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Molly Jong-Fast
Born (1978-08-19) August 19, 1978 (age 46)[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationBarnard College
Bennington College
Occupation(s)Writer, editor
Known forEditor-at-large at The Daily Beast
SpouseMatthew Greenfield
Children3
Parent(s)Erica Jong
Jonathan Fast
FamilyHoward Fast (grandfather)

Molly Jong-Fast (born August 19, 1978) is an American writer, journalist, author, political commentator, and podcaster.

Career

As of November 2021, Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and at Vogue. She had previously worked as an editor-at-large at The Daily Beast.[2][3] She is the author of two novels; Normal Girl[4] and The Social Climber's Handbook,[5] and a memoir; Girl [Maladjusted],[5] originally published as The Sex Doctors in the Basement.[6][7] She is a regular contributor to Playboy,[8] Glamour,[9] The Atlantic[10] and The Bulwark.[11] She began hosting The Daily Beast podcast The New Abnormal in 2020,[12] and is the writer of The Atlantic's Wait, What? newsletter.[13] Kirkus Reviews has described her as "the Joan Rivers for slackers".[7]

Personal life

Jong-Fast is the daughter of novelist Erica Jong[14] and author Jonathan Fast, and the granddaughter of Howard Fast.[15] Her family is Jewish.[16] Her parents divorced when she was young and she was raised as an only child.[17] She attended Barnard College prior to receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree at Bennington College in 2004.[2] In 2003 she married CUNY professor Matthew Adlai Greenfield;[18][19] the couple have three children.[20] She has written about her experience with Alcoholics Anonymous.[21]

Publications

  • Normal Girl (2000). ISBN 0-37-575759-7
  • The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood (2005). ISBN 1-40-006144-X.
  • Girl [Maladjusted]: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood (2006). ISBN 0-81-297074-8
  • The Social Climber's Handbook: A novel (2011). ISBN 0-34-550189-6

References

  1. ^ Templin, Charlotte, ed. (2002). Conversations with Erica Jong. University Press of Mississippi. p. xxi. ISBN 978-1-57806-510-3.
  2. ^ a b "Molly Jong-Fast LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 10, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast". Vogue. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Rosenfeld, Lucinda (July 16, 2000). "Sex, Drugs, Etc". Books. The New York Times.
  5. ^ a b Webster, Camilla (May 6, 2011). "The Social Climber's Handbook: The Murderous State of Womanhood". Forbes. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood by Molly Jong-Fast". Publishers Weekly. April 1, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Sex Doctors in the Basement". Kirkus Reviews. January 1, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast: Playboy Contributing Editor". Playboy. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast". Glamour. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "All Stories By MOLLY JONG-FAST". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Articles by Molly Jong-Fast". The Bulwark. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  12. ^ "'The New Abnormal' Hosts Molly Jong-Fast & Andy Levy Ask and Answer 20 Stupid Questions". The Daily Beast. December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "Wait, What?". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  14. ^ Pressler, Jessica (June 3, 2011). "Fear of Talking About Sex". Intelligencer. New York Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  15. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (February 26, 2019). "My Mother's Daughter". New York Review of Books. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  16. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (2006). "Tell Me About Your Mother". In Ellenson, Ruth Andrew (ed.). The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt. New York: Plume. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-452-28748-8. I guess I should give you a little family history. We are Jews.
  17. ^ "Why Molly Jong-Fast wrote about the sex life of her famous mother, Erica Jong". The Current. CBC Radio. March 6, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Grossman, Anna Jane (March 3, 2003). "Countdown to Bliss: Matthew Greenfield and Molly Jong-Fast". Observer. New York. Retrieved March 3, 2003.
  19. ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Molly Jong-Fast, Matthew Greenfield". The New York Times. November 2, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2003.
  20. ^ Richardson, Davis (June 6, 2019). "Molly Jong-Fast Throws the Perfect Dinner Party for Political Operatives, Pundits, and Upper East Side Princesses". Interview Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  21. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (August 26, 2020). "I Won't Drink Today, and I Won't Get the Virus Today". The Atlantic.

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