Dan Savage bibliography

Dan Savage
bibliography
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Savage in 2005
Books↙6
Articles↙19
Books edited↙1
Newspapers edited↙1
Advice column↙1
Contributor in books↙12
Television↙4
Theatre↙13
References and footnotes

American author Dan Savage (born October 7, 1964)[1] has written six books, op-ed pieces in The New York Times, and an advice column on sexual issues in The Stranger (an alternative newspaper from Seattle, Washington).[2][3] A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[2] Savage began contributing a column, Savage Love, to The Stranger from its inception in 1991.[4][5][6] By 1998 his column had a readership of four million.[7] He was Associate Editor at the newspaper from 1991 to 2001, when he became its editor-in-chief,[3] later becoming its editorial director in 2007.[8]

Savage's books have had successful sales results and have been generally well received. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist was published in 1998 and features selections from his advice column.[9][10] His next book The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant was published in 1999, and recounts his experiences with his boyfriend whilst deciding to adopt a child.[11] The book received a PEN West Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction,[2][12][13] and an Off-Broadway musical based on the work was the recipient of the BMI Foundation Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre.[14] Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America, published in 2002, describes the author's experiences indulging in the seven deadly sins.[15] The book was featured in The Best American Sex Writing 2004,[16] and won a Lambda Literary Award.[2][17]

Savage's 2005 book The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, recounting his personal experience deciding to marry his partner Terry Miller and analyzing same-sex marriage,[18] reached The New York Times Best Seller list,[19] and Nielsen BookScan noted it sold approximately 300,000 copies.[20] After founding the It Gets Better Project in 2010 to reach out to teenagers after incidents of suicide among LGBT youth,[21] his edited compilation of submissions It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living was published in 2011.[22] The book features notable contributors, including David Sedaris, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama.[22] Sales of the book were successful, and IndieBound reported it reached a list of best-sellers in the United States less than one week after publication.[23][24] It reached 16th on The New York Times Best Seller list in April 2011.[25] Savage collaborated with Lindy West, Christopher Frizzelle, and Bethany Jean Clement on a college guide, How to Be a Person, which was published in 2012.[26] His 2013 book American Savage reflects on Savage's experiences throughout the founding of the It Gets Better Project and was well received by The Washington Post and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[27][28]

  1. ^ Savage, Dan (June 2000). The Kid. Plume. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-452-28176-9. One day in July 1979, when I was fourteen years old
  2. ^ a b c d Rapp, Linda (2006). "Savage, Dan". In Summers, Claude J. (ed.). glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Chicago, Illinois: glbtq, Inc. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
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  4. ^ Nickell, Joe (September 9, 2010). "Author Dan Savage to speak in Missoula as counterpoint to Sarah Palin". Missoulian. Missoula, Montana.
  5. ^ "Columnist – Dan Savage at Williams". North Adams Transcript. October 21, 2010. p. A06; Section: News.
  6. ^ "'62 Center presents popular podcaster Dan Savage, live". Bennington Banner. Vermont. October 21, 2010. p. W11; Section: News.
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  22. ^ a b Thomas, Mike (March 20, 2011). "His 'Better' self". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. p. 1.
  23. ^ "Books". The Daily News. Batavia, New York: Johnson Newspaper Corporation. April 1, 2011. p. 3B.
  24. ^ IndieBound (April 1, 2011). "Bestselling books the week of 3/31/11, according to IndieBound". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Massachusetts.
  25. ^ "Best Sellers; Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. April 10, 2011. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
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