Stephen Metcalf (writer)

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Stephen Metcalf
Education	Wesleyan University University of Virginia Yale University
Occupation	Critic-at-large and columnist at Slate (magazine)
Notable credit(s)	Slate magazine, Culture Gabfest

Stephen Metcalf is a critic-at-large and columnist at Slate magazine. He is also the host of the magazine's weekly cultural podcast the Culture Gabfest.

Biography

Metcalf attended Wesleyan University^[1] and later earned a master's degree from the University of Virginia. After spending some time working on a Ph.D. in the English graduate program at Yale University, he moved to New York where he worked as a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton and a freelance writer.^[2] Subsequently he joined Slate as a staff writer. He is Slate's "critic-at-large", writes the magazine's Dilettante column and serves as host of the magazine's culture podcast.^[3]

Metcalf's work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Observer and New York (magazine).

He presently resides in Upstate New York with his wife, novelist Koethi Zan, and their two daughters.^[4]

References

↑ "Slate Culture Gabfest: Monopoly edition" (audio). Slate (magazine). July 31, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
↑ Sandeva, Zhana (February 10, 2011). "Columnist balances academic and popular writing". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
↑ "Who We Are". Slate (magazine). Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
↑ "Bio - Koethi Zan". Retrieved 25 May 2013.

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