Glen Weldon

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Glen Weldon
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Southampton College [1]

Glen Weldon is an American writer, cultural critic, and podcaster. He has written for publications such as The Washington Post , The New York Times , Slate , The Atlantic , and McSweeney's . Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Career

Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour with Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris. [2]

In his work, Weldon often draws on his life experience as a gay man [3] and a self-described "nerd". [4] In addition to shorter fiction work appearing in anthologies and publications, he is the author of two non-fiction pop culture histories about comic book superheroes and nerd culture. [2] Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, published in 2013, chronicled the history of Superman and his role as an iconic American figure. [5] [6] 2016's The Caped Crusade covered Batman's relevance through decades of popular culture. [7] [8] [9]

Weldon has earned an Arts Journalism Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for Fiction, a Ragdale Writing Fellowship, and an Amtrak Writers' Residency. [3] [2]

Personal life

Weldon grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. [10] He attended Southampton College and graduated with a degree in marine biology. [11] On his NPR bio page, it is stated that he was "a completely inept marine biologist and a slightly better-ept competitive swimmer." [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Thorn, Jesse; Morris, Jordan (4 December 2018). "Ep 560: Lovitz Again with Glen Weldon". Jordan, Jesse GO! (Podcast). Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2 September 2019. yeah absolutely 100 percent this is my degree from Southampton College 1990.
  2. 1 2 3 "Glen Weldon". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  3. 1 2 "Bio". Tumblr. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  4. ↑ Weldon, Glen (2013-02-17). "Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  5. ↑ VanDerWerff, Emily Todd (2013-04-01). "Glen Weldon: Superman: The Unauthorized Biography". AUX. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Glen Weldon knows what makes Superman soar". CBR. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  7. ↑ Senior, Jennifer (2016-03-23). "Review: 'The Caped Crusade' and Batman's Reach Beyond — Gasp! — Comic Book Lore". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  8. ↑ "The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture". Publishers Weekly. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  9. ↑ Mikula, Jeremy (2016-03-22). "'The Caped Crusade' details the cultural history of Batman". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  10. ↑ Weldon, Glen (9 July 2009). "Fringe-Blogger Profile: Weldon". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "#107 - Popping the culture — Yakking with NPR's Glen Weldon". It's All Journalism. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Glen Weldon". NPR .
  13. ↑ Taylor, Chris (October 5, 2017). "'Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View': You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll sigh". Mashable . Ziff Davis.
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