Molly Jong-Fast Explained

Molly Jong-Fast
Birth Date:19 August 1978
Education:Barnard College (BA)
Bennington College (MFA)
Occupation:Writer, editor
Children:3
Parents:Erica Jong
Jonathan Fast
Relatives:Howard Fast (grandfather)

Molly Jong-Fast (born August 19, 1978[1]) is an American writer, journalist, author, political commentator, and podcaster.

Early life

Jong-Fast is the daughter of novelist Erica Jong[2] and author Jonathan Fast, and the granddaughter of Howard Fast.[3] Her family is Jewish.[4] Her parents divorced when she was young and she was raised as an only child.[5] She has stated that her nanny "raised [her] Catholic," though she does not receive the sacraments.[6]

Jong-Fast graduated from the Riverdale Country School.[7] She attended Barnard College prior to receiving a Master of Fine Arts at Bennington College in 2004.

Career

Jong-Fast is the author of two novels, Normal Girl[8] and The Social Climber's Handbook,[9] and a memoir, Girl [Maladjusted],[9] or The Sex Doctors in the Basement.[10] [11]

After the 2016 election, Jong-Fast began focusing her writing on politics.[12] She became a regular contributor to The Forward,[13] The Bulwark,[14] Playboy,[15] Glamour,[16] and Vogue.[17]

In December 2019, Jong-Fast became an editor-at-large at The Daily Beast, hosting the podcast The New Abnormal.[18] [19]

In November 2021, Jong-Fast became a contributing writer at The Atlantic,[20] and the writer of The Atlantic's Wait, What? newsletter.[21]

In 2022, Jong-Fast joined Vanity Fair as a special correspondent and began hosting the Fast Politics iHeart Media podcast.

In January 2024, Jong-Fast joined MSNBC as a political analyst.[22]

Kirkus Reviews has described her as "the Joan Rivers for slackers".

Personal life

In 2003, Jong-Fast married CUNY professor Matthew Adlai Greenfield.[23] [24] They have three children.[25] Jong-Fast is a cousin of Lebanese-American political strategist Peter Daou[26] and has written about her experience with Alcoholics Anonymous.[27]

Publications

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Templin . Charlotte . Conversations with Erica Jong . 2002 . University Press of Mississippi . 978-1-57806-510-3 . xxi.
  2. Web site: Pressler, Jessica . 3 June 2011 . Fear of Talking About Sex . limited . 3 June 2011 . New York Magazine . Intelligencer.
  3. Web site: Jong-Fast, Molly . February 26, 2019 . My Mother's Daughter . limited . 26 February 2019 . New York Review of Books.
  4. Book: Jong-Fast . Molly . The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt . 2006 . Plume . 978-0-452-28748-8 . Ellenson . Ruth Andrew . New York . 19 . Tell Me About Your Mother . I guess I should give you a little family history. We are Jews. . https://archive.org/details/modernjewishgirl00ruth/page/19/mode/1up?view=theater . registration.
  5. Web site: . March 6, 2019 . Why Molly Jong-Fast wrote about the sex life of her famous mother, Erica Jong . April 12, 2022 . CBC Radio . The Current.
  6. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast . 2023-09-21 . www.lukeford.net.
  7. News: Roug . Louise . She's Her Mother's Daughter, but Her Life's Plot Is All Her Own . 19 June 2023 . Los Angeles Times . 10 September 2001 . limited.
  8. Web site: Sex, Drugs, Etc. . Rosenfeld, Lucinda . 16 July 2000 . Books . . limited.
  9. Web site: Webster . Camilla . The Social Climber's Handbook: The Murderous State of Womanhood . . 22 February 2017 . 6 May 2011.
  10. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood by Molly Jong-Fast . Publishers Weekly . 2 May 2022 . 1 April 2005.
  11. Web site: The Sex Doctors in the Basement . Kirkus Reviews . 2 May 2022 . 1 January 2005.
  12. News: How Molly Jong-Fast Tweeted Her Way to Liberal Media Stardom . The New York Times . November 6, 2022 . Grynbaum . Michael M. .
  13. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast Archives .
  14. Web site: Articles by Molly Jong-Fast . The Bulwark . 19 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast: Playboy Contributing Editor . Playboy . 19 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast . Glamour . 14 January 2020.
  17. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast . 2022-04-10 . Vogue . en-US.
  18. News: . 2021-12-26 . 'The New Abnormal' Hosts Molly Jong-Fast & Andy Levy Ask and Answer 20 Stupid Questions . en . The Daily Beast . 2022-04-10 . limited.
  19. Web site: Molly Jong-Fast . April 10, 2022 . LinkedIn . registration.
  20. Web site: All Stories By MOLLY JONG-FAST . The Atlantic . 21 September 2020.
  21. Web site: Wait, What? . 2022-04-10 . The Atlantic . en.
  22. Web site: MSNBC Author Molly Jong-Fast . .
  23. Web site: Countdown to Bliss: Matthew Greenfield and Molly Jong-Fast . Grossman, Anna Jane . 3 March 2003 . Observer . New York . 3 March 2003.
  24. News: WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Molly Jong-Fast, Matthew Greenfield . 2 November 2003 . The New York Times . 2 November 2003 . limited.
  25. Richardson . Davis . June 6, 2019 . Molly Jong-Fast Throws the Perfect Dinner Party for Political Operatives, Pundits, and Upper East Side Princesses . Interview . 6 June 2019.
  26. Klion . David . What Happened to Peter Daou? . The New Republic . 19 June 2023 . 3 December 2019.
  27. Web site: I Won't Drink Today, and I Won't Get the Virus Today . Molly . Jong-Fast . 26 August 2020 . The Atlantic . limited.

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