Gerald Nachman

Gerald Weil Nachman, born January 13, 1938, is a San Francisco journalist and author.

Education

• Merritt College, A.A., 1958.
• Journalism, San Jose State University, B.A., 1960.

• Nachman, Gerald 1938– Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series - Encyclopedia.com

Career

• 1963 TV writer for the San Jose Mercury News.
• 1963-1966 feature writer for the New York Post
• 1966-1971 theater and film writer for the Oakland Tribune
• 1972–1979 columnist, syndicated by the New York Daily News
• 1979-1993 entertainment and theater writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.
• ?-present panelist, Minds Over Matter, KALW

• Gerald Nachman - INTERVIEW - AdviceToWriters
• "The Press: Laughing on the Outside". Time Inc. August 23, 1976. 
• Nachman, Gerald (October 2011). "Fogged In". The American Spectator. 
• "articles by and about "Gerald Nachman " at SFChronicle.com and sfgate.com - SFGate". sfgate.com. 
• "Minds over Matter". kalw.org. 
• Ben Fong-Torres (August 15, 2013). "'Minds Over Matter' marks 20 years on KALW". SFGate. 

Awards

• ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, for columns on Broadway lyricists
• New York Newspaper Guild Page One Award, for humor writing

Books

Humor

• Playing House (Doubleday)

Humor Anthologies

• Out on a Whim (Doubleday)
• The Fragile Bachelor (Ten Speed Press)

Nonfiction

• Raised on Radio, (Pantheon) 1998
• Seriously Funny, (Pantheon) 2003
• Right Here on Our Stage Tonight!, (University of California Press) 2009

• Nachman, Gerald (2003). Seriously Funny The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 659. ISBN 9780375410307. OCLC 50339527. 
• Gopnik, Adam (2003-05-12). "Standup Guys". The New Yorker. 

Musical Comedy Revues

• Quirks (1979)
• Aftershocks (1993)
• New Wrinkles (2002)