Merve Emre

Merve Emre is a literary scholar, critic, and author. A professor of English at Wellesley College, she has written extensively on the intersections of literature, psychology, and intellectual history. Her books include The Personality Brokers, a deep dive into the history of the Myers-Briggs personality test, which was adapted into the HBO documentary Persona, and Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America. Her latest work, Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, explores the evolving role of literary criticism in modern academia A regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The Atlantic, Emre is one of the most compelling voices in contemporary literary criticism, bringing fresh perspectives to the way we read and interpret literature today.