Herbert Gold was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 9 March 1924. His father, Samuel S. Gold, was a Russian immigrant who struggled to establish himself in America. In Cleveland Samuel Gold married Freida Frankel and became a successful businessman. Herbert,...

On Truth and Fiction The dreamland of Haiti, the complications of desire and AIDS have a peculiar connection with a novel, Slave Trade, published by a non-gay writer from San Francisco in 1979 in that last period before acquired immune deficiency syndrome...

HERBERT STEIN, one of the most respected US economists of his era, is best remembered as an architect of the "New Economic Policy" which Richard Nixon unveiled on 15 August 1971. If Paul Volcker, Treasury Under- Secretary for Monetary Affairs (and future Chairman of...

In the following interview, originally conducted on December 16, 1986, Gold discusses a variety of subjects, including his writing, teaching, marriage, and Judaism.

In the following review, Wakefield discusses several highlights of Gold's career, his relationships with various members of the New York literati, and his book Bohemia.

In the following review, Taylor discusses the satirical exploration of the American Dream in The Man Who Was Not with It and Dreaming.