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Pamela Paul
Pamela Paul at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
At the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born1970 or 1971 (age 53–54)
Occupation
  • Columnist
  • editor
  • journalist
  • author
EducationBrown University (BA)
Years active1997–present
Notable works
Spouse
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(m. 1998, divorced)​
Michael Stern
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(m. 2004)​
Children3
Website
pamelapaul.com

Pamela Paul (born March 2, 1971)[1] is an American columnist, journalist, editor, and author. Since 2022, she has been an op-ed writer for The New York Times.[2] From 2013 to 2022, she was the editor of The New York Times Book Review,[3] where her role expanded to oversee all New York Times book coverage including the staff critics and publishing news.[4]

Early life and education

Paul is the daughter of Carole and Jerome D. Paul.[1] Her father was a construction contractor and her mother was an advertising copywriter and later, the editor of Retail Ad World.[1] She graduated from Brown University[5] with an A.B. in 1993. She is of Jewish descent.[6]

Career

Paul was a contributor to Time magazine and has written for many other publications, including Vogue, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Worth. She was a senior editor at the erstwhile magazine American Demographics, and was a London- and New York-based correspondent for The Economist, for which she wrote a monthly arts column from 1997 to 2002, and reviewed film, theater and books.

In 2011, Paul joined The New York Times and wrote the Studied column, as well as serving as children's books editor and features editor for the Book Review, before her promotion to the editorship of the Book Review.[7][8][9] During her time as editor, she hosted the Book Review's weekly podcast. Podsauce described it under her direction as "one of the top podcasts in the world".[10]

She is the author of eight books. The end of her first marriage inspired her to write her first book, The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony, which was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show,[11] The Today Show,[12][13] Politically Incorrect[14] and Good Morning America.[15] After the 2005 publication of her book Pornified, she testified about pornography to the Senate Judiciary Committee.[16]

In 2022, she moved from the Books section to the Opinion section at the New York Times.[17] Her columns appear in the Times weekly, have covered many topics, and attract significant comment from Times readers, journalists in other publications,[18] political groups,[19] and academics.[20][21] This includes remarks that her critics have deemed to be hostile to transgender people.[22][23][24][25][26] She has been praised for her writing about self-censorship in the publishing industry,[27] gender,[28][29] the dignity of work,[30] and the importance of reading.[31][32]

Personal life

Her first marriage, to Times columnist Bret Stephens,[33] ended in divorce.[1] In 2004, she married hedge fund financier Michael Stern.[1]

Bibliography

  • Paul, Pamela (2003). The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 9780812966763.
  • — (2005). Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families. New York: Times Books. ISBN 9780805081329.
  • — (2008). Parenting, Inc. New York: Times Books/Henry Holt. ISBN 9780805082494.
  • —, ed. (2014). By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 9781627791458.
  • —, ed. (2017). My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues. New York: Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 9781627796316.
  • with Russo, Maria (2019). How to Raise a Reader. Workman. ISBN 978-1523505302.
  • — (2021). Liza Kaplan (ed.). Rectangle Time. Illustrated by Becky Cameron. New York. ISBN 978-0-593-11511-4. OCLC 1155064464.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • — (2021). 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet (1st ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-593-13677-5. OCLC 1236090469.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Weddings/Celebrations; Pamela Paul, Michael Stern". The New York Times. August 14, 2004. The bride, 33, will continue to use her name professionally.
  2. ^ "Pamela Paul's Next Chapter". The New York Times. March 7, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pamela Paul Is Named New York Times Book Review Editor" Archived August 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, JimRomenesko.com, April 9, 2013.
  4. ^ Maher, John, "Pamela Paul to Oversee All New York Times Book Coverage", Publishers Weekly, August 18, 2016.
  5. ^ New York Times, "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pamela Paul, Michael Stern," Aug. 15, 2004
  6. ^ Paul, Pamela (May 2, 2017). My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues. p. 65. ISBN 9781627796323. Like many other morbid kids with Jewish ancestry, I was drawn to Holocaust reading from the moment I entered adolescence, seeking out the death and torture and deprivation and evil.
  7. ^ Announcement from Sam Tanenhous and David Kelly, February 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "Job Moves", Publishers Weekly, January 21, 2011.
  9. ^ Diane Roback, "Pamela Paul Named Children's Books Editor at 'NYTBR'", Publishers Weekly, January 21, 2011.
  10. ^ "Not sure what to read next? These 11 book podcasts are just for bibliophiles". Podsauce.
  11. ^ Pamela Paul on The Oprah Winfrey Show on YouTube
  12. ^ Pamela Paul on The Today Show, first appearance on YouTube
  13. ^ Pamela Paul on The Today Show, second appearance on YouTube
  14. ^ Pamela Paul on Politically Incorrect on YouTube
  15. ^ "Pamela Paul – Q&A". Macmillan Books. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved January 18, 2021.[failed verification]
  16. ^ "Testimony of Pamela Paul, author of Pornified" (PDF) (written testimony to Congress). Senate Judiciary Committee. November 10, 2005.
  17. ^ Sheehan, Dan (March 7, 2022). "Who should replace Pamela Paul at the NYT Books section?". Literary Hub. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  18. ^ Feldman, Sari.  Publishers Weekly; New York Vol. 268, Iss. 15, (Apr 12, 2021): 12
  19. ^ Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) [@fairforall_org] (April 24, 2022). ""People can successfully project themselves into the lives of others. That is what art is meant to do — cross boundaries, engender empathy with other people, bridge the differences between author and reader, one human and another." - Pamela Paul @nytimes. https://t.co/0EZpBbSHLV" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Henry Louis Gates Jr [@HenryLouisGates] (April 24, 2022). ""Whenever we treat an identity as something to be fenced off from those of another identity, we sell short the human imagination." https://t.co/QngXAZLGzN" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ Kross, Ethan [@ethan_kross] (November 27, 2022). ""I get the voice that comes in my head that says...that sucked," Gomez tells her team..."The pressure is just overwhelming...." Great article once again by Pamela Paul @nytimes, this time on the realities of imperfection https://t.co/LB4bN5XGqZ" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Pamela Paul defends J. K. Rowling" Jerry Coyne, Why Evolution is True, 16 February 2023. https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/02/16/pamela-paul-defends-j-k-rowling/
  23. ^ Jillian Schneider, "J.K. Rowling and the radical, anti-feminist gender ideology", The Lion, 21 February 2023 https://readlion.com/2023/02/21/j-k-rowling-and-the-radical-anti-feminist-gender-ideology/
  24. ^ "Pamela Paul criticized for anti-trans opinion about the word 'woman'". Los Angeles Times. July 7, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  25. ^ Grant, Melissa Gira (July 6, 2022). "Pamela Paul's Great Replacement Theory". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  26. ^ "Impeccable Timing, Pamela Paul!" Slate |url=https://slate.com/business/2023/02/jk-rowling-pamela-paul-new-york-times-trans-coverage.html
  27. ^ Foroohar, Rana.  FT.com; London Aug 1, 2022
  28. ^ Uncomfortable women, CE Noticias Financieras, English ed.; Miami [Miami]. 08 July 2022.
  29. ^ Citizens' Voice; Wilkes-Barre, Pa. [Wilkes-Barre, Pa]. 09 July 2022.
  30. ^ Whatever Happened To Kids Working Summer Jobs? Smerconish, Michael.  Smerconish; Atlanta Atlanta: CQ Roll Call. (Aug 6, 2022)
  31. ^ Kurshan, Ilana.  Lilith; New York Vol. 43, Iss. 4, (Winter 2018/2019): 40-41., The Awesome Power of Picture Books
  32. ^ Feldman, Sari.  Publishers Weekly; New York Vol. 268, Iss. 15, (Apr 12, 2021): 12.
  33. ^ "Weddings; Pamela Paul, Bret Stephens". The New York Times. September 20, 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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