Thomas frank author biography worksheet

Thomas Carr Frank (born March 21, 1965) is an American political analyst, historian, and journalist. He co-founded and edited The Baffler magazine. Frank is the author of the books What's the Matter with Kansas?

(2004) and Listen, Liberal (2016), among others.

Thomas frank author biography worksheet pdf

From 2008 to 2010 he wrote "The Tilting Yard", a column in The Wall Street Journal.

A historian of culture and ideas, Frank analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism, and economics.

His topics include the rhetoric and impact of culture wars in American political life and the relationship between politics and culture in the United States.

Early life

Frank was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Mission Hills, Kansas.

He graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School, and in 1988 from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history after transferring from the University of Kansas in his freshman