Jessica Burstein is an Associate Professor in the Departments of English and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author of Cold Modernism: Literature, Fashion, Art, and has published in various academic journals as well as a forthcoming issue of Raritan. She is on the editorial boards of Modernism/Modernity, The Journal of Modern Literature, and Modern Language Quarterly; and is working on a book called House Dress Skin.