:Tosh Berman

{{Short description|American writer (born 1954)}}

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Tosh Berman (born 1954) is a writer and poet{{cite web|url=http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100746120&fa=author&person_id=16908#content|title=Tosh, Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World (Tosh Berman)|website=citylights.com|accessdate=July 8, 2023}} whose work often focuses on figures of post-war France such as Jacques Mesrine, Serge Gainsbourg and Boris Vian.

Berman also founded the publishing house TamTam Books where he works as a publisher and editor. He also works as a buyer for the independent, Los Angeles–based book store Book Soup.{{cite web|url=http://hilobrow.com/author/tberman/|title=Tosh Berman – HILOBROW|website=hilobrow.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/american-rive-gauche-an-interview-with-tosh-berman/|title=American rive gauche: An interview with Tosh Berman|date=November 2, 2009|publisher=}} His parents were the 1960s icons Wallace and Shirley Berman.

== Selected works ==

  • Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights with Sparks in London, (Rare Bird Books, 2013) {{ISBN|9780983925583}}
  • The Plum in Mr. Blum's Pudding, (Penny-Ante, 2014) {{ISBN|9780978556426}}
  • Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman's World, (City Lights, 2019) {{ISBN|9780872867604}}

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