Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor of English at Emory University, where he has taught since earning his PhD in English at UCLA in 1989. For two years (2003-05) he served as Director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (2008). His essays have appeared in PMLA, Partisan Review, Wilson Quarterly, Commentary, and New Criterion, and his commentaries and reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national periodicals.
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Mark Bauerlein
Mark T. Mitchell discusses his recent book, Power and Purity: The Unholy Marriage that Spawned America's Social Justice Warriors. Continue Reading »
Carl Rollyson discusses his book The Life of William Faulkner: The Past Is Never Dead, 1897-1934. Continue Reading »
George Weigel and Mark discuss Cardinal George Pell’s acquittal. Continue Reading »
Mark and Fr. Peter Stravinskas discuss live-streamed Masses and the Church’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading »
William Haun joins Mark to discuss religious liberty trends today and a recent case involving the D.C. Metro’s ban on religious advertisements. Continue Reading »
Featuring George Barna on why so few American Christians possess a biblical worldview. Continue Reading »
C. Bradley Thompson discusses his recent book, America's Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It. Continue Reading »
Figures in politics and media are incognizant of how much religion plays a part in people's well-being. Continue Reading »
R. J. Snell joins Mark to discuss the present pandemic and what it has revealed about citizenship and individualism in our society. Continue Reading »
Sam Sorbo makes the case for homeschooling and shares tips for teaching kids at home during coronavirus. Continue Reading »
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