Author

Roger Kimball

Roger Kimball is editor and publisher of The New Criterion and president and publisher of Encounter Books. A version of this essay was delivered as a lecture at Hillsdale College on February 4, 2024, as part of a conference on “The Art of Biography.”

Articles by Roger Kimball

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