Wayne Hoffman (author)

Wayne Hoffman is an American author and journalist.

Wayne Hoffman
OccupationDeputy editor at Nextbook Press
Managing editor at Tablet Magazine
LanguageEnglish language
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materTufts University
New York University
Notable worksSweet Like Sugar
Notable awardsBarbara Gittings Literature Award
SpouseMark Sullivan

Hoffman has contributed to The Village Voice, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The Advocate, Hadassah magazine, and The New York Blade.[1] He was managing editor at Billboard until 2003,[2] and later held the same post at The Jewish Daily Forward.[3] Currently he is deputy editor at Nextbook Press, a New York-based Jewish small press, in which capacity he also serves as managing editor for Tablet Magazine.[4]

Hoffman is a graduate of Tufts University and New York University. He is married to fellow journalist Mark Sullivan.[5]

His second novel, Sweet Like Sugar, received the Barbara Gittings Literature Award as part of the 2012 Stonewall Book Awards.[6] According to WorldCat, the book is in 255 libraries[7]

Bibliography
  • Hard: A Novel (2006)
  • Policing Public Sex: Queer Politics and the Future of AIDS Activism (1996[8]) (as editor)
  • What We Brought Back: Jewish Life After Birthright (2010) (as editor)
  • Sweet Like Sugar (2011)
  • An Older Man (2015)[9]

References
  1. "Shmooze and Book Talk with Author Wayne Hoffman". Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  2. Ely, Stanley (2006). Living Alone Creatively: How Twelve People Do It. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595387618. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  3. Spence, Rebecca (December 16, 2011). "Being gay and Jewish". The Jewish Independent. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  4. "Wayne Hoffman". Nextbook Press. 2011. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  5. Heching, Dan (December 8, 2011). "Just Because Wayne Hoffman's New Book Features Less Blowjobs Than His Previous One Doesn't Mean You Won't Like It". Next Magazine. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  6. Staff report (February 3, 2012). "Former D.C. writer wins Stonewall Book Award". Washington Blade. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  7. WorldCat book entry
  8. http://www.abaa.org/book/27961691
  9. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/69696-staff-pick-an-older-man-by-wayne-hoffman.html
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