Linda Holmes is an American author, cultural critic, and podcaster. She currently writes for

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and hosts their podcast ''Pop Culture Happy Hour''; Holmes also edits the ''Pop Culture Happy Hour'' blog on NPR.

Career

While working for the Minnesota legislature, Holmes began writing about television and film in her free time for sites like

Television Without Pity Television Without Pity (often abbreviated TWoP) was a website that provided detailed recaps of select television dramas, situation comedy, situation comedies and reality TV shows along with discussion forums. These recaps were written with sarca ...

, Vulture.com and

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and politi ...

. In 2007, she left her legal job and moved to New York City to dedicate her time to writing and criticism. One year later, she was hired to cover pop culture for

. She currently writes for NPR and hosts their podcast ''Pop Culture Happy Hour'' with Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon, and Aisha Harris. Holmes also edits the ''Pop Culture Happy Hour'' blog on NPR, which was originally called ''Monkey See''. In 2019, Holmes published her first novel, ''Evvie Drake Starts Over'', which earned a starred '' Kirkus Reviews'' review and was selected by ''

The Today Show ''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'' or informally, ''NBC News Today'') is an American news and talk morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It ...

'' as a summer book club pick. The novel tells the story of recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake and her unexpected friendship with Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/573986/evvie-drake-starts-over-by-linda-holmes/

Personal life

Originally from

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington (Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

, Holmes attended Oberlin College from 1989 to 1993. While there, she took a class on

constitutional law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in fe ...

that inspired her to go to law school. She enrolled at

Lewis & Clark Law School The Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (also known as Lewis & Clark Law School), is an American Bar Association-approved private law school in Portland, Oregon. The law school received ABA approval in 1970 and joined the As ...

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

, graduating in 1997 and practicing law in

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

until 2007.

Works

* ''Why You're Still Single''. Plume, 2006. , * ''The Best of Pop Culture Happy Hour''. Highbridge Co, 2015. , * ''Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel''. Ballantine Books, 2019. (E-book). Hodder & Stoughton; paperback, 2020. , . * ''Flying Solo: A Novel''. Ballantine Books, 2022. (hardcover).

References

External links

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