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ⓘ About Lauren Elkin
Lauren Elkin is a published American author, translator and essayist. Born in 1978, Elkin is known for books such as Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Arts, and The New York Times considered her Flâneuse: Women Walk the City a notable book. It also was a finalist for the Art of the Essay category of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award, a book of the week on Radio 4, and named a best book of 2016 by the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and the Observer. It has also been translated into nine languages. Lauren has had her writing featured in publications such as Frieze, Le Monde, Granta, the London Review of Books, Harper’s, the Times Literary Supplement, Les Inrockuptibles, and The New York Times.
All Book Series by Lauren Elkin
The End of Oulipo?
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2012 Co-authored · Veronica Scott Esposito
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Book 2 of 4 · published 2017
If You're A Girl
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1990 Anthology · Chris Kraus
The Letters of Mina Harker
Book 3 of 32 · published 1998 Anthology · Dodie Bellamy
Nicolas Pages
Book 4 of 32 · published 1999 Anthology · Peter Valente,Guillaume Dustan,James Horton
The Works of Guillaume Dustan, Volume 1
Book 5 of 32 · published 2013 Anthology · Guillaume Dustan,Thomas Clerc
Last Days at Hot Slit
Book 8 of 32 · published 2019 Anthology · Amy Scholder,Andrea Dworkin,Johanna Fateman
Written in Invisible Ink
Book 11 of 32 · published 2020 Anthology · Hervé Guibert
To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life
Book 12 of 32 · published 2020 Anthology · Hervé Guibert
The Freezer Door
Book 14 of 32 · published 2020 Anthology · Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
The Cheerful Scapegoat
Book 15 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Wayne Koestenbaum
Little Joy
Book 16 of 32 · published 2021 Anthology · Jacob Steinberg,Cecilia Pavón
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
Book 20 of 32 · published 2022 Anthology · Cookie Mueller
Love Me Tender/ Native Agents)
Book 22 of 32 · published 2022 Anthology · Constance Debré
Hervelino
Book 24 of 32 · published 2022 Anthology · Jeffrey Zuckerman,Mathieu Lindon
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors
Book 25 of 32 · published 2023 Multi-author collection
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
Book 28 of 32 · published 2023 Anthology · Jackie Wang
Selected Amazon Reviews
Book 30 of 32 · published 2024 Anthology · Wayne Koestenbaum,Kevin Killian
Offenses/ Native Agents
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2026 Anthology · Constance Debré
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lauren Elkin?
Lauren Elkin is a published American author, translator and essayist. Born in 1978, Elkin is known for books such as Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Arts, and The New York Times considered her Flâneuse: Women Walk the City a notable book. It also was a finalist for the Art of the Essay category of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award, a book of the week on Radio 4, and named a best book of 2016 by the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and the Observer.
Which Lauren Elkin series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Semiotext(e) / Native Agents series, the earliest of Lauren Elkin's multi-book series: it opens with If You're A Girl (1990) and runs to 32 books across 1990–2026, ending with Offenses/ Native Agents (2026).
How many books has Lauren Elkin written?
Lauren Elkin has 40 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1990 and 2026. 32 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Semiotext(e) / Native Agents series with 32 books — and 8 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Lauren Elkin's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lauren Elkin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Semiotext(e) / Native Agents (1990–2026, 32 books).
How are Lauren Elkin's books organised into series?
This guide splits Lauren Elkin's 40 books into 1 named series and 8 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents (32 books, 1990–2026).