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.

In the following positive review, Cook praises Gold's journalistic style in Bohemia.

In the following negative review, Sklar argues that the father-son relationship is not fully developed in Fathers.

In the following review, Daniels discusses the allure of Haiti as portrayed in The Best Nightmare on Earth and Ian Thomson's Bonjour Blanc.

In the following mixed review, Pesetsky comments that while the stories in Lovers & Cohorts exhibit considerable craftsmanship, they are lacking necessary elements that would make them memorable.

In the following positive review, Rechy lauds Gold's True Love for its comedic appeal and well-written prose.

In the following review, Roraback explores the characters and civilization portrayed in Bohemia.

In the following review, Curzon argues that although Dreaming begins slowly, the narrative is ultimately rewarding.

In the following essay, Walden discusses Gold's role as an American Jewish writer.

In the following mixed review, Bernays asserts that while Gold exhibits some of his considerable talents in Waiting for Cordelia, ultimately, the novel fails to deliver.

In the following positive review, Raksin lauds Gold's travel writing in Best Nightmare on Earth.

In the following negative review, Rochmis criticizes Gold for failing to bring to life the characters and situations in True Love.

In the following review, Rochmis offers a negative assessment of Mister White Eyes.

While still in his 40's, Gold had published perhaps a hundred short stories and as many articles, most of them knowledgeable, polished and promising. He was considered by many "a writer to watch," one of the possible heirs apparent of the Bellow-Malamud generation…. By the time "The Great American Jackpot" and "Swifty the Magician" appeared, the pendulum had swung and reviewers were ready to pan books that were not so very different from those that had...

Not long into Slave Trade I found myself wondering what I was doing reading a novel about pederasty and male prostitution…. The whole thing is in the private eye genre. Sid Kasdan is wry, glib, and underwhelming. He is also rather boring even though what happens to him can hardly be construed as tedious…. He is hired by an international ring that supplies very vulnerable young men to very invulnerable old ones…. His job is to escort the escorts all over the world to their appointed dest...

What Mr Gold has succeeded in doing with considerable success [in Waiting for Cordelia] is to give a picture of modern San Francisco…. Mr Gold has an amusingly 'scummy' wit…. He also has a gift for creating pathetic and grotesque characters…. [One such character, a Russian agent,] eager always to be in the vanguard, sexually, socially or philologically, asks the narrator what word has now succeeded 'groovy'. Flash, fly, cool? the Russian suggests. The narrato...

Waiting for Cordelia is soggy with stale crumbs from the bottom of the Great American Crackerbarrel—'perfection means you are what you are'—and the earth-mother heroine is too sweet'n'sad to be true. When she is not big-heartedly giving her clients 'specials' at a cut price, Cordelia is 'squeezing away at the fret in her heart'. Al is a sad sack, too. He wants 'to link my stiff wet lonely soul with the welcoming wet soul of someone...

[Slave Trade] features Sid Kasdan, one of the most morose private eyes in recent memory. Kasdan's wife has left him, his investigator's license has been revoked, he's broke, he's getting old, and sometimes, when nothing else is convenient, he broods about his big toe, or at least the part of it that got shot off in Korea…. Gold writes well enough when he really wants to. Unfortunately, the style that he has adopted for this book, a kind of San Francisco flip, is relentless...