Wayne Koestenbaum





Wayne Koestenbaum

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In addition to Hotel Theory (Soft Skull, 2007), Wayne Koestenbaum has published five books of nonfiction prose: Andy Warhol, Cleavage, Jackie Under My Skin, The Queens Throat (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and Double Talk. He has also published a novel, Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes, and five books of poetry: Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films, Model Homes, The Milk of Inquiry, Rhapsodies of a Repeat Offender, and Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems. He wrote the libretto for an opera, Jackie O (music by Michael Daugherty). His essays and poetry have appeared in such anthologies as The Best American Essays, The Best American Poetry, and The Art of the Essay, and in such magazines as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Ha...more


Average rating: 3.81 · 566 ratings · 92 reviews · 30 distinct works
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Andy Warhol
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 95 ratings7 editions
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Hotel Theory
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2007
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Queen's Throat: Opera, Homo...
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Jackie Under My Skin: Inter...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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Cleavage: Essays on Sex, St...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2000
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Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006
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Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004
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Model Homes
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004
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Rhapsodies of a Repeat Offe...
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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