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(1957-2021) Critic. Lauren Berlant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Chicago, Illinois. She studied at Cornell University.

Full Name

Lauren Berlant

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline

1957

BIRTH

Lauren Gail Berlant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 1957.

1983

OTHER

Ms. Berlant received a master of arts from Cornell University in 1983.

1985

OTHER

Ms. Berlant received a Ph.D. in English from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1985.

1991

LITWORK

The Anatomy of National Fantasy: Hawthorne, Utopia, and Everyday Life
University of Chicago Press
0226043770 / 978-0226043777
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship
Duke University Press Books
0822319314 / 978-0822319313
Nonfiction.

2008

LITWORK

The Female Complaint: On the Unfinished Business of Sentimentality in American Culture
Duke University Press Books
0822341840 / 978-0822341840
Nonfiction.

2011

LITWORK

Cruel Optimism
Duke University Press Books
0822350971 / 978-0822350972
Nonfiction.

2012

LITWORK

Desire / Love
Punctum Books
0615686877 / 978-0615686875
Nonfiction.

2013

LITWORK

Sex, or the Unbearable
Duke University Press Books
0822355809 / 978-0822355809
Nonfiction written with Lee Edelman.

2019

LITWORK

The Hundreds
Duke University Press Books
1478001836 / 978-1478001836
Collection of short writing published with Kathleen Stewart.

2021

DEATH

Lauren Berlant died in a hospice facility in Chicago, Illinois, on June 28, 2021.

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