Dennis Cooper

Dennis Cooper

Known for

Writing

Born

January 10, 1953 (age 73)

Birthplace

Pasadena, California, USA

Biography

Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the George Miles Cycle, a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and described by Tony O'Neill "as intense a dissection of human relationships and obsession that modern literature has ever attempted." Cooper is the founder and editor of Little Caesar Magazine, a punk zine, that ran between 1976 and 1982.

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Best known work

Man at Bath
Man at Bath
2010
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
2016
Like Cattle Towards Glow
Like Cattle Towards Glow
2015
Luster
Luster
2002
Frisk
Frisk
1996
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017
Permanent Green Light
Permanent Green Light
2019
Weak Species
Weak Species
2009
The Cult of JT LeRoy
The Cult of JT LeRoy
2014
Room Temperature
Room Temperature
2025

Filmography

  1. 2025

    Room Temperature

    Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

  2. 2021

    Jerk

    Writer

  3. 2019

    Permanent Green Light

    Director, Writer, Editor

  4. 2017

  5. 2016

  6. 2015

    Like Cattle Towards Glow

    Producer, Writer, Director, Editor

  7. 2014

  8. 2010

    Man at Bath

    as Robin

  9. 2009

  10. 2002

    Luster

    Writer

  11. 1996

    Frisk

    as Man in Hall, Novel

  12. 1983

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