Philip Gambone

Philip Gambone is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His first collection of short stories, The Language We Use Up Here, and his novel, Beijing, each garnered enthusiastic critical praise.Phil's book of interviews, Something Inside: Conversation with Gay Fiction Writers, was named one of the "Best Books of 1999" by Pride magazine. His Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans was nominated for an American Library Association Award. His memoir, As Far As I Can Tell: Finding My...See more

Philip Gambone is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His first collection of short stories, The Language We Use Up Here, and his novel, Beijing, each garnered enthusiastic critical praise.Phil's book of interviews, Something Inside: Conversation with Gay Fiction Writers, was named one of the "Best Books of 1999" by Pride magazine. His Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans was nominated for an American Library Association Award. His memoir, As Far As I Can Tell: Finding My Father in World War II, was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by The Boston Globe. He is also the editor of Breaking the Rules: The Intimate Diary of Ross Terrill.Phil has contributed important essays, reviews, features pieces, and scholarly articles to numerous journals including The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, Provincetown Arts, Italian Americana, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, The Harvard Crimson, and American National Biography. His longer essays have appeared in a number of anthologies, including Hometowns, Sister and Brother, Wrestling with the Angel, Inside Out, Boys Like Us, Wonderlands, and Big Trips.He is a recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Massachusetts Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Phil taught high school English for over forty years and college-level writing at the University of Massachusetts, Boston College, and, for over twenty-five years, in the Department of Continuing Education at Harvard, where his courses in expository and fiction writing earned him several awards.Currently, Phil writes a weekly column, "The Writer in Mexico," for the online magazine Lokkal in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. See less