Glenn Cannon Arbery (1951) is an American academic and Catholic, and faculty member Wyoming Catholic College, where he served as president from 2016 to 2023, succeeded by Kyle Washut.[1][2][3] He is the author of the novels Boundaries of Eden[4] and Bearings and Distances,[5] and of the book Why Literature Matters.[6][7] Arbery received his doctoral education at the University of Dallas, earning a doctorate in literature and politics.[1]

He is the father of playwright Will Arbery.[8]

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  1. ^ a b "Glenn C. Arbery, Ph.D." Wyoming Catholic College. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Richards, Heather (April 26, 2016). "Wyoming Catholic college chooses new president". Casper Star-Tribune. pp. A3, A4. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  3. ^ Susanka, Joseph (August 22, 2023). "College Opens Academic Year with New President; Same Extraordinary Vision". Wyoming Catholic College. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  4. ^ Williamson Jr., Chilton (April 6, 2021). "Boundaries of Eden is a Southern novel filled with poetic intricacy". Catholic World Report. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Pearce, Joseph (March 3, 2018). "A Fictional Path to Understanding the Mystery of Suffering". The Imaginative Conservative. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Taylor, Leeta (2001). "Review of Why Literature Matters". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  7. ^ McDonald, Henry (2001). "Why Literature Matters: Permanence and the Politics of Reputation (review)". Philosophy and Literature. 25 (2): 373–376. doi:10.1353/phl.2001.0033.
  8. ^ "Playwright Will Arbery on the restless Catholics of 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning'". America Magazine. November 1, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

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