Lee Edelman (born 1953) is an American literary critic and academic.
Edelman began his academic career as a scholar of twentieth-century American poetry.
His current work explores the intersections of sexuality, rhetorical theory, cultural politics, and film.
A 2005 Modern Language Association Conference held a special symposium on the subject, with participants Robert L. Caserio, Lee Edelman, Jack Halberstam, José Esteban Muñoz and Tim Dean debating the utility of the critique of reproductive futurism.
[2] Edelman is married to critic and fellow English professor Joseph Litvak.