Mark Greif (born 1975) is an author, educator and cultural critic. His most recent book is ''Against Everything''. One of the co-founders of ''

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'', he is a frequent contributor to the magazine and writes for numerous other publications. Greif currently teaches English at

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Background and education

Greif received a BA in History and Literature from

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in 1997, after which he received a

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, which he used to study British Literature and 19th and 20th century American Literature at

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through 1999. He holds a PhD in American studies from

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Stanford

Greif is associate professor of English at

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In the fall of 2004, along with fellow writers and editors

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, and Marco Roth, Greif launched the literary journal ''n + 1''. Greif has served as both an editor and writer for the journal, contributing essays on a wide variety of topics: politics, sociology,

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. In 2010, he described the journal's mission: “We are creating a long print archive in an era of the short sound bite.”

Criticism

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.

References

Works by Greif

Books * '' The Age of the Crisis of Man'', 2015 *''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

" Spring 2005. *"On Reality TV," Fall 2005.

''New York Times'', November 12, 2010. Web

External links

New School
- Bio as Assistant Professor, Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College

- The magazine that Greif edits and frequentl
contributes toArticles by Mark Greif
from the

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Articles by Mark Greif
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Mark Greif on Mark McGurl, ''The Program Era''Mark Greif on Hannah Arendt
from ''

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'', Spring 2004.
Mark Greif on Michel Houellebecq
from ''

'', Fall 2003.
"Digging for Goldwater"
Very short review by Greif, ''

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'', (April 19, 2001).
"Schnitzler on Tap"
Very short review by Greif in ''

'', (January 30 - February 5, 2002).
"The Great American Novel"
- An audio discussion between Greif, James Wood, and Lydon, in response to ''

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