Wayne Koestenbaum

Wayne Koestenbaum’s first book of short fiction, “The Cheerful Scapegoat,” is a spectacularly odd and original collectio... Read more

“The thing I find consoling, Paul, is to make sure before I go to bed that I read one poem by somebody else...I always f... Read more

Featuring the work of FENCE 36 contributors.Poetry from Wayne Koestenbaum, Poetry and Music from Jackie Clark and Ryan A... Read more

Wayne Koestenbaum is a poet, critic, and artist.  His books include The Queen’s Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the My... Read more

Wayne Koestenbaum is the guest. His new essay collection, Figure It Out, is available from Soft Skull Press.Koestenbaum ... Read more

In his new nonfiction collection, poet, artist, critic, novelist, and performer Wayne Koestenbaum enacts twenty-six ecst... Read more

One surefire way to lift yourself out of the shelter-in-place doldrums is to engage with someone whose enthusiasm for li... Read more

One surefire way to lift yourself out of the shelter-in-place doldrums is to engage with someone whose enthusiasm for li... Read more

In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American poet and cultural critic about Susan Sontag, Marcel Proust, and... Read more

Rachel Zucker speaks with Wayne Koestenbaum, an artist of multiple mediums and a cultural critic, about nudism, the sham... Read more