Alec Wilkinson

About the Author

Alec Wilkinson is a distinguished American writer and longtime contributor to The New Yorker, where his incisive profiles and essays have illuminated the human condition across diverse subjects. With a career spanning over four decades, Wilkinson has explored themes of identity, struggle, and redemption in his nonfiction works, blending meticulous research with profound empathy. His latest book, A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age, chronicles his own late-in-life pursuit of mathematics, offering a poignant reflection on intellectual growth, vulnerability, and the timeless quest for understanding in an increasingly complex world. Wilkinson's writing consistently challenges readers to confront the extraordinary within the ordinary.