Jeffrey Lawrence
Professor of English and comparative literature at Rutgers University, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century literature and public-facing criticism; author of the Substack 'Avenues of America'.
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Jan 7, 2026 • 1h 3min
Literature, politics, and the future of the humanities
Julianne Werlin, Duke early modernist who studies literature sociologically and writes Life and Letters. Jeffrey Lawrence, Rutgers scholar of 20th–21st century literature and public criticism who writes Avenues of America. They debate literature and markets, politics in literary talk, Substack’s role for academic voice, academic Marxism, curriculum breadth, and why public platforms matter for the future of the humanities.
