Author Bio: Eric G. Wilson is the Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University. He is the author of books * Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy,an LA Times bestseller; Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away *; and Keep it Fake: Inventing an Authentic L...

Author Bio: Eric G. Wilson is the Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University. He is the author of books * Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy,an LA Times bestseller; Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away *; and Keep it Fake: Inventing an Authentic Life, as well as many other books exploring connections among literature, film, and psychology.