Lauren Gail Berlant was an American scholar, cultural theorist, and author who is regarded as "one of the most esteemed and influential literary and cultural critics in the United States." Berlant was the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Chicago, where they taught from 1984 until 2021. Berlant wrote and taught about issues of intimacy and belonging in popular culture, in relation to the history and fantasy of citizenship.

The Hundreds
2019
ISBN 9781478003335
Compassion
2014
ISBN 9781135231651
On the Inconvenience of Other People
2022
ISBN 9781478023050