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Wendy Shalit, Author & Cultural Critic

Wendy Shalit began to write A Return to Modesty as an undergrad at Williams College, where she received her BA in Philosophy in 1997.

Shalit is also the author of The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Self-Esteem and High Standards. Her essays on literary and cultural topics have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, and other publications.

She has also debated her views on NPR, at the Oxford Union, and with her three lively and opinionated children


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