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Steven Corbin

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Steven Corbin
BornOctober 3, 1953
Jersey City, New Jersey
DiedAugust 31, 1995
New York, New York

Steven Corbin (October 3, 1953 – August 31, 1995) was an American writer.[1] He was known for his novel Fragments That Remain, a Lambda Literary Award nominee for Gay Fiction at the 1994 6th Lambda Literary Awards.[2]

Born in Jersey City,[3] he studied at Essex County College for two years before switching to the University of Southern California to study film.[3] He dropped out of the program, and began to write while working as a secretary and taxi driver.[3] He published his debut novel, No Easy Place to Be, in 1989.[3] He published Fragments That Remain in 1993, A Hundred Days from Now in 1994, and several short stories.[3]

He died on August 31, 1995, of AIDS complications, in New York City.[2] He taught creative writing at the University of California.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mark Sarvas, "Mentors: Steven Corbin". Los Angeles Review of Books, January 7, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Steven Corbin; Novelist and AIDS Activist". Los Angeles Times, September 3, 1995.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. ISBN 9780313305016. pp. 108-114.