Gerald Nachman

Gerald Weil Nachman, born January 13, 1938, is a San Francisco journalist and author.^[1]

Education

• Merritt College, A.A., 1958.
• Journalism, San Jose State University, B.A., 1960.^[2]

Career

• 1963 TV writer for the San Jose Mercury News.^[3]
• 1963-1966 feature writer for the New York Post
• 1966-1971 theater and film writer for the Oakland Tribune
• 1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the New York Daily News^[4][5]
• 1979-1993 entertainment and theater writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.^[6]
• ?-present panelist, Minds Over Matter, KALW^[7][8]

Awards

• ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, for columns on Broadway lyricists
• New York Newspaper Guild Page One Award, for humor writing

Books

Humor

• Playing House (Doubleday)

Humor Anthologies

• Out on a Whim (Doubleday)
• The Fragile Bachelor (Ten Speed Press)

Nonfiction

• Raised on Radio, (Pantheon) 1998
• Seriously Funny, (Pantheon) 2003^[9][10]
• Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!, (University of California Press) 2009

Musical Comedy Revues

• Quirks (1979)
• Aftershocks (1993)
• New Wrinkles (2002)^[11]

References

1. Gerald Weil Nachman, Born January 13, 1938 in Alameda County, California. - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org
2. Nachman, Gerald 1938– Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series - Encyclopedia.com
3. Gerald Nachman - INTERVIEW - AdviceToWriters
4. "The Press: Laughing on the Outside". Time Inc. August 23, 1976.
5. Nachman, Gerald (October 2011). "Fogged In". The American Spectator.
6. "articles by and about "Gerald Nachman " at SFChronicle.com and sfgate.com - SFGate". sfgate.com.
7. "Minds over Matter". kalw.org.
8. Ben Fong-Torres (August 15, 2013). "'Minds Over Matter' marks 20 years on KALW". SFGate.
9. Nachman, Gerald (2003). Seriously Funny The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 659. ISBN 9780375410307. OCLC 50339527.
10. Gopnik, Adam (2003-05-12). "Standup Guys". The New Yorker.
11. New Wrinkles - Produce A Musical: Rita Abrams

External links

• The Willie Brown School for Mayors By Gerald Nachman; July 22, 2011; Guest Opinion Column;
• Gerald Nachman at Nob Hill Gazette 2011-2015+
• Gerald Nachman's website