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Wayne Koestenbaum
Distinguished Professor, Graduate School. English
Degrees/Diplomas: Ph.D., Princeton University; M.A., Creative Writing, The Johns Hopkins University.
Campus Affiliation: CUNY Graduate Center
Research Interests: Poetry and poetics; modern and contemporary literature; music; film; visual art; queer studies; cultural studies; performance; the essay; autobiography.
Theory Group Field Specialization: Gay/Lesbian/Queer Literature and Theory|Literary History, Criticism, and Theory
Chronological Period Specialization: Twentieth-Century Literature
Phone: (212) 817-8323
Office Hours: Tuesdays 4:15-6:15 PM
Email: wkoestenbaum@aol.com


 

Books:

  • The Anatomy of Harpo Marx (University of California, 2012).
  • Blue Stranger with Mosaic Background (Turtle Point Press, 2012).
  • Humiliation (Picador, 2011).

  • Hotel Theory (Soft Skull Press, 2007).

  • Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films (Turtle Point Press, 2006).

  • Model Homes (BOA, 2004).

  • Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes (Soft Skull Press, 2004).

  • Andy Warhol (Lipper/Viking, 2001).

  • Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (Ballantine Books, 2000).

  • The Milk of Inquiry (Persea, 1999).

  • Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting An Icon (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995).

  • Rhapsodies of A Repeat Offender (Persea, 1994).

  • The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (Poseidon, 1993).

  • Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems (Persea, 1990).

  • Double Talk: The Erotics of Male Literary Collaboration (Routledge, 1989).