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David J. Goodwin is a historian and was a Frederick Lewis Allen Room scholar at the New York Public Library from 2020 to 2023. He is a past commissioner and chairperson of the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission and a former Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy board member. 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 blogs about cities, culture, and history at davidjgoodwin.com.
David Goodwin illuminates a pivotal period in Lovecraft's career, the two eventful years in New York City that began with hope and ended in despair. This accessible book offers new insights into Lovecraft's marriage and other relationships, his ambitions, anxieties, and prejudices. Drawing on extensive research and a sharp critical eye, Goodwin has made a major contribution to our understanding of this troubled and troubling writer.---Scott Peeples, author of The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City A brief, but amazingly thorough discussion of Lovecraft's biography. . . Very accessible.---W. Scott Poole, author of Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire Meticulously researched, carefully documented, and clearly written, David J. Goodwin's Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham offers an intimate and even-handed portrait of the fascinating--if problematic--author's time in New York City. Refuting some myths while confirming others, Goodwin's biographical study productively supplements the existing literature and helps us better understand both the man and his work.---Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, author of Gothic Things: Dark Enchantment and Anthropocene Anxiety Midnight Rambles is a clear and comprehensive discussion of Lovecraft's controversial New York period.---Carl Sederholm, Brigham Young University
