Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Benoit Denizet-Lewis is an award-winning, openly gay,citation |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/10/Floridian/Invisible_lives.shtml |title=Invisible lives |first=Megan |last=Scott |date=June 10, 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-20 |periodical=St. Petersburg Times] non-fiction writer living in Boston, Massachusetts.

Personal

A citizen of both France and the United States, Denizet-Lewis was born and raised in San Francisco, California. [ [http://www.frenchamericansf.org/pk12/subpage.fsp?id=25018&lang=en French American International School - Benoit Denizet-Lewis ] ] In 1993, he graduated from the French American International High School, at which he founded "The Exposer." Four years later, he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University, where he wrote for the Daily Northwestern and joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Professional

Denizet-Lewis is a Contributing Writer for the New York Times Magazine. His work has also appeared in Details (magazine), Boston Magazine, Spin (magazine), Salon.com, JANE, ESPN the Magazine, Radar (magazine), XY Magazine, Contra Costa Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Slate.com.

Denizet-Lewis's non-fiction often takes the form of in-depth profiles or exposes, marked by embedded research. His work examines and explicates manifold aspects of what might loosely be called American culture. For instance, Denizet-Lewis spotlights trends, such as the emergence and implications of down-low culture and the increased prevalence of informal "hook-ups" among American youth. [http://www.benoitdenizetlewis.com/public/pdf/Down_Low.pdf] [ [http://www.slate.com/id/2147491/ Can you be white and "on the Down Low?" - By Benoit Denizet-Lewis - Slate Magazine ] ] [http://www.benoitdenizetlewis.com/public/pdf/Teen_Romance.pdf] He has also written about, among other things, addiction, fraternities, NAMBLA, Abercrombie & Fitch head Mike Jeffries (CEO), lipstick lesbians, Brad Gilbert, sports, Jake Gyllenhaal, and gender dysphoria.

A non-fiction-writing instructor at Tufts University and Emerson College, Denizet-Lewis also serves as a commentator on TV, radio, and in other public fora. [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1952884 Friends with Benefits : NPR ] ]

Denizet-Lewis inked two book deals with Simon & Schuster, one on addiction in America, the other a collection of his writings. Both books are slated for publication in 2008. [ [http://www.gawker.com/news/media/new-york-post/benoit-denizetlewis-is-addicted-to-everything-026764.php Media: Benoit Denizet-Lewis Is Addicted To Everything ] ]

Accolades

Denizet-Lewis received the Excellence in Journalism Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the Maggie AwardClarifyme|date=April 2008 for magazine writing, the Peninsula Press Club Award for sports writing, and the GLAAD awardClarifyme|date=April 2008 for magazine writing. He also received an Alicia Patterson Foundation grant in 2004.

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External links

* [http://www.benoitdenizetlewis.com/ Denizet-Lewis's website]