James Sloan Allen

A cultural historian, essayist, and critic, James Sloan Allen received his doctorate from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia, Haverford College, Brigham Young University, the New School, and the Juillard School, where he was academic vice president. For several years he has been teaching a Great Books class for adults in New York City. A longtime New Yorker, he now resides with his wife in Honolulu and Philadelphia.

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