About Michael Moon
Born 1950. Michael Moon is an American literary critic, journalist, scholar of English and americanist.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick mentions him in her memoir, A Dialogue on Love, where she names him as a close friend and current living companion. He is the editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Leaves of Grass and several essay-collections in the fields of Queer Theory and American Studies.
Publications Books A Small Boy and Others: Imitation and Initiation in American Culture from Henry James to Andy Warhol (1998) Disseminating Whitman (Harvard University Press, 1991) Darger's Resources (Duke University Press, 2012) Pasolini's Arabian Nights (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016)
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Who is Michael Moon?
American academic
When was Michael Moon born?
Michael Moon was born in 1950.
What is Michael Moon's occupation?
Michael Moon is a literary critic, journalist, scholar of English and americanist.
What nationality is Michael Moon?
Michael Moon is American.
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· DBpedia: Michael Moon (professor)
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