Jonathan Rosen Explained

Jonathan Rosen is an American author and editor.

Education

Rosen graduated from Yale and began graduate studies working towards a PhD in English at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] He dropped out of graduate school to become a writer.^[1]

Career

Rosen describes his "first real job" as being hired by Seth Lipsky in 1990 to create an art section for The Jewish Daily Forward.^[2] Rosen describes Lipsky as an important influence. He held the job for 10 years.^[1] As of 2007 he was editorial director of the Nextbook.^[1]

Rosen's Joy Comes in the Morning (2004) features the protagonist, Rabbi Deborah Green, who struggles with the perceptions of women rabbis. This work's inclusion of a woman rabbi is viewed as a significant development in American Jewish writings featuring women rabbis.^[3]

In April 2023, Rosen published The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions, a memoir about his friendship with Michael Laudor, a Yale Law School graduate with schizophrenia who killed his fiancée in 1998 during a psychotic episode.^[4] The book was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize^[5] and has received high critical acclaim.^{[6] [7] [8] [4]}

Personal Life

Rosen is Jewish and keeps kosher. He describes having dyslexia. He is also a bird-watcher.

Media

• A talk with Jonathan Rosen
• Book Examines Connection Between Humans, Birds (National Public Radio)

Bibliography

• Book: Rosen, Jonathan . Eve's apple : a novel . registration . New York . Random House . 1997 . 9780679448167 .
• The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature MacMillan, 2008.^{[9] [10]}
• The Talmud and the Internet : a journey between worlds, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. (0374272387)
• Joy comes in the morning, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. (0374180261)^[11]
• Rosen, Jonathan . 1 . January 6, 2014 . The birds : why the passenger pigeon became extinct . The Critics. Books . The New Yorker . 89 . 43 . 62–67 .
• Book: Rosen, Jonathan . The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions . April 18, 2023 . . 978-1594206573 . 1st . en . 1.

Notes and References

1. News: Harris. Ben. He's for the Birds; Jonathan Rosen weighs nature against civilization. 3 June 2015. Publishers Weekly. 21 December 2007.
2. Web site: Interview with Jonathan Rosen . 2024-05-01 . Interviews with Max Raskin . en-US.
3. Zierler, W. (2006). A dignitary in the land? Literary representations of the American rabbi. AJS Review, 30(2), 255-275.
4. Book: The Best Minds . Penguin Books UK . April 18, 2023 . April 24, 2023.
5. Web site: Pulitzer Prizes: Memoir or Autobiography . May 7, 2024 . The Pulitzer Prizes.
6. Web site: Anthony . Andrew . The Best Minds review – rich examination of madness and the way the west deals with it . the Guardian . April 16, 2023 . April 24, 2023.
7. Web site: McNally . Richard J. . 'The Best Minds' Review: Brilliance and Breakdown . WSJ . April 7, 2023 . April 24, 2023.
8. Web site: 'The Best Minds' Could Be the Best Book of the Year . The New York Sun . April 14, 2023 . April 24, 2023.
9. News: Sullivan. Robert. Birder of Paradise. 3 June 2015. New York Times. 9 March 2008.
10. News: Lyden. Jaki. Appreciating and Protecting the 'Life of the Skies'. 3 June 2015. National Public Radio. 24 February 2008.
11. News: Kermode. Frank. If It's Out There, It's In Here. 3 June 2015. New York Times. 1 October 2000.