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Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs
Alan Jacobs is Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. He has published fifteen books and writes for publications such as The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, The Christian Century, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients
September 13, 2021  By Alan Jacobs
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Raising Kael: On Pauline Kael’s Controversial Criticism of Citizen Kane

Was Orson Welles's “Shallow Masterpiece” Just a Comic-Book Newspaper Comedy?
November 26, 2019  By Alan Jacobs
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How Faulkner Convinced Me Not to Become an Astronomer

Alan Jacobs on a House Full of Books and How He Came to Literature
January 10, 2017  By Alan Jacobs
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