Mark Greif

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Mark Greif (born 1975 [1] ) is an author, educator and cultural critic. His most recent book is Against Everything. [2] One of the co-founders of n+1 , he is a frequent contributor to the magazine and writes for numerous other publications. Greif currently teaches English at Stanford University.

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Background and education

Greif received a BA in History and Literature from Harvard in 1997, after which he received a Marshall Scholarship, which he used to study British Literature and 19th and 20th century American Literature at Oxford through 1999. He holds a PhD in American studies from Yale.

Stanford

Greif is associate professor of English at Stanford University. [3]

Winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best first book in intellectual history (2015). [4]

n+1

In the fall of 2004, along with fellow writers and editors Keith Gessen, Chad Harbach, Benjamin Kunkel, and Marco Roth, Greif launched the literary journal n + 1. [5] Greif has served as both an editor and writer for the journal, contributing essays on a wide variety of topics: politics, sociology, Radiohead. [6] In 2010, he described the journal's mission: “We are creating a long print archive in an era of the short sound bite.” [7]

Criticism

Greif's criticism is marked by a willingness to address pop culture, conservative books, and leftist academic critical theory, and to link these to literature and larger questions of culture. [8]

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References

  1. Merkin, Daphne (26 August 2016). "The Co-Founder of n+1 is 'Against Everything'". The New York Times.
  2. Merkin, Daphne (August 28, 2016). "Antidotes to Punditry". New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. "Mark Greif | Department of English".
  4. https://jhi.pennpress.org/media/158110/forkosch-book-prize-list-of-winners_updatedaugust2022.pdf
  5. Susan Hodara, "Intellectual Entrepreneurs: A highbrow journal rises in an era of sound bites," Harvard Magazine, January–February, 2010.
  6. n + 1 Archive Mark Greif
  7. Susan Hodara, Harvard Magazine, January–February, 2010.
  8. Deresiewicz, William (June 2015). "What a Piece of Work: Mark Greif's Intellectual Excavations". Harper's Magazine. June 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

Works by Greif

Books

Articles in n+1

Reviews

Web

  1. "'n+1' Editor Mark Greif's Brilliant Contribution to the History of Ideas". 8 January 2015.