Jonathan P Brent
Visiting Alger Hiss Professor of History and Literature

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Historical Studies Affiliate, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Biography:
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago. Author, Stalin’s Last Crime (HarperCollins, 2003; named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Financial Times); Isaac Babel (University of Chicago Press, forthcoming). Editor, The Best of TriQuarterly (Washington Square Press, 1982); A John Cage Reader (C. F. Peters, 1984). Has held editorial positions at Yale University Press, Northwestern University Press, FORMATIONS, TriQuarterly. Articles published in Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, American Scholar, New Criterion, New Republic, New York Times, Commentary, and many other newspapers and journals. Recipient, Whiting Foundation Fellowship (1977–78). (2004– ) Visiting Alger Hiss Professor of History and Literature.