Marianna Torgovnick

Marianna Torgovnick is professor of English at Duke University and director of Duke's New York Program in Arts and Media. She is the author of numerous works, including "Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy"; "Gone Primitive: Modern Intellects, Savage Lives"; and "Crossing Ocean Parkway," also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Marianna Torgovnick is professor of English at Duke University and director of Duke's New York Program in Arts and Media. She is the author of numerous works, including "Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy"; "Gone Primitive: Modern Intellects, Savage Lives"; and "Crossing Ocean Parkway," also published by the University of Chicago Press. See less