Mark Greif
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.
Background and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ Merkin, Daphne (26 August 2016). "The Co-Founder of n+1 is 'Against Everything'". The New York Times.
- ^ Merkin, Daphne (August 28, 2016). "Antidotes to Punditry". New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Mark Greif | Department of English".
- ^ https://jhi.pennpress.org/media/158110/forkosch-book-prize-list-of-winners_updatedaugust2022.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Susan Hodara, "Intellectual Entrepreneurs: A highbrow journal rises in an era of sound bites," Harvard Magazine, January–February, 2010.
- ^ n + 1 Archive Mark Greif
- ^ Susan Hodara, Harvard Magazine, January–February, 2010.
- ^ Deresiewicz, William (June 2015). "What a Piece of Work: Mark Greif's Intellectual Excavations". Harper's Magazine. Vol. June 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
Works by Greif
[edit]Books
- The Age of the Crisis of Man, 2015[1]
- Against Everything: Essays, 2016
Articles in n+1
- "Against Exercise," Fall 2004.
- "Mogadishu, Baghdad, Troy," Fall 2004.
- "The Concept of Experiences," Spring 2005.
- "Radiohead, or the Philosophy of Pop," Fall 2005.
- "Afternoon of the Sex Children," Winter 2006, reprinted as 'Children of the Revolution', Harpers Magazine November 2006
- "Notes From An Occupation" (the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators), with Astra Taylor, Fall, 2011
Reviews
- "On Giorgio Agamben: Apocalypse Deferred," Spring 2005.
- "On Reality TV," Fall 2005.
- "The Hipster in the Mirror", New York Times, November 12, 2010.
Web
External links
[edit]- New School - Bio as assistant professor, Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College
- n+1 magazine - The magazine that Greif edits and frequently contributes to
- Articles by Mark Greif from the London Review of Books.
- Articles by Mark Greif from The American Prospect.
- Mark Greif on Mark McGurl, The Program Era
- Mark Greif on Hannah Arendt from Dissent, Spring 2004.
- Mark Greif on Michel Houellebecq from Dissent, Fall 2003.
- "Digging for Goldwater" Very short review by Greif, The Village Voice, (April 19, 2001).
- "Schnitzler on Tap" Very short review by Greif in The Village Voice, (January 30 - February 5, 2002).
- "The Great American Novel" - An audio discussion between Greif, James Wood, and Lydon, in response to The New York Times Book Review solicited top twenty-five best books of the last quarter-century, (May 23, 2006).
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