Stephen Metcalf (writer)
Encyclopedia
Stephen Metcalf is a critic
-at-large and columnist
at Slate magazine
. He is also the host of the magazine's weekly cultural podcast
the Culture Gabfest.
and later earned a master's degree from the University of Virginia
. After spending some time working on a Ph.D. in the English graduate program at Yale University
, he moved to New York
where he worked as a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton and a freelance writer. Subsequently he joined Slate as a staff writer. He is Slate's "critic-at-large", writes the magazine's Dilettante column and serves as host of the magazine's pop-culture podcast.
Metcalf's work has appeared in the New York Times, The New York Observer, New York (magazine)
.
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
-at-large and columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
at Slate magazine
Slate (magazine)
Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...
. He is also the host of the magazine's weekly cultural podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
the Culture Gabfest.
Biography
Metcalf attended Wesleyan UniversityWesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
and later earned a master's degree from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. After spending some time working on a Ph.D. in the English graduate program at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, he moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where he worked as a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton and a freelance writer. Subsequently he joined Slate as a staff writer. He is Slate's "critic-at-large", writes the magazine's Dilettante column and serves as host of the magazine's pop-culture podcast.
Metcalf's work has appeared in the New York Times, The New York Observer, New York (magazine)
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
.
External links
- Metcalf's TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
feed: @Metlandia - Metcalf's Slate archive
- Metcalf in New York magazine
- Metcalf's writing for The Nation