Brad Gooch

EVENTS

"Meet the Author: Brad Gooch." Richland Library Main, 1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina. January 25, 2026, 3:00.

Selected Works

Biography

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring

"...a rewarding deep dive...Gooch captures the innovative, whirlwind creative spirit of the artist...Shot through with details that bring to life the tumultuous social ferment of the era, this honors the inimitable spirit of a defining figure in the art world." -- Publishers Weekly

Rumi's Secret: The Life Of The Sufi Poet Of Love

The first popular biography of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet revered by contemporary Western readers.

Flannery: A Life Of Flannery O'Connor

"O'Connor lives and breathes--and spits fire--in Brad Gooch's portrait."

–Vanity Fair

City Poet: The Life And Times Of Frank O'Hara

"A necessary chronicle of a fascinating, often overlooked, key character in modern American letters."

–Los Angeles Times

Poetry

Rumi: Unseen Poems

"Offering new insight into the poet's spiritual life, these poems prove a valuable addition to Rumi's oeuvre."

-Publishers Weekly

The Daily News

Brad Gooch's first book: nineteen poems. Smalltown adolescense, disco sex, S&M performance poems. And love poems.

Memoir

Smash Cut: A Memoir Of Howard & Art & The 70s & The 80s

SMASH CUT is a love story, an elegy, and an intimate history of New York City in the 70s and 80s.

Novel

Scary Kisses

"No one else has written a book this literate and witty about the modeling world."

–Bret Easton Ellis

Zombie00

"Truly great. . . .a subtle and brilliantly odd book, the best of Gooch's career." (Bookforum)

The Golden Age Of Promiscuity

"Gooch's detailed descriptions and provocative observations make The Golden Age of Promiscuity the next best thing to taking a time-machine trip to grovel in the glorious '70s gutter. "

–San Francisco Chronicle

Non-Fiction

Godtalk: Travels In Spiritual America

"On so hot a subject as religion in America, Brad Gooch is as serenely cool as Tocqueville was on an equally hot subject, democracy in America; and as irresistibly readable."

- Gore Vidal

Finding The Boyfriend Within

"A must-read for all men - gay or straight - and the women who love them."

–Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City

Dating The Greek Gods: Empowering Spiritual Messages On Sex and Love, Creativity and Wisdom

Unique in its approach and totally accessible in its realization, Dating the Greek Gods is an enlightened and literary self-help book that encourages readers to turn to their own inner oracle.

JAILBAIT and Other Stories

"Brad Gooch's stories offer gray grainy photographs of urban life with a roughness and directness unequalled in contemporary fiction. Brilliant."

–Donald Barthelme

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EVENTS "Meet the Author: Brad Gooch." Richland Library Main, 1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina. January 25, 2026, 3:00.

Selected Works

Quick Links

EVENTS

"Meet the Author: Brad Gooch." Richland Library Main, 1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, South Carolina. January 25, 2026, 3:00.