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
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Peter Leithart discusses his forthcoming book, The Ten Commandments: A Guide to the Perfect Law of Liberty. Continue Reading »
Yale’s “Introduction to Art History,” a longstanding course in a Western Civ tradition, has undergone a diversity revision. Continue Reading »
Mark and Michael Petrilli discuss the latest in K-12 education news. Continue Reading »
Martha Bayles and Mark Bauerlein discuss the many ways the American film industry has caved to the demands of the Chinese market. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Stanley Fish discusses his recent book, The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump. Continue Reading »
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On this episode, Oren Cass discusses his recent First Things essay and his book The Once and Future Worker. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Sheila Byrd Carmichael discusses the state of K-12 education in the United States and the growth of the classical school movement. Continue Reading »
On this episode, Chris Varelas discusses his book How Money Became Dangerous: The Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship with Modern Finance. Continue Reading »
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