Born in Los Angeles and raised in Southern California and Eugene, Oregon, Berman graduated in 1979 from the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated from the MFA Program in Writing at Columbia University in 1991, and has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and SUNY Purchase, where he served as the first holder of the Royal and Shirley Durst Chair in Literature.
- Born
- 29 May 1956
- Country
- United States
- First book
- Time capsule, 1987
