Benjamin DeMott is one of America's leading social & cultural critics. He has been awarded two Guggenheim fellowships & is the author of thirteen books. The Mellon Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Amherst College, he has been a visiting professor of American studies at Yale & MIT & holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard. He contributes frequently to the "New York Review of Books," "Harper's Magazine," & other periodicals. He has residences in Worthington, Massachusetts & Anna Maria, Florida.
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