One thing I’ve never understood is why liberal professors, literary critics, writers, etc are so pessimistic about the future of the humanities. I pointed out earlier Stephen Greenblatt’s demented response to declining enrollments in English departments. But I see it constantly: a sense that high culture is simply doomed. During my MFA, one prominent wr…
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