Glen Weldon
{{Short description|American writer and podcaster}}
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Glen Weldon is an American writer, cultural critic, and podcaster. He has written for publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Atlantic, and McSweeney's. Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour.
Career
Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts Desk and is a panelist on the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour with Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris.{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/people/137817249/glen-weldon |title=Glen Weldon |website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |language=en |access-date=2019-09-02}}
In his work, Weldon often draws on his life experience as a gay man and a self-described "nerd".{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172229592/man-of-tomorrow-superman-orson-scott-card-and-me |title=Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me |last=Weldon |first=Glen |date=2013-02-17 |website=NPR.org |language=en |access-date=2019-09-02}} In addition to shorter fiction work appearing in anthologies and publications, he is the author of two non-fiction pop culture histories about comic book superheroes and nerd culture. Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, published in 2013, chronicled the history of Superman and his role as an iconic American figure.{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/glen-weldon-superman-the-unauthorized-biography-1798176303 |title=Glen Weldon: Superman: The Unauthorized Biography |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily Todd |date=2013-04-01 |website=AUX |language=en-US |access-date=2019-09-02}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/glen-weldon-knows-what-makes-superman-soar/ |title=Glen Weldon knows what makes Superman soar |date=2013-06-06 |website=CBR |access-date=2019-09-02}} 2016's The Caped Crusade covered Batman's relevance through decades of popular culture.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/books/review-the-caped-crusade-and-batmans-reach-beyond-gasp-comic-book-lore.html |title=Review: 'The Caped Crusade' and Batman's Reach Beyond — Gasp! — Comic Book Lore |last=Senior |first=Jennifer |date=2016-03-23 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-09-02}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4767-5669-1 |title=The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture |website=Publishers Weekly |date=22 March 2016 |access-date=2019-09-02}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-prj-batman-caped-crusade-glen-weldon-20160322-story.html |title='The Caped Crusade' details the cultural history of Batman |last=Mikula |first=Jeremy |date=2016-03-22 |website=chicagotribune.com |access-date=2019-09-02}}
Weldon has earned an Arts Journalism Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for Fiction, a Ragdale Writing Fellowship, and an Amtrak Writers' Residency.{{Cite web |url=https://glenweldon.tumblr.com/bio |title=Bio |website=Tumblr |language=en |access-date=2019-09-02}}
Personal life
Weldon grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |last1=Weldon |first1=Glen |title=Fringe-Blogger Profile: Weldon |url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/338701/fringe-blogger-profile-weldon/ |website=Washington City Paper |access-date=31 December 2020 |date=9 July 2009}} He attended Southampton College and graduated with a degree in marine biology.{{cite web |title=#107 - Popping the culture — Yakking with NPR's Glen Weldon |url=https://itsalljournalism.com/popping-the-culture-yakking-with-nprs-glen-weldon/ |website=It's All Journalism |access-date=31 December 2020 |date=15 August 2014}} On his NPR bio page, it is stated that he was "a completely inept marine biologist and a slightly better-ept competitive swimmer."{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/people/137817249/glen-weldon?t=1649749558743 | title=Glen Weldon | website=NPR }}
Works
- Superman: The Unauthorized Biography. {{ISBN|9781118341841}}
- The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. {{ISBN|9781476756691}}
- "Of MSE-6 and Men" short story in From a Certain Point of View{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Chris |title='Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View': You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll sigh |url=https://mashable.com/2017/10/05/star-wars-certain-point-view-review/ |website=Mashable |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=October 5, 2017}}
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External links
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Category:21st-century American writers
Category:American film critics
Category:American television critics
Category:Pew Fellows in the Arts