Wayne Koestenbaum
Wayne Koestenbaum (* 1958 ) is an American author .
Life
Koestenbaum studied English at Harvard University , Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University . He is a professor at the City University of New York . Koestenbaum wrote several biographies and wrote lyrical works, novels and an opera libretto.
Works (selection)
Poetry
- Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems ( Persea , 1990)
- Rhapsodies of A Repeat Offender (Persea, 1994)
- The Milk of Inquiry (Persea, 1999)
- Model Homes (BOA Editions, 2004)
- Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films (Turtle Point Press, 2006)
- Blue Stranger With Mosaic Background (Turle Point, 2012)
Fiction prose
- Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes (Soft Skull, 2004).
- Hotel Theory (Soft Skull Press, 2007).
- Humiliation ( Picador , 2011).
Opera libretto
- Jackie O , music by Michael Daugherty , 1997
Biographies
- Double Talk: The Erotics of Male Literary Collaboration ( Routledge , 1989)
- The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (Poseidon, 1993)
- Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting An Icon (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995)
- Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (Ballantine Books, 2000)
- Andy Warhol (Lipper / Viking, 2001)
- The Anatomy of Harpo Marx ( University of California Press , 2012)
Web links
- Salon: The many faces of “Humiliation”, July 31, 2011
- Literature by and about Wayne Koestenbaum in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Wayne Koestenbaum in the bibliographic database WorldCat
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koestenbaum, Wayne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |