Poetry. Provocateur and interrogator of American cultural forms, Wayne Koestenbaum's latest collection, BEST-SELLING JEWISH PORN FILMS, showcases his characteristic urbane melancholia and ribald wit at its very best. "These latest poems reach swoony, unforeseen heights of mental raucousness and worshipful style"--Dennis Cooper. "With a nod to Woody Allen's story 'The Whore of Mensa' Koestenbaum proffers that largest of sex organs--the mind--and entices with erudite and smuttily trenchant wit. Charming, teasing, brainy and slightly Seder-Masochistic, this collection asks that age-old question, 'Is Crisco Kosher?' The answer might surprise you"--D. A. Powell.

Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA

Wayne Koestenbaum holds a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. He was co-winner of the 1989 Discovery/The Nation poetry contest and has published six books of poetry, including BEST-SELLING JEWISH PORN FILMS (Turtle Point Press, 2006) and BLUE STRANGER WITH MOSAIC BACKGROUND (Turtle Point Press, 2012). He writes frequently for The New York Times Magazine, The London Review of Books and other periodicals. He has published five books of nonfiction, a novel, and the libretto for an opera, Jackie O. He lives in New York, NY.

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