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Blake Smith

Blake Smith is a fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Stories by This Author

Grant Wood Portrait of Arnold Pyle
The Review | Essay
How Queer Theory Turned Its Back on Gay Men
By Tae-ho Kim, Blake Smith March 20, 2024
When anti-normative faux-radicalism devours a field.
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The Review | Essay
Why Do Humanists Think They Can Save the Planet?
By Blake Smith October 27, 2023
A literary scholar tackles global warming, with predictably dubious results.
"The Frown" by Thomas George Webster
The Review | Essay
The Best Education Is a Bad Education
By Blake Smith February 16, 2023
Education is not comfortable, kind, or safe.
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The Review | Essay
Against the Writing Center
By Blake Smith January 3, 2023
Teaching composition shouldn’t require so much jargony pseudoscience.
"The Sermon on the Mount" (1437) by Fra Angelico
The Review | Essay
Do Administrators Think They’re Spiritual Healers?
By Blake Smith October 12, 2022
Ex cathedra statements on current events from admins are just ... weird.
Painting of a nude man seated by the sea with his head bowed.
The Review | Essay
Our Students Don’t Need Identitarian Paternalism
By Blake Smith August 18, 2022
Colleges have co-opted queer mentorship.
"The Village Choir" by Thomas Webster (1800-86); Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Review | Essay
Yes, Professors ‘Groom’ Their Students
By Blake Smith May 23, 2022
Teaching always enlists students in a vision of the future.