Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia is a provocative and influential American cultural critic, author, and professor whose bold, wide-ranging intellect has made her one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary thought. Her landmark debut, "Sexual Personae", revolutionized the study of art, literature, and sexuality, challenging feminist orthodoxy and academia alike. She further explores themes of freedom and gender in "Free Women, Free Men", a collection of her most incisive essays. Her celebrated "Break, Blow, Burn" offers a passionate reappraisal of poetry through the ages. Paglia is a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.