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Christopher Bram

Part-time Faculty
cb145@nyu.edu
714 - 1 Wash Pl

Office Hours
Thursday 10:00 TO 12:00
Friday 10:00 TO 12:00 (ADVISING)

B.A., English, The College of William and Mary, 1974

A novelist and critic, Christopher Bram is the author of nine novels, including Gods and Monsters, which was made into the movie starring Ian McKellen and Lynn Redgrave. He has written nonfiction for a broad range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review, Out, Huffington Post, and Architectural Digest. Bram’s book of essays, Mapping the Territory, and his books Surprising Myself, Hold Tight, In Memory of Angel Clare, and Gossip were reissued by Open Road Books in 2013. His areas of expertise include fiction, movies, biography, and literary history. He was a 2001 Guggenheim fellow and winner of the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. His recent books include Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America (Twelve, 2012) and The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction and Nonfiction (Graywolf, 2016). He is the recipient of a 2018-2019 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.    

Books

2016

The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction and Nonfiction

Christopher Bram's The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction and Nonfiction was published by Graywolf Press.  

2012

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America

Christopher Bram's Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America was published by Twelve. 

Teaching and Research Interests

fiction; nonfiction; writing about movies 

Recent News

Christopher Bram contributed “A Fan’s Notes,” the introduction to a new collection about the life of American writer Christopher Isherwood, Isherwood in Transit (University of Minnesota Press, June 2020), edited by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman.

Courses

2024 Spring

Lives in Brief

2024 Fall

Writing About Film

2023 Spring

Lives in Brief

2023 Fall

Writing About Film

2022 Spring

Lives in Brief

2022 Fall

Writing About Film

2021 Spring

Lives in Brief

Christopher Bram