Thomas M. Kitts, Professor of English and Chair of the Division of English/Speech at St. John's University, NY, is the author of Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else (2008),The Theatrical Life of George Henry Boker (1994), Gypsies (a play, 1987, 1994). articles on American literature and popular culture, and reviews on performances, CDs, and books. He is the co-editor of Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks (2002), book review editor of Popular Music and Society, and editor of The Mid-Atlantic Almanack."
