Stephen Metcalf | |
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| Born | January 25, 1964 New York City |
| Education | Wesleyan University University of Virginia Yale University |
| Occupation | Critic-at-large and columnist at Slate magazine |
Notable credit(s) | Slate magazine, Culture Gabfest |
| Spouse(s) | Koethi Zan |
Stephen Metcalf is a critic-at-large and columnist at Slate magazine. He is also the host of the magazine's weekly cultural podcast the Culture Gabfest .
Metcalf attended Phillips Exeter Academy but, "three weeks shy of graduation, was asked by the school administration, in no uncertain terms, to leave." [1] He then matriculated at Wesleyan University, [2] later earning a master's degree from the University of Virginia. After spending some time working on a Ph.D. in the English graduate program at Yale University, he moved to New York City where he worked as a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her senate campaign and as a freelance writer. [3] Subsequently, he joined Slate as a staff writer. He is Slate's "critic-at-large", writes the magazine's Dilettante column and serves as host of the magazine's culture podcast. [4]
Metcalf's work has appeared in The New York Times , the New York Observer , New York (magazine), the Atlantic (magazine), and The New Yorker (magazine). He is currently working on a book about the 1980s, according to Slate (magazine) . [5]
He currently resides in Upstate New York with his wife, novelist Koethi Zan, and their two daughters, Stella and Kate.
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