship. One of his brothers, Richard, was named after Nixon. Cooper's parents divorced when he was in his early teens. Cooper attended public schools before he started attending
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in high school; he was expelled in 11th grade. He attended Pasadena City College and Pitzer College. Cooper began reading
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at 15 and was drawn to Marquis de Sade in particular for his risqué depictions of libertine sex. He was also inspired by French novelists/directors such as
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,
Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the '' Nouveau Roman'' (new novel) trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and ...
, and
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. Though he had started writing surreal stories at age 12, he became a more focused writer at 15 and tried to imitate the writing styles of
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and de Sade. He began planning out a five-book series that would later become ''The George Miles Cycle''. Punk subculture was a major part of his twenties. In 1976, Cooper moved to London for a brief period.


Career

Cooper started ''Little Caesar Magazine'' in 1976; the punk
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, which ran for 12 issues between 1976 and 1982, featured multimedia contributions from
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,
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, Debbie Harry, Bob Flanagan, and
Toby Ross Toby Ross is an American film director who made straight and gay pornographic films in the 1970s and 1980s and later on went to produce non sexual and cult films with a strong sense of comedic flare. Many film aficionados consider Ross the only ...
. In 1978, he started Little Caesar Press, which would go on to help establish artists such as
Amy Gerstler Amy Gerstler (born 1956) is an American poet. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award. Biography Amy Gerstler was born in 1956. She is a graduate of Pitzer College and holds an M.F.A. from Bennington ...
,
Peter Schjeldahl Peter Charles Schjeldahl (; March 20, 1942 – October 21, 2022) was an American art critic, poet, and educator. He was noted for being the head art critic at ''The New Yorker'', having earlier written for ''The Village Voice'', ''ARTnews'', and ...
, and
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. Cooper published his first book of poetry, ''Idols'', in 1979 and his second, ''Tenderness of the Wolves'', in 1981. ''Tenderness of Wolves'' was nominated for a ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize the same year. In 1979, he began working as the Director of Programming at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, where he continued to produce ''Little Caesar Magazine''. He held this position until 1983, when he moved to New York City. Shortly after, he published his first novella, ''Safe'', and became serious about writing the five-book series he had been planning since he was fifteen. He left New York in 1985 to follow a boyfriend to
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, where he finished ''Closer'', the first book in the ''George Miles Cycle'' and Cooper's first novel. To get into the right headspace to write ''Closer'', Cooper regularly took
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. The book later won the very first
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for
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. During this time, he supported himself financially by writing for American magazines such as '' The Advocate'', '' Art in America'', and ''
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'', the later of which eventually took him on as a regular. Cooper returned to New York in 1987, where he worked on '' Frisk'' and several projects including co-curating an exhibit with
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entitled ''AGAINST NATURE: A Group Show of Work by Homosexual Men'', which was open at the
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in 1988. Cooper returned to Los Angeles in 1990 and continued collaborating with other artists, including composer John Zorn, painter
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, sculptors Jason Meadows and
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, and others. He also started the Little House on the Bowery curated imprint, which included works from
Travis Jeppesen Travis Jeppesen is an American novelist, poet, artist, and art critic. He is known, among other works, for his novel '' The Suiciders''; a non-fiction novel about North Korea, ''See You Again in Pyongyang''; and for his object-oriented writing wo ...
,
Richard Hell Richard Lester Meyers (born October 2, 1949), better known by his stage name Richard Hell, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer. Hell was in several important early punk rock bands, including Neon Boys, Television and ...
, James Greer, Trinie Dalton, Derek McCormack, and others, under the independent publisher
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. In the 1990s, he wrote for '' Spin'' and published ''Period'', the last book in the ''George Miles Cycle'', in 2000. His novel '' The Sluts'' won the 2007
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award in France and a Lammy. Cooper moved to
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in 2005 and has collaborated with French theater director Gisèle Vienne, composers
Peter Rehberg Peter Rehberg (29 June 1968 – 22 July 2021), also known as Pita, was a British-Austrian composer of electronic audio works. He was the head of Editions Mego, which he founded in 2006 as a successor to Mego. Early life Rehberg was born in To ...
and Stephen O'Malley, and the performer Jonathan Capdevielle on six works for the theater, ''I Apologize'' (2004), ''Un Belle Enfant Blonde'' (2005), ''Kindertotenlieder'' (2007), a stage adaption of his novella '' Jerk'' (2008), ''This Is How You Will Disappear'' (2010), and ''Last Spring, a Prequel'' (2011). ''The Weaklings'' was published in limited numbers by Fanzine Press in 2008 and was followed by a full-length collection ''The Weaklings (XL)'' in 2013. Since living in France, Cooper has published a number of novels, had a cameo in Christophe Honoré's '' Homme au Bain'', released a book/CD collaboration with Gisèle Vienne and
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, reissued the graphic novel ''Horror Hospital Unplugged'' he released with Keith Mayerson in 1997, and curated part of the 2012 ''Un Nouveau Festival'' with Gisèle Vienne. In 2012, Kunstverein Amsterdam held ''CLOSER: The Dennis Cooper Papers'', a multimedia exhibit celebrating ''The George Miles Cycle''.


Google controversy

In mid-2016, Cooper engaged in a two-month standoff with
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after it deleted his blog and Gmail accounts without warning, due to what the company described as unspecified violations of their terms of use policy. Ten years of Cooper's writings were lost, including a novel. Cooper termed the situation "a nightmare". Cooper's plight attracted media attention, including from ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Google's attorneys contacted Cooper and after long negotiations, returned his data.


Influence

Cooper's work has been acknowledged as an influence on a number of writers, including
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,
Kay Gabriel Kay Gabriel is an American essayist and poet. In 2019 she joined the editorial collective for the ''Poetry Project Newsletter, a'' quarterly publication for reviews, essays, interviews, poems, remembrances and arts criticism''.'' Gabriel is the ...
,
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, Jackie Ess,
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, Shiv Kotecha, Jon Lindsey, Dominic Lyne and Poppy Z. Brite. Cooper's poetry, including the first poem he ever wrote (about
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) appear in the film '' Luster'' as the work of lead character Jackson. American indie rock band Deerhunter, and grindcore act
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have both cited Dennis Cooper as a lyrical influence. Cooper has also influenced a number of artists such as
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, Jonathan Mayhew, Lizz Brady,
Chris Kelso Chris Kelso (born 22 March 1988, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland) is a British Fantasy Award-nominated writer, illustrator, and anthologist from Scotland. Kelso has also been printed frequently in magazines such as Interzone, Black Static, ...
, Daniel Portland,
Jared Pappas-Kelley Jared Pappas-Kelley is an American curator, researcher, and visual artist. He studied at The Evergreen State College, Goddard College and the European Graduate School where he served as Graduate Teaching Assistant for both Jean-Luc Nancy and Paul ...
,
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, Blair Mastbaum, which he has included in exhibitions such as the Weaklings or who he has showcased over the years. Within his work Cooper is often inspired by and quotes from underground and independent music; as with the lyrics of the band
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in the novel Try, and the naming of the 1992 curated show The Freed Weed, from a compilation by the band
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- which has been discussed in a number of interviews and analyses.


George Miles Cycle

The cycle has now been translated into 18 foreign languages and is the subject of numerous academic studies. They include two volumes of critical essays devoted to the cycle: ''Enter at Your Own Risk'' (2004), edited by Leora Lev, and ''Dennis Cooper: Writing at the Edge'' (2008), edited by Paul Hegarty and Danny Kennedy. In the spring of 2000 Cooper published ''Period'', the last of a series of five novels known as the George Miles cycle (ISBNs refer to the Grove Press paperback editions): * ''Closer'' (1989), * '' Frisk'' (1991), * ''Try'' (1994), * ''Guide'' (1997), * ''Period'' (2000), "… the ninth grade Cooper met his beloved friend George Miles. Miles had deep psychological problems and Cooper took him under his wing. Years later, when Cooper was 30, he had a brief love affair with the 27-year-old Miles. The cycle of books … came later, and were an attempt by Cooper to get to the bottom of both his fascination with sex and violence and his feelings for Miles."
      — '' 3:AM Magazine'', November 2001, "American Psycho: An Interview With Dennis Cooper" by Stephen Lucas "George in ''Closer'', whose room is full of Disney figures, himself becomes the toy of two forty-year-old men obsessed with the beauty of pain and suffering. In '' Frisk'', an ex-friend is writing Julian letters: reports or fantasies of sex and violence. The description of the sexual murdering of young men is a melange of blood and slippery internal organs, too unappetizing to quote. The letters are being sent from a Holland windmill, in its isolation an ideal place for exploring the raw reality of sex, violence and death."
      — VPRO Television; article in Dutch In 2021, Cooper published ''I Wished'', a sort of coda of the George Miles Cycle, through
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. According to writer Justin Taylor, the novel is, "a postscript that functions just as handily as an introduction, deconstruction, or reboot."


Other books


Fiction

* ''Antoine Monnier'' (fiction, Anon Press, 1978) * ''My Mark'' (fiction, Sherwood Press, 1982) * ''Safe'' (novella, SeaHorse Press, 1985) * ''Wrong'' (short fiction, Grove Press, 1992) * ''My Loose Thread'' (novel, Canongate, 2002) * '' The Sluts'' (novel, Void Books, 2004;
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, 2005) * ''God Jr.'' (novel, Grove Press, 2005) * ''Ugly Man'' (short fiction,
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, 2009) * ''French Hole, being 15 outtakes from 'The Marbled Swarm ( Kiddiepunk, 2011) * ''The Marbled Swarm'' (novel,
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, November 2011) * ''The Pyre/Le Bucher'' (short fiction, limited edition book given to the audience of Gisèle Vienne's performance work 'The Pyre', Editions POL, 2013) * ''Zac's Haunted House'' (HTML Novel, Kiddiepunk, 2015) * ''Zac's Control Panel'' (HTML Book, Kiddiepunk, 2015) * ''I Wished'' (novel,
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, 2021)


Poetry

* ''The Terror of Earrings'' (Kinks Press, 1973) * ''Tiger Beat'' (Little Caesar Press, 1978) * ''Idols'' (SeaHorse Press, 1979; Amethyst Press, 1989) * ''Tenderness of the Wolves'' (The Crossing Press, 1981) * ''The Missing Men'' (Am Here Books/Immediate Editions, 1981) * ''He Cried'' (Black Star Series, 1985) * ''The Dream Police: Selected Poems '69–93'' (Grove Press, 1994) * ''Thee Tight Lung Split Roar Hums'' (with
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, Byron Coley; Slow Toe Press, 2004) * ''The Weaklings'' (with illustrations by Jarrod Anderson, Fanzine Press, limited edition, 2008) * ''The Weaklings (XL)'' (Sententia Books, 2013)


Collaborations and nonfiction

* '' Jerk'' (collaboration with artist Nayland Blake, Artspace Books, 1994) * ''Horror Hospital Unplugged'' (graphic novel with illustrations by artist Keith Mayerson, Juno Books, 1997) * ''All Ears'' (criticism and journalism,
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, 1997) * '' Weird Little Boy (provided texts for CD collaboration by John Zorn,
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,
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, Chris Cochrane,
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,
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, 1998) * ''Violence, faits divers, littérature'' (non-fiction, POL, France, 2004) * ''Dennis'' (CD/book, Don Waters Editions/AK Press, 2006) * ''Two Texts for a Puppet Play by David Brooks'' (with Stephen O'Malley, Jean-Luc Verna; DACM, limited edition, 2008) * SAFE with Dennis Cooper ''Ugly Man'' CD (Dot Dot Music, 2008) * Peter Rehberg/Dennis Cooper ''Music for GV'' (Mego Records, 2008) * ''Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, Obituaries'' (Harper Perennial, 2010) * ''Jerk / Through Their Tears'' CD/book (w/ Gisèle Vienne, Peter Rehberg, DisVoir, March 2011) * ''Last Spring: The Maps'' multi-volume zine (w/ Gisèle Vienne, Le Cooperative Fanzine, 2011–2012) * Gisèle Vienne ''40 Portraits 2003 - 2008'' (Editions POL, 2012) * ''GONE: Scrapbook '80 - '82'' (Infinity Land Press, 2014)


Works written for the theater

* ''The Pyre'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Stephen O'Malley, Peter Rehberg; 2013) * ''Last Spring, a Prequel'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Stephen O'Malley, Peter Rehberg; 2011) * ''This Is How You Will Disappear'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg, Visual Effects:
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&
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; 2010) * ''Dedans/Dehors/David'' (Writer/Director: David Bobee, based on Cooper's novel "Closer", 2008) * '' Jerk'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Peter Rehberg/Pita; 2008) * ''Jerk,'' radio play (France Culture/Radio France, 2007) * ''Kindertotenlieder'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg/Pita; 2007) * ''Une Belle Enfant Blonde'' (Co-written with Catherine Robbe Grillet, Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Peter Rehberg/Pita; 2005) * ''I Apologize'' (Director: Gisèle Vienne, Score: Peter Rehberg/Pita; 2004) * ''The Undead'' (Director:
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, Score: Tom Recchion; Visual Design: Robert Flynt; 1990) * ''Knife/Tape/Rope'' (Director: Ishmael Houston-Jones, Sets: John De Fazio; 1985) * ''Them'' (Director: Ishmael Houston-Jones, Score: Chris Cochrane; 1984, 2010)


Further reading

* Earl Jackson Jr. "Death Drives Across Pornotopia: Dennis Cooper on the Extremities of Being, ''Strategies of Deviance'' (Indiana University Press, 1995) * Elizabeth Young and Graham Caveney "Death in Disneyland: Dennis Cooper", ''Shopping in Space: Essays on America's Blank Fiction'' (Serpents Tail, 1996) * James Bolton, director, ''Dennis Cooper'', a 20-minute documentary film (2000) * Julian Murphet,"Postcards from Sim City," in *Literature and Race in Los Angeles* (Cambridge University Press, 2001) * Elizabeth Young "Dennis Cooper: Closer", ''Pandora's Handbag'' (Serpents Tail, 2003) * Leora Lev, editor, ''Enter at Your Own Risk: The Dangerous Art of Dennis Cooper'' (FDU Press, 2006) Includes essays on Cooper's work by William Burroughs, Michael Cunningham, Dodie Bellamy, John Waters, Kevin Killian, Matthew Stadler, Robert Gluck, Elizabeth Young, and others. * Avital Ronell "The Philosophical Code: Dennis Cooper's Pacific Rim", ''The ÜberReader: Selected Works of Avital Ronell'' (University of Illinois Press, 2007) * Paul Hegarty and Danny Kennedy, editors, ''Writing at the Edge: The Work of Dennis Cooper'' (Sussex University Press, March 2008) * Martin Dines ''Gay Suburban Narratives in American and British Culture'' (Macmillan, 2009) * Marvin J. Taylor and Krist Gruijthujsen ''Geometries of Desire: An Interview with Dennis Cooper'' (Kunstverein Amsterdam, 2012) * Stacey D'Erasmo ''The Art of Intimacy: The Space Inbetween'' (Graywolf Press, 2013) * Christopher Hennessy ''Our Deep Gossip: Conversations with Gay Writers on Poetry and Desire'' (The University of Wisconsin Press, 2014) * Diarmuid Hester ''Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper'' (The University of Iowa Press, 2020) * Kay Gabriel ''A Xerox of Feeling: Dennis Cooper's Frisk'' (Journal of Narrative Theory, Eastern Michigan University, 2021)


References


External links

*
NYU's Fales Library and Special Collections Guide to the Dennis Cooper Papers
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