Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer for The New Yorker. As a critic, he writes about theater, television, and more. He is a co-host of Critics at Large, the magazine’s weekly podcast about culture and the arts. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2024 and was awarded the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2021-22. His début novel, “Great Expectations,” was published in 2024. As a Ferris Visiting Professor in Spring 2025, he will teach a McGraw Seminar in Writing titled “Writing People.”