David Goodwin

David J. Goodwin is a freelance writer and public speaker and a past Frederick Lewis Allen Room scholar at the New York Public Library. He is the author of Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham, a biography of the horror writer’s New York years. His first book, Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street, received the J. Owen Grundy History Award in 2018. He has written for Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History, The Metropole, The Providence Journal, Strand Magazine, and Urban Archive.

Courses taught

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  Grab Bag

  H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham

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  Grab Bag

  'Twas the Stories That Made Christmas

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  Grab Bag

  Voices of New York: Writers in the City

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  Grab Bag

  Halloween Movies and H. P. Lovecraft

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  Grab Bag

  H. P. Lovecraft: One Hundred Years in New York City