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Linda Holmes
Occupationwriter, critic
NationalityUnited States
Alma materOberlin College, Lewis & Clark Law School
Website
thisislindaholmes.com

Linda Holmes is a writer, popular culture critic, and podcaster from the United States. She currently writes for NPR and hosts their podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour (PCHH) with Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon.[1] She also edits the PCHH blog, which was originally called Monkey See.[2] Holmes has moderated live events and conducted live interviews with entertainment professionals such as Shonda Rhimes, Ron Howard, Connie Britton, Trevor Noah, B. J. Novak and Judy Blume.[3]

Life

Originally from Wilmington, Delaware,[4] Holmes attended Oberlin College from 1989 to 1993. While there, she took a class on constitutional law that inspired her to go to law school.[4] She enrolled at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, graduating in 1997 and practicing law in Minnesota until 2007.[5]

While working for the Minnesota legislature, she began writing about television and film in her free time for sites like Television Without Pity, Vulture.com and MSNBC.[3][4] In 2007, Holmes left her legal job and moved to New York City to dedicate her time to writing criticism.[6] One year later, she was hired to cover pop culture for NPR.[4]

Works

  • The best of pop culture happy hour. Highbridge Co, 2015. ISBN 9781622318698, OCLC 907156365
  • Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2019. OCLC 1104481443; HODDER PAPERBACK, 2020. ISBN 9781473679276, OCLC 1090375416

References

  1. ^ "Linda Holmes". NPR. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Petersen, Anne Helen (December 10, 2013). "Internet Work and Invisible Labor: An Interview With NPR's Linda Holmes". The Hairpin. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "About". Linda Holmes. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Linda Holmes '97: Pop Culture Happy Hour". law.lclark.edu. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Linda Holmes". LinkedIn. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Flotten, Diana. "Linda Holmes Leaves Law to Concentrate on Watching TV and It Works Out Great". APM Podcasts. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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