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Matthew Stewart

Matthew Stewart is Associate Professor of Humanities and Rhetoric at Boston University. Along with numerous scholarly articles, he has published in venues such as City Journal, Law & Liberty, Academic Questions, and Quillette. He is the author of Modernism and Tradition in Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time (Boydell & Brewer).

Articles by Matthew Stewart


A Life-Changing Meeting of Minds

Mar 4, 2022 · Matthew Stewart · Comments Off on A Life-Changing Meeting of Minds

In 1985, Roosevelt Montás arrived in the United States aged twelve, speaking no English, accustomed to life in a rural mountain village of the Dominican Republic where he had passed … Continue reading “A Life-Changing Meeting of Minds”


A Perennial Question: What Makes a Good College Teacher?

Aug 20, 2021 · Matthew Stewart · Comments Off on A Perennial Question: What Makes a Good College Teacher?

Each generation returns the same complaints: college teachers drone, college teachers lack creativity and spark, nay, they often lack even rudimentary pedagogical awareness. And since the ascendance of what William … Continue reading “A Perennial Question: What Makes a Good College Teacher?”


The Spurning of Old Books: The Devaluation of the Past Threatens Higher Ed

Jan 13, 2021 · Matthew Stewart · Comments Off on The Spurning of Old Books: The Devaluation of the Past Threatens Higher Ed

Alan Jacobs’ new book, Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind, is a coaxing argument to read “old books that come from strange times.” … Continue reading “The Spurning of Old Books: The Devaluation of the Past Threatens Higher Ed”


Disadvantaging Black Students with a Demand for ‘Linguistic Justice’

Oct 9, 2020 · Matthew Stewart · Comments Off on Disadvantaging Black Students with a Demand for ‘Linguistic Justice’

On August 3, the Executive Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication approved a position statement on “Black Linguistic Justice.” The statement was crafted as a set of … Continue reading “Disadvantaging Black Students with a Demand for ‘Linguistic Justice’”

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