Instructor

James Polchin

James Polchin is a Clinical Professor at New York University where he teaches in areas of creative nonfiction, LGBTQ history, and crime narratives. His writing has appeared in Slate, TIME, Huffington Post UK, Crime Reads, Paris Review, Rolling Stone, NewNextNow, The New Inquiry, Lambda Literary, The Smart Set, Brevity, and the Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. His book Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall was a finalist for an Edgar Award and was named one of the best crime books of 2019 by CrimeReads.