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Avram Alpert

Avram Alpert is an academic and writer who teaches writing at Princeton University and co-directs the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program with Meleko Mokgosi and Anthea Behm. He has written three books: ''Global Origins of the Modern Self, from Montaigne to Suzuki'' (SUNY Press 2019), ''A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well without Perfection'' (Columbia University Press 2021), and ''The Good-Enough Life'' (Princeton University Press 2022). He also writes for newspapers including ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''The Guardian'', and journals such as ''Aeon'' and ''Dissent''.

Alpert received his PhD in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and the Mellon Foundation. Provided by Wikipedia