thomas gladysz

Current

• Events manager, publicist at Booksmith

Past

• Content developer, web designer (Self-employed)
• Free-lance writer (Self-employed)
• Arts critic at Bay City News Service

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Education

• Michigan State University

Recommended

4 people have recommended thomas

Connections

57 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• Louise Brooks Society

thomas gladysz’s Summary

Built the most interesting and eclectic author events program in Northern California - in 2008 it was named "Best Author Appearances" by the SF Weekly. I have arranged nearly 1000 author events to date, and have hosted multiple Pulitzer, Booker, and Nobel Prize winning authors, as well as science fiction writers, essayists, poets, novelists, children's authors, counter culture figures, first time authors, film world personalities, biographers, and other bestselling authors. [ Highlights include the first ever Bay Area appearances of Chuck Palahniuk and Sarah Waters, exclusive events with rock stars Neil Young and Patti Smith, the last ever San Francisco appearances by Allen Ginsberg and Czeslaw Milosz, etc . . . . ]

Knowledgeable and widely experienced in most all aspects of retail bookstore operations; panelist and panel leader at national and regional trade shows; recognized expert featured in trade publications and in local and national media (Wall Street Journal, UTNE Reader, San Francisco Examiner, MSNBC, etc....)

thomas gladysz’s Specialties:

Bookstore operations, events management, author relations, publicity / marketing, knowledge of the humanities, cultural studies

thomas gladysz’s Experience

• Events manager, publicist

  Booksmith

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  May 1987 — Present (21 years 6 months)

• Content developer, web designer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  1995 — 2007 (12 years)

  Designed, developed and maintained websites for non-profit and arts-related groups; sites received media recognition (New York Times, etc...) and won various web designations (Yahoo Site of the Day, etc...).

• Free-lance writer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  1985 — 2005 (20 years)

  Free-lance writer & journalist: My nearly 500 published articles, essays, reviews and columns have appeared in newspapers and magazines including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Progress, San Francisco Review of Books, Berkeley Monthly, Publisher's Weekly, American Bookseller, WestArt, PhotoMetro, Classic Images, Art Talk, Lansing State Journal, etc... I have also contributed material to four books, and can be found in the footnotes and acknowledgments to a handful of other books published around the world.

• Arts critic

  Bay City News Service

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  1986 — 1991 (5 years)

  Arts critic for a regional wire service: as such, my articles appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Marin Independent Journal, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Berkeley Gazette, Alameda Times Star, Vallejo Herald, San Mateo Times, Reno (Nevada) Gazette, and elsewhere

thomas gladysz’s Education

• Michigan State University

  English 1979 — 1984

  accomplished member of the student newspaper (State News) and campus literary journal (Red Cedar Review); helped organize local poetry readings; studied with poet Diane Wakoski; hosted and produced "Blast" cable access arts program on WELM-TV; publicity intern at R.E. Olds Museum in Lansing

  Activities and Societies:

  Evans Scholars (member, chapter secretary), State News (staff reporter), Red Cedar Review (editor), Off Campus Council (President)

Additional Information

thomas gladysz’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• Louise Brooks Society

thomas gladysz’s Interests:

books, literature, writing, publishing, research, computing, cultural studies, film history, biography, dance history, music, pop culture, art, poetry

thomas gladysz’s Groups:

Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (past Board member & officer), Paris Review (Booksellers Advisory Board), Louise Brooks Society (Director)

•    MSU Alumni Association
•    LinkEds & writers

thomas gladysz’s Honors:

Charles Haslam Award (nominee)

thomas gladysz’s Contact Settings

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