Ryan Tracy is a writer, artist, and scholar. His critical writings on literature, art, and performance have appeared in PMLA (forthcoming), Feminist Modernist Studies, Derrida Today, Arizona Quarterly, New American Notes Online, JAm It!!, The American Reader, The New York Press, The Brooklyn Rail, Mouvement (France), and Performa Magazine. Ryan’s fiction and poetry have appeared in The Hyacinth Review, Chronogram, PANK, KGB, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The New Engagement, California Quarterly, CafeMo, and Calliope. Ryan’s first book of poetry, Tender Bottoms, was released in Spring 2022.
Ryan holds a PhD in English Literature from The CUNY Graduate Center and advanced degrees in Gender Studies (Central European University) and Mannes College of Music (Composition). His scholarly work has been presented at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, Concordia University, Goldsmiths, University College London, Oxford University, Pratt Institute, and the CUNY Graduate Center, among others. He teaches World Literature at Baruch College. His monograph Drag Education: RuPaul, Reading, and Why Teaching’s Queer is forthcoming from Punctum Books.
Fellowships include Yaddo, The Edward Albee Foundation, The New Museum Seminar, and Performa 09 Writing Live.
email: ryan@ryantracy.com