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Gerald Nicosia (November 18, 1949 in Berwyn, Illinois) is an author, poet, journalist, interviewer, and literary critic. He received a B.A. and an M.A. in English and American Literature, with Highest Distinction in English, from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1971 and 1973 respectively. He has written book reviews for the past 25 years for many major American newspapers including ''The Washington Post'', ''The Chicago Tribune'', ''The Kansas City Star'', the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', the ''Oakland Tribune'', and the ''Los Angeles Times''. Nicosia is probably best known as a biographer of Jack Kerouac. He has also been an advocate and supporter of the late Jan Kerouac, Jack's estranged daughter. In 2001 Nicosia's "Home to War" was published. The book covers the problems faced by Vietnam Veterans returning to an ungrateful nation. It also discusses the battle to stop the use of Agent Orange. 〔 Nicosia, Gerald,'' Home to War'' New York, Crown Publishers ISBN 0-8129-9103-6(2001)〕 In January, 2009, Nicosia edited and published ''Jan Kerouac: A Life in Memory'', containing photos and written essays and remembrances about her. ==Bibliography== * ''Memory Babe'' (Grove Press, 1983, reprint: University of California Press, 1994) ISBN 0-520-08569-8 * ''Home to War'' (Carroll & Graf, 2001, new edition, 2004) ISBN 0-7867-1403-4 * ''Jan Kerouac: A Life in Memory'' (Noodlebrain Press, Corte Madera, CA; 2009) ISBN 978-0-615-24554-6 * ''Night Train to Shanghai'' (Grizzly Peak Press, Kensington, CA; 2014) ISBN 978-0-9839264-3-6〔(Review of Night Train to Shanghai in The Huffington Post (2014) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald Nicosia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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