Charlie Tyson
Charlie Tyson is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Harvard University.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | EssayDo the Numbers Lie?
A defense of humanistic learning against quantification retreats into mysticism. -
The Review
The Apocalyptic New Campus Novel
In Christine Smallwood’s story of scholarly precarity, what the academy wastes above all is human potential. -
The Review
Reactionary Propaganda Rides Again
Is academe biased against conservatives? No: Reality is. -
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The Review
The Professor of Gimmicks
Sianne Ngai is the most influential literary theorist of her generation. -
The Chronicle Review
The Rise of Reassurance Lit
Academe is awash in refrains about its own importance. Is anyone feeling better yet? -
The Review
Apocalypse Chic
Being radical used to take a lot of work. Now all one needs to do is succumb, conspicuously, to hopelessness. -
The Review
A Legendary Scientist Sounds Off on the Trouble With STEM
E.O. Wilson on the next big thing, the gladiatorial nature of academe, and the world beyond the human senses. -
The Review
The Expensive Superficiality of M.F.A. Programs
They exist to train aspiring artists in how to sound sophisticated — not how to create art. -
The Review
Why Professors Distrust Beauty
A shift from the ascetic to the aesthetic is underway. At its center: evolutionary biology.
