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 ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' and at ''Vogue''. She had previously worked as an editor-at-large at ''

The Daily Beast ''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...

''. She is the author of two novels; ''Normal Girl'' and ''The Social Climber's Handbook,'' and a memoir; ''Girl aladjusted', originally published as ''The Sex Doctors in the Basement''. She is a regular contributor to ''

Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...

'', '' Glamour'', ''

'' and '' The Bulwark''. She began hosting ''The Daily Beast'' podcast ''The New Abnormal'' in 2020, and is the writer of ''The Atlantic's'' ''Wait, What?'' newsletter. ''

Kirkus Reviews ''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fic ...

'' has described her as "the

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...

for

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s".

Personal life

Jong-Fast is the daughter of novelist

Erica Jong Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel ''Fear of Flying''. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured pro ...

and author

Jonathan Fast Jonathan Fast (born April 13, 1948) is an American author and social work teacher. Life and career Fast was born in New York City. He attended Princeton University, and earned graduate degrees at Columbia University and Yeshiva University. He ...

, and the granddaughter of

Howard Fast Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

. Her family is

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

. Her parents divorced when she was young and she was raised as an

only child An only child is a person with no siblings, Birth, by birth or adoption. Children who have half-siblings, step-siblings, or have never met their siblings, either living at the same house or at a different house—especially those who were born con ...

. She attended

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

prior to receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree at

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

in 2004. In 2003 she married

CUNY , mottoeng = The education of free people is the hope of Mankind , budget = $3.6 billion , established = , type = Public university system , chancellor = Fél ...

professor Matthew Adlai Greenfield; the couple have three children. She has written about her experience with

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship of alcoholics dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program. Following its Twelve Traditions, AA is non-professi ...

Publications

* ''Normal Girl'' (2000). * ''The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood'' (2005). . * ''Girl aladjusted True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood'' (2006). * ''The Social Climber's Handbook: A novel'' (2011).

References

External links

* on the

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1978 births Living people American biographers American memoirists American women memoirists American women novelists Jewish American novelists 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers Bennington College alumni Barnard College alumni {{US-bio-writer-stub

Career

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