TheAmericanScholaristheliterarymagazineofthePhiBetaKappaSociety,firstpublishedin1932.Itfeaturesessays,fiction,poetry,andbookreviewsthatexploreawiderangeoftopics,includingliterature,science,culture,andpublicaffairs.Themagazineisknownforitsintellectualdepthandhigh-qualitywriting,oftenfeaturingcontributionsfromprominentthinkers,writers,andscholars.ThenameofthemagazineisinspiredbyRalphWaldoEmerson'sfamous1837speechofthesametitle,whichcalledforindependentthinkingandintellectualself-reliance.TheAmericanScholarcontinuestoupholdtheseidealsbypublishingthought-provokingcontentthatengageseducatedreaders.
