whatever hierarchy they decide to attach themselves to." Instead, he argues, true leaders (such as General David Petraeus) are those who are able to step outside the cycle of achievement and hoop jumping in order to think for themselves. Deresiewicz claims that solitude is essential to becoming a leader. Other In 2020, Deresiewicz published The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech on how artists sustain themselves in the Information Age. Personal life Deresiewicz lives in Portland, Oregon. Notes External links Official site The Nation profile of Deresiewicz 1964 births Living people American academics of English literature American literary critics Jewish American academics Criticism of academia Literary critics of English Yale University faculty American male bloggers American bloggers People from Englewood, New Jersey Writers from New Jersey 21st-century American essayists 21st-century American Jews Columbia College (New York) alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni American people of Czech-Jewish descent