Wayne
Koestenbaum holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in English from
Princeton University. After being named co-winner of the
1989 Discovery/The Nation poetry contest, he published his first
book of verse, Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems, which
was chosen as one of The Village Voice Literary Supplement's "Favorite
Books of 1990." He has since published two other books
of poetry and five books of prose, including a collection of essays,
Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (Ballantine,
2000). Koestenbaum writes frequently for periodicals, including
The New York Times Magazine, Parnassus: Poetry in
Review, and the London Review of Books. He
is also an art critic, participating in panels at the Whitney
Museum of American Art, contributing regularly to Artforum.
He is a tenured professor of English at the Graduate Center of
the City University of New York.
