On January 24, 2023, the James Madison Program hosted a Zoom
conversation with William Deresiewicz titled, "The (College) Kids Are
Not OK (And What to Do About It)." Deresiewicz discussed his book, The
End of Solitude, with the Madison Program's Allen C. Guelzo and Shilo
Brooks. This event was part of the James Madison Program Initiative on
Freedom of Thought, Inquiry, and Expression.
William Deresiewicz is an award-winning essayist and critic, a frequent
speaker at colleges, high schools, and other venues, and the
best-selling author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American
Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. He has published over 300
essays and reviews. He has won the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, the
National Book Critics Circle’s Balakian Citation for Excellence in
Reviewing, and a Sydney Award; he is also a three-time National Magazine
Award nominee. His work, which has appeared in The New York Times, The
Atlantic, Harper’s, and many other publications, has been translated
into 18 languages and anthologized in 39 college and scholastic readers.
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