STEVEN GOLDLEAF
90-50 Union Turnpike, #17J
Queens, New York 11385
(718) 847-4920 (home)
(917) 612-9780 (cellular)
e-mail: sgoldleaf@pace.edu
Department of English
Pace University
New York, N.Y. 10038
(212) 346-1070 (office)
fax (212) 346-1754
EDUCATION
Ph.D
University of Denver, 1985
Dissertation: Near Liberty and Other Fictions
Field of Specialization: American Literature 1865-1950
M.A.
The Johns Hopkins University, the Writing Seminars, 1980
Thesis: Used Goods, chapters from a novel
A.B.
Columbia College, Columbia University, 1976
TEACHING
Professor
Pace University: 1999-present; (Associate Professor, 1996-99;
Assistant Professor: 1990-96)
The American Novel
The American Short Story
Modern American Drama
Creative Writing: Fiction and Non-Fiction: Memoir
Shakespeare
Television Scriptwriting
Journalism: print and broadcast newswriting
Feature-Writing: print and broadcast writing
Advanced Writing: literary, casual, and familiar essays
Business Writing: graduate course in business communication
World Literature: Drama, Poetry, Prose from ancient Greece
to the present
Expository Prose (later Composition) writing through literature
Writing Across the Disciplines: Film
The Cosmos and the Literary Imagination; The Individual and Society;
Romanticism and the Modern World
The American Scene
British Literature I and II
Lecturer
State University of New York at Albany: 1989-1990
Reading Fiction: survey of short fiction and the novel
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Reading Literature: survey of poetry, drama, and fiction
Expository Writing: upper-level elective workshop
Shakespearean Drama
Assistant Professor, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY: 1985-1987
Creative Writing: workshop in fiction, poetry, drama
Shakespearean Drama
American Short Story: Colonial to contemporary writers
British and American Poetry: survey
Intermediate Journalism
Theory and Practice of Communication
College Writing: composition
Teaching Fellow, University of Denver: 1980-1984
Teaching Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1979-1980
Teaching Fellow, Boston University, 1978-1979
ADMINISTRATIVE
Associate Chair, Department of English 2006-12
Director of Placement, 2006-2010
Editor-in-Chief, Pace University Press, 2014- present; Senior Editor,
2010-2013; Acting Editor-in-Chief 2009-10;
Liaison to the Writing Center, Pace University, 2005-2010
Director, Writing-Enhanced Curriculum, Pace University 2005-6
Acting Director of Writing, Pace University, Fall 2004
PUBLICATION
(In progress)
The Suburban Stories of John O’Hara,
Only Mostly True, memoir/short stories
The Fitzgerald Case, novel
The Uncollected John O’Hara
En route with John O’Hara
On the Road to West Egg: settings of Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, photoessay
Journalists in Film
Myths Of Baseball, critical analysis of sports writing
Loophole!, musical comedy
Sounds From The Echoing Wall, children's book
Used Goods, a novel
Poe's New York Haunts
“A Literary History of Manhattan Below Chambers Street," a 65 page pamphlet
commissioned by The City Planning Department of the City of New York
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(forthcoming)
“Goodbye: Fitzgerald’s Influence on Richard Yates” Fitzgerald Review, 2016
Four Novels by John O’Hara (editor), Library of America, 2015
(In print)
“John O’Hara’s ‘Bread Alone” from a sabrmetric perspective” September 9,
2013 http://www.penguinusablog.com/john-oharas-bread-alone-from-asabremetric-perspective-by-steven-goldleaf/
The New York Stories of John O’Hara, (editor), Penguin Press, 2013
"Bergsonian Trimmings: Popular Culture in Fitzgerald's Jazz Age," (co-author
Walter Raubicheck) in Fitzgerald in Context, ed. Bryant Magnum,
Cambridge University Press. 2012
“Tobias Wolff,” The Literary Encyclopedia,
2011 http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4783
Review of The Fitzgerald Ruse by Mark Castrique, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review,
vol. 8, 2010
“John O’Hara’s Sermons and Sodawater,” The Literary Encyclopedia,
2010 http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2135
“Terrace Gardening,” Gardening magazine, April 2007
"Jay Neugeboren" Contemporary Jewish Novelists, Gale, 2006
“Our Local Heavens: F Scott Fitzgerald’s Years on Long Island and in
New York City, 1922-1924,” a museum brochure with a scholarly essay,
published by the Hofstra Museum of Art, 2005
“Literary Visitors to the United States”, “Presidential Campaigns” in Twayne Publishers’
American History through Literature, 1870-1920, 2005
“What Gatsby Saw,” a documentary film on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island, 2004
(Shown at International F. Scott Fitzgerald conferences in Vevey, Switzerland,
2004 and at Hofstra University, 2005, and at the Queensborough Public Library,
2005, St. Leo University, 2006 and elsewhere)
“YXL” (an essay on scholarship and motivation), Independent School. Summer 2003
http://www.nais.org/publications/ismagazinearticle.cfm?ItemNumber=144310
John O'Hara: A Study of the Short Fiction, book-length critical study, Twayne Studies
in Short Fiction Series, 1999
"Fatimas and Kisses," entry in The Reference Guide to Short Fiction, St. James
Press, 1998
"Jay Neugeboren," entry in Contemporary Jewish-American Novelists, Greenwood
Press, 1998
Richard Yates, book-length critical study, Twayne American Authors Series, 1996
"'When I Couldn't Write': John O'Hara's Lack of Productivity during World War II,"
article, The Colby Review, September, 1996
"Bartleby, The Scrivener," "The Conversion Of The Jews," "F. Scott Fitzgerald,"
"John O'Hara," entries in The Reference Guide to Short Fiction, St. James Press,
1994
"Letters to Himself: Philip Roth's Fiction and The Facts," Writers, Fall 1992
"F. Scott Fitzgerald," "John O'Hara," articles in The St. James Guide to Biography,
St. James Press, 1990
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"'Degrees of Superiority': Automobiles and Social Mobility in John O'Hara's Fiction,"
literary criticism, Kansas Quarterly, Fall, 1989
"'I'm-a-Victim' Defense Just An Excuse," political commentary, Albany Times-Union,
August 6, 1989
"Hold On, Pardoner," political analysis, Syracuse Post-Standard December 30, 1988
"The Club," fiction, Home Planet News, November, 1988
"Schenectady: A City That's Finding New Ways To Light Up Its Skyline," nonfiction,
Hudson Valley Magazine, September, 1988
"Used Goods," fiction, Massachusetts Review, Winter, 1988
"The War Against Babe Ruth," poem, Northeast Journal, Fall, 1987, reprinted in
The Dreamlife of Johnny Baseball, North Atlantic Books, 1987
"Buzz Off!", fiction, Playgirl, July, 1987
"The Thinking Man's Gangster," book review, Confrontation, Spring, 1986
"What We Need," poem, Spitball, Winter, 1986
untitled essays, pp. 44, 96-98, Bill James Baseball Abstract 1986, Ballantine, 1986
"The Duchess of Yzes," fiction, Contemporary American Stories, NAL/Signet, 1986
"The Day is Almost Gone," poem, Denver Quarterly, Autumn 1983
"A Jew Without Portfolio," book review, Partisan Review, Summer 1983
"The Nose of Killer Mangiaro," fiction, Brand-X Anthology of Fiction, Applewood
Press, 1983. Reprinted, The Best Of Bad Hemingway, Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1989
"Moving Erratically Through Time," book review, Inside magazine, Fall 1980
"What Country Are You Moving To When Reagan's Elected?", political commentary,
Baltimore Jewish Times, May 18, 1980
"The Obsession of Meyer Levin," essay/interview, Baltimore Jewish Times, May 9, 1980
"Twenty Years and Twenty Books Later," essay/interview with novelists Jerome Charyn
and Jay Neugeboren, Columbia College Today, December 1979
"The Gripes of Roth," essay on Philip Roth, Baltimore Jewish Times, November 2, 1979
"Take My Course--Please!" feature article, National Jewish Monthly, July 1979
regular movie critic, Baltimore Jewish Times, 1979-1980
editor, columnist and feature writer, Oncology Times, Soma magazine, Nursing Care
magazine, Drug Alert newsletter, Arthritis News newsletter, Columbia Spectator,
New York Daily News, SoHo Weekly News, all in New York City, 1974-1993
PUBLIC READINGS, EXHIBITIONS, INTERVIEWS AND LECTURES
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Montgomery, Alabama.
“Still Further Chapters from The Fitzgerald Case.” November 9, 2013
A Panel Discussion of John O’Hara’s New York Stories, moderator, with
Charles McGrath, Lawrence Block, and Lorin Stein, Powerhouse
Arena bookstore, Brooklyn, NY, September 16, 2013
Leonard Lopate Show, interview about “John O’Hara’s New York Stories,”
With Lorin Stein, September 11, 2013
Interview by Sarah Churchwell, “Fitzgerald’s Long Island and The Great Gatsby,”
BBC Radio, broadcast August 1, 2013
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“A Sketch of Richard Yates,” illustration in DER FATALE GLAUBE AN DAS GLÜCK
by Rainer Moritz, Random House, Germany, 2012
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Lyons, France.
“Popular Culture in Fitzgerald’s Work.” July, 2011.
“The Appeal of the Tea Party,” painting, The Turtle Press Gallery, the
Woolworth Building, New York City, December 1, 2010- January 5, 2011
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. September 2009.
“Further Chapters from The Fitzgerald Case”
The Virginia Woolf Society, Denver CO. June 21 2008. “Editing Woolf On-line”
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, London, England.
“Chapters from The Fitzgerald Case,” July 2007.
A Reading in Honor of Richard Yates, Open Door Bookstore, New York City,
October 28, 2003
“Fitzgerald’s Long Island.” The Emma Willard School, Troy NY. March 7, 2003
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference. St. Paul, MN. September 19, 2002.
Moderator, panel on Fitzgerald’s Reputation in Europe
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Nice, France June 29, 2000. "’I Hope
I Shan’t Make Again the Many Mistakes of “Tender”’”
"Selected Shorts," WNYC-AM and -FM radio program, New York City,
December 20, 1998. An interview about John O'Hara's short fiction.
The International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Asheville, N.C., September 24-27,
1998. "Saying Goodbye to Scott: Richard Yates's Fictional Homage to
Fitzgerald."
Pace Adult Resource Center, The Lillian Goldsmith Lecture Series, New York City,
April 10, 1998, "What Name Will We Call the Twentieth Century By?"
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centennial Celebration, Princeton University, September 20-24,
1996. "Twice-told Tales: Fitzgerald's 'Three Hours Between Planes' and O'Hara's
'Trouble in 1949.'"
"Conversations With Harold Hudson Channer," hour-long TV discussion show,
Channel 34, November 20, 1995. "Reading the Unabomber."
The American Humanist Society, October 30, 1995, "Rewarding Evil: ethical
and practical considerations of publishing the Unabomber's manifesto."
The Conference on John O'Hara, Pittston, PA, September 15-17, 1995, "John O'Hara and
World War II."
Pace Adult Resource Center, The Lillian Goldsmith Lecture Series, New York City,
April 11, 1995, "Burning Sources--Reporters and Confidentiality."
Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and America Culture, June 16, 1992
"Willfulness and Political Argument in George F. Will's Sportwriting."
SABR meeting, Schenectady, New York, June 20, 1992, "Accuracy in
Statistical Analyses."
Freshman Thinking Project-Sponsored Poetry Reading, Pace University, April 21, 1992.
Pace Adult Resource Center, The Lillian Goldsmith Lecture Series, New York City,
October 29, 1991, "Why The Public Misunderstands Journalists: Real Reporters
vs. 'Reel' Reporters," a chapter from Journalists in Film.
Argyle Free Library, Argyle, New York, under a grant from the Literature Program of the
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New York State Council on the Arts. November 17, 1988, chapters from Used
Goods.
The New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York. March 11, 1987.
Conference on Computers, Collaboration, and Composition. "Removing The
Donkey: using the model of a magazine's editorial board in organizing a
collaborative writing classroom using computer-generated copy."
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia. June 30, 1986, "BUG OFF,"
fiction.
James Joyce International Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. June 16, 1986 (invited to
present) "'Vico and Spengler: Joyce's Trellis, Fitzgerald's Bedside Companion,"
essay.
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. December 21, 1985,
"The Duchess of Yzes," fiction, and selected poems.
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York. April 15, 1986, selected fiction
Doris Fassler Conference on the Humanities, Fiorello LaGuardia Community College,
New York City. November 2, 1985, "Videotape as a Tool for Teaching Writing
and Literature."
RESIDENCIES
Edward Albee Foundation, the William Flanagan Creative Persons' Center, Montauk,
New York, September-October 1998
Woodstock Artists' Guild, Woodstock, New York, July-August, 1998
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia. May-July, 1986
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. November-December, 1985
READER’S REPORTS
For American Literary History (Michael Simone, editor) on
“Appointment in Samarra and the Literature of the Crash,” April 2010
ARTICLES ABOUT
The Philadelphia Review, September 9, 2014 “The Way We Were: On Penguin’s
John O’Hara Reissues, by Grove Koger
http://philareview.com/2014/09/09/the-way-we-were/
New York Times Book Review, May 18, 2013, “Talk of the Town,” by Charles McGrath
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/books/review/john-oharas-new-york-storiesand-truman-capotes-breakfast-at-tiffanys.html?_r=0
Long Island Quarterly, “John O’Hara’s Gold Coast Tales,” Fall/Winter 2013
http://poetrybay.com/fall13/essay-JOHNOHARA.html
The Paris Review, by Loren Stein, September 13, 2013
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/tag/steven-goldleaf/
The Wichita Eagle, “O’Hara’s New York Stories a real gem from a strong writer,”
by Scott Eyman, August 25, 2013
Wall Street Journal, Review of “O’Hara’s NYC Stories,” August 23,2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324747104579025202520491112
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The New York Observer, “The Wrecking Ball Comes for Daisy Buchanan,”
Nate Freeman, April 19, 2011
http://www.observer.com/2011/real-estate/wrecking-ball-comes-daisybuchanan?page=2
The New York Times, “In Long Island, Gatsby Would Feel Right at Home,”
Marcelle S. Fischer, March 24, 2010, p. RE9
http://www.fenstermann.com/newyork/PDF/NYT_Article_03-28-10.pdf
Review of “John O’Hara: The Short Fiction” by Robert Saliba,
John O’Hara Society Blogspot
http://oharasociety.blogspot.com/search/label/Goldleaf%20Steven
Newsday, “Fitzgerald’s Fans,” Mike Barry April 8, 2005
Queens Chronicle "Local Professor Takes A Lens to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Queens"
Neille Ilel, October 30, 2004
Queens Tribune, "Gatsby's Borough Vision," Alex Padalka, October 7, 2004
http://www.queenstribune.com/leisure/GatsbysBoroughVision.html
Pottsville Republican and Evening Herald, "O'Hara Scholars Exchange
Views," September 16-17, 1995
Pottsville Republican, "Scholars Agree Author's Best Was His Writing About County,"
"30 Tour O'Hara's Gibbsville," September 18, 1995
Dictionary of International Biography (annual, 1987-present), Melrose Press Ltd,
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge England, 1987
Who's Who in American Writers, Poets, and Editors, (annual, 1986-present),
December Press, Highland Park, Illinois
Syracuse Post-Standard, "Truth, Accuracy and the American Pastime,"
September 11, 1986
Boston Globe, "Masters of the Parody Game," March 2, 1983
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Kenan Grant, Fall, 1996; Fall, 1998; Fall, 2001, Spring, 2003; Spring, 2007
Scholarly Research Grant, Pace University, 1994-5-6-8
Summer Research Grant, Pace University, 1993-8
Conference Grant, Pace University, Summer, 1992; and Fall, 1995
Spitball magazine, 1986 Poetry Prize (runner-up). 1986
University of Denver Fiction Prize, second place. Judge: George Cuomo. 1984
University of Denver Fiction Prize, first place. Judge: Brian Woolley. 1983
University of Denver Fiction Prize, second place. Judge: John Wideman. 1982
American Academy of Poets, third place. Judge: Reg Saner. 1982
Gerald Warner Brace Poetry Prize, awarded by Boston University .
Judge: Rosellen Brown. 1979
Cornell Woollrich Fellowship, awarded by Columbia University
A living stipend for one year, intended to finance future writing. Judges:
Kenneth Koch and Steele Commager. 1975
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COLLEGE SERVICE
(1990 – present)
University Service:
Member, Medical Benefits sub-committee, 2004-present
Coordinator, Journalism Day, March 6, 1999
Introducer, Dyson Lecture, November 9, 1999
Member, Search Committee for Dean for Students, 1997
Member, Search Committee for Chief Information Officer, 1996
Dean's Committee on Computer Technology, 1994-1997
Cultural Affairs Committee, 1992-1995
Selection Committee, Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence, 1995
Provost's Task Force on Technology, 1993
Dyson College Faculty Conferences, 1991-present
Freshman Advisor, 1991-present
Interviewer, Freshman Recruitment weekend, 1992-present
Coalition for Diversity, 1993-5
Advisor, Pace Press, 1991-2
Faculty Council Service:
Scholarly Research Committee, 1997-2003, 2009-12; Chair, 2012-present
Athletic Committee, (chair) 1992-5, 2009-10
Faculty Affairs Committee, 1992-1998, 2001-2007, 2009-2013
Secretary, Faculty Council, 1993-1998
Student Affairs Committee, 1995-1998
Athletic Planning Committee, 1991-5
Publication Committee, 1991-1996
Library Committee (later Academic Resources Committee), 1992-97
Departmental Service:
Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2009-10
Chair, Personnel Committee, 2007-2009, 2011-12
Member, Ad hoc Committee to Revise By-laws, 2007-present
Chair, Elections Committee, 2004-2006
Chair, By-laws Revisions committee, 2005-present
Member, Personnel Committee. 1999-2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2007
Panelist, various departmental seminars and panels; Advisor, various
student organizations; Judge, various literary contests; Representative
and recruiter, various departmental functions; Guide, various local walking tours;
participant, various departmental pedagogical experiments and projects
(1985-1990)
Judge, Robert Byron Literary Award, School of Architecture, Columbia
University, 1990, 1991
Judge, Literary Prize, College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York), 1988-89-90
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Faculty Advisor, The Dolphin, Le Moyne College, 1986
Judge, Le Moyne College Fiction Prize, 1986
MEMBER
John O’Hara Society, President, 2011-present
Modern Language Association, 1985-present
Society of American Baseball Researchers, 1990-present
F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, 1993-present
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, 2006-present
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesman Research Library, 2005-present
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