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William Deresiewicz (born 1964 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American writer and literary critic. He was an English professor at Yale University from 1998 to 2008. Previously, he taught at Columbia University, where he had received his bachelors and PhD.
His criticism directed at a popular audience appears in The Nation,[1] The American Scholar,[2][3] the London Review of Books,[4] and The New York Times.[5][6] More often than not controversial, his negative reviews of Terry Eagleton,[7] Zadie Smith,[8] and Richard Powers[9] drew heated reactions within the literary community.[10] He was nominated for National Magazine Awards in 2008, 2009, and 2011 and for the National Book Critics Circle’s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing in 2010 and 2011. A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter was published in 2011 by Penguin Press. His academic work Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets was published by Columbia University Press in 2004.
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- ^ "William Deresiewicz". Author Bios. The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/authors/william-deresiewicz. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2007). "Love on Campus". The American Scholar. http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su07/love-deresiewicz.html.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2008). "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education". The American Scholar. http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su08/elite-deresiewicz.html.
- ^ "William Deresiewicz". Contributors. London Review of Books. http://www.lrb.co.uk/contribhome.php?get=dere01. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2005-01-09). "You Talkin' to Me?". New York Times. http://www.writingprogram.villanova.edu/concentration/nytimes_grammar.htm.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2000-08-06). "Among The Bad Boys". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/06/reviews/000806.06deresit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2004-01-29). "The Business of Theory". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040216/deresiewicz.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2005-09-15). "Zadie Smith's Indecision". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051003/deresiewicz.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2006-09-20). "Science Fiction". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/article/science-fiction.
- ^ William Deresiewicz (2006-11-21). "Awesome Powers". The Nation. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061211/exchange.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Nation profile of Deresiewicz
- Video discussion with William Deresiewicz and Mark Edmundson on Bloggingheads.tv
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