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Bookmark or Share- William Deresiewicz, Author at The American ScholarWilliam Deresiewicz is an essayist and critic. His book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life is based in part on his essays “ The Disadvantages of an Elite Education ” and “ Solitude and Leadership .”
- William DeresiewiczThese are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. The End of Solitude brings together more than forty of his finest essays, including four that are published here for the first time.
- “Twenty Questions” with William Deresiewicz - Harvard MagazineOn Monday night, a chattering crowd packed Paine Hall to watch William Deresiewicz, author of the controversial new book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, address his complaints about the Ivy League.
- ‘Excellent Sheep,’ William Deresiewicz’s Manifesto - The New York Times“Excellent Sheep,” by William Deresiewicz, takes aim at America’s elite universities and the graduates they produce.
- The Ivy League, Mental Illness, and the Meaning of Life - The AtlanticThe former Yale English professor William Deresiewicz stirred up quite a storm earlier this month with his New Republic essay “ Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League ”—a damning...
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