Mark Edmundson is University Professor at the University of Virginia. His books include Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals and The Heart of the Humanities: Reading, Writing, Teaching. His new book, Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy, will be published in the spring.
Mark Edmundson
Teach What You Love
A modest proposal for professors of literature
by Mark Edmundson | Friday, September 11, 2020
Alone at the Movies
My days in the dark with Robert Altman and Woody Allen
by Mark Edmundson | Saturday, December 01, 2007
Intimations of Fascism
The problem with hating the haters
by Mark Edmundson | Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Violence in Charlottesville
What I saw firsthand, and what it meant
by Mark Edmundson | Monday, August 28, 2017
Test of Faith
The Roman Catholic Church may forgive us our sins—but can it be forgiven for its own?
by Mark Edmundson | Monday, September 07, 2015
The Doctor’s Discontents
A harshly critical new biography of the father of psychotherapy
by Mark Edmundson | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Off to See the Wizard
Finding the virtues of Homer, Plato, and Jesus in Technicolor Oz
by Mark Edmundson | Monday, February 29, 2016
Fadeaway Jumper
A Sunday-afternoon player of a certain age says his farewell to basketball
by Mark Edmundson | Thursday, December 01, 2005
Enough Already
What I'd really like to tell the bores in my life
by Mark Edmundson | Monday, June 01, 2009
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