Selling the Humanities

“Instead of predictably lamenting the devaluation of the humanities, avant-pop intellectual Jeffrey R. Di Leo’s Selling the Humanities does the exact opposite: it invites us to use the art of publishing as a strategic intervention into academia’s financialized regimes of truth to revalue the humanities. Essential reading!”—Mark Amerika, Professor of Distinction, University of Colorado

“Jeffrey R. Di Leo represents Texas scholarly royalty. If he were a jazz musician we would call him Duke or Count. If he played ball we would have to find a nickname for him. I would call him ‘Mr. Book’ or maybe just ‘Page.’ This man continues to do important academic work. When will we return to the business of protecting the humanities? Di Leo has written a book not just for the campus president but also the general community. These twenty-four essays are fresh produce. Selling The Humanities is filled with nourishing food for thought.”—E. Ethelbert Miller, writer, literary activist, and host of On The Margin (WPFW 89.3 FM)

“[Selling the Humanities] is a high-speed tour comprising twenty-four brief (3000-word) essays. You move past these exhibits not shuffling along behind a lugubrious museum docent but rather speeding in a red El Dorado convertible”—H. Aram Veeser, author of The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism