Allan Bloom

Allan Bloom , 1930-1992, was a professor of social thought at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including the number one bestseller The Closing of the American Mind . Adam Kirsch is a poet, critic, and an editor of The Wall Street Journal 's weekend Review section. His work appears regularly in the New York Review of Books, New Yorker, Tablet , and other publications. The author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography, Kirsch lives in New...See more

Allan Bloom , 1930-1992, was a professor of social thought at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including the number one bestseller The Closing of the American Mind . Adam Kirsch is a poet, critic, and an editor of The Wall Street Journal 's weekend Review section. His work appears regularly in the New York Review of Books, New Yorker, Tablet , and other publications. The author of three books of poems and several books of criticism and biography, Kirsch lives in New York City. See less