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Molly Jong-Fast
Jong-Fast in 2023
Born (1978-08-19) August 19, 1978 (age 45)
EducationBarnard College (BA)
Bennington College (MFA)
Occupation(s)Writer, editor
Spouse
Matthew Greenfield
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(m. 2003)​
Children3
Parent(s)Erica Jong
Jonathan Fast
RelativesHoward 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 of Columbia University prior to receiving a Master of Fine Arts at Bennington College in 2004.[8]

Career

Jong-Fast is the author of two novels; Normal Girl[9] and The Social Climber's Handbook,[10] and a memoir; Girl [Maladjusted],[10] originally published as The Sex Doctors in the Basement.[11][12]

After the 2016 election, Jong-Fast began focusing her writing on politics.[13] She became a regular contributor to The Forward,[14] The Bulwark,[15] Playboy,[16] Glamour,[17] and Vogue.[18]

In December 2019, Jong-Fast became an editor-at-large at The Daily Beast, hosting the podcast The New Abnormal.[19][8]

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 News as a political analyst. [22]

Kirkus Reviews has described her as "the Joan Rivers for slackers".[12]

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

References

  1. ^ Templin, Charlotte, ed. (2002). Conversations with Erica Jong. University Press of Mississippi. p. xxi. ISBN 978-1-57806-510-3.
  2. ^ Pressler, Jessica (June 3, 2011). "Fear of Talking About Sex". Intelligencer. New York Magazine. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (February 26, 2019). "My Mother's Daughter". New York Review of Books. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (2006). "Tell Me About Your Mother". In Ellenson, Ruth Andrew (ed.). The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt. New York: Plume. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-452-28748-8. I guess I should give you a little family history. We are Jews.
  5. ^ "Why Molly Jong-Fast wrote about the sex life of her famous mother, Erica Jong". The Current. CBC Radio. March 6, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast". www.lukeford.net. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Roug, Louise (September 10, 2001). "She's Her Mother's Daughter, but Her Life's Plot Is All Her Own". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Molly Jong-Fast". LinkedIn. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  9. ^ Rosenfeld, Lucinda (July 16, 2000). "Sex, Drugs, Etc". Books. The New York Times.
  10. ^ a b Webster, Camilla (May 6, 2011). "The Social Climber's Handbook: The Murderous State of Womanhood". Forbes. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  11. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Sex Doctors in the Basement: True Stories from a Semi-Celebrity Childhood by Molly Jong-Fast". Publishers Weekly. April 1, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "The Sex Doctors in the Basement". Kirkus Reviews. January 1, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  13. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/business/media/molly-jong-fast-politics-twitter.html
  14. ^ https://forward.com/authors/molly-jong-fast/
  15. ^ "Articles by Molly Jong-Fast". The Bulwark. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  16. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast: Playboy Contributing Editor". Playboy. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  17. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast". Glamour. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  18. ^ "Molly Jong-Fast". Vogue. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  19. ^ "'The New Abnormal' Hosts Molly Jong-Fast & Andy Levy Ask and Answer 20 Stupid Questions". The Daily Beast. December 26, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  20. ^ "All Stories By MOLLY JONG-FAST". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  21. ^ "Wait, What?". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  22. ^ https://www.msnbc.com/author/molly-jong-fast-ncpn1031186
  23. ^ Grossman, Anna Jane (March 3, 2003). "Countdown to Bliss: Matthew Greenfield and Molly Jong-Fast". Observer. New York. Retrieved March 3, 2003.
  24. ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Molly Jong-Fast, Matthew Greenfield". The New York Times. November 2, 2003. Retrieved November 2, 2003.
  25. ^ Richardson, Davis (June 6, 2019). "Molly Jong-Fast Throws the Perfect Dinner Party for Political Operatives, Pundits, and Upper East Side Princesses". Interview. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  26. ^ Klion, David (December 3, 2019). "What Happened to Peter Daou?". The New Republic. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  27. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (August 26, 2020). "I Won't Drink Today, and I Won't Get the Virus Today". The Atlantic.

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