Max Keller writes about classical music and queerness.

Keller’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Brooklyn Rail, Electric Literature, Parterre Box, and elsewhere.

Raised on Outer Cape Cod, Keller holds degrees in music from Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh. They are pursuing a doctorate in musicology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Currently Brooklyn-based, Keller writes the blog Poison Put to Sound and is working on a book about the cello and the trans body. They have received awards from the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists.

Their proudest achievement, however, is getting a driver’s license at the age of 24.

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