{"id":576,"date":"2022-03-21T07:21:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/?page_id=576"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:39:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-03ea0e6e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-adaf981c alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-87328470 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-Picture2-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1776\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-Picture2-edited-1.jpg 453w, https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-Picture2-edited-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-Picture2-edited-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2a5a07c277c9c9df72f64c699928fab7\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">Bryan Norton is a philosopher and scholar of literature, media, and the environment. 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