Claire Dederer (born 1967[ citation needed]) is an American writer who regularly contributes essays, reviews and criticism to publications including The New York Times. She has also authored three books, Love and Trouble, Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, [1] [2] and Monsters.
Dederer was raised in Seattle, where she was born in 1967. She was a film critic at the Seattle Weekly before turning to freelance journalism. [3] She has taught writing at her alma mater ('93), the University of Washington. [4] She has two adult children with her ex-husband. She lives on a boat in Seattle. [5]
Dederer has written book reviews and articles for The New York Times [6] [7] and other publications. [8] [9] Her memoir, Love and Trouble - a midlife reckoning, was published in 2017. [10]
Her brother, Dave Dederer, is a guitarist and singer, best known as a member of the band The Presidents of the United States of America. [10]
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- Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2010. ISBN 9780374236441.
- Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning. Alfred A. Knopf. 2017. ISBN 9781101946503.
- Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma. Hodder & Stoughton. 2023. ISBN 9781399715034. [11] [12] [13]
- "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?". The Paris Review. November 20, 2017. (Winner of Longform essay of the year) [14]
| Year | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "The virtue of illicit desire". The Culture File. Books. The Atlantic. 321 (2): 42–44. Mar 2018. [15] | Quatro, Jamie (2018). Fire sermon. Grove. |
- ^ "A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga", Janet Maslin, The New York Times, December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Chasing Virtue", Dani Shapiro, The New York Times, December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Seattle Weekly news". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- ^ "A Newsletter of the Comparative History of Ideas Program, University of Washington" (PDF). University of Washington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16.
- ^ "BIO". CLAIRE DEDERER. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ "Specimens of Suburbia", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, December 28, 2003.
- ^ "Fiction: The War at Home", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, November 7, 2004.
- ^ Claire Dederer's articles on Slate.com, accessed September 9, 2014.
- ^ Claire Dederer at The Atlantic, accessed September 9, 2014.
- ^ a b Dederer, Claire (2017). Love and Trouble. New York: Alfred Knopf.
- ^ Jacobs, Alexandra (2023-04-23). "Face to Face With Culture's 'Monsters'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Febos, Melissa (2023-05-24). "Can You Love the Art and Hate the Monster?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2023-05-07). "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer review – what's your cancellation policy?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Arts · Best of 2017 · Longform". Longform. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ Online version is titled "Fire Sermon is a profoundly strange meditation on desire".
- The Official Website of Claire Dederer
- Can You Love the Art of a Person You Loathe? KQED, Apr 25, 2023
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Claire Dederer (born 1967[ citation needed]) is an American writer who regularly contributes essays, reviews and criticism to publications including The New York Times. She has also authored three books, Love and Trouble, Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, [1] [2] and Monsters.
Dederer was raised in Seattle, where she was born in 1967. She was a film critic at the Seattle Weekly before turning to freelance journalism. [3] She has taught writing at her alma mater ('93), the University of Washington. [4] She has two adult children with her ex-husband. She lives on a boat in Seattle. [5]
Dederer has written book reviews and articles for The New York Times [6] [7] and other publications. [8] [9] Her memoir, Love and Trouble - a midlife reckoning, was published in 2017. [10]
Her brother, Dave Dederer, is a guitarist and singer, best known as a member of the band The Presidents of the United States of America. [10]
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- Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2010. ISBN 9780374236441.
- Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning. Alfred A. Knopf. 2017. ISBN 9781101946503.
- Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma. Hodder & Stoughton. 2023. ISBN 9781399715034. [11] [12] [13]
- "What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?". The Paris Review. November 20, 2017. (Winner of Longform essay of the year) [14]
| Year | Review article | Work(s) reviewed |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "The virtue of illicit desire". The Culture File. Books. The Atlantic. 321 (2): 42–44. Mar 2018. [15] | Quatro, Jamie (2018). Fire sermon. Grove. |
- ^ "A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga", Janet Maslin, The New York Times, December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Chasing Virtue", Dani Shapiro, The New York Times, December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Seattle Weekly news". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- ^ "A Newsletter of the Comparative History of Ideas Program, University of Washington" (PDF). University of Washington. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-16.
- ^ "BIO". CLAIRE DEDERER. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ "Specimens of Suburbia", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, December 28, 2003.
- ^ "Fiction: The War at Home", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, November 7, 2004.
- ^ Claire Dederer's articles on Slate.com, accessed September 9, 2014.
- ^ Claire Dederer at The Atlantic, accessed September 9, 2014.
- ^ a b Dederer, Claire (2017). Love and Trouble. New York: Alfred Knopf.
- ^ Jacobs, Alexandra (2023-04-23). "Face to Face With Culture's 'Monsters'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Febos, Melissa (2023-05-24). "Can You Love the Art and Hate the Monster?". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2023-05-07). "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer review – what's your cancellation policy?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Arts · Best of 2017 · Longform". Longform. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ Online version is titled "Fire Sermon is a profoundly strange meditation on desire".
- The Official Website of Claire Dederer
- Can You Love the Art of a Person You Loathe? KQED, Apr 25, 2023
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| This article about an American writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1967 births
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American essayists
- American film critics
- American women film critics
- American women essayists
- American women memoirists
- Living people
- The Atlantic (magazine) people
- Writers from Seattle
- University of Washington alumni
- University of Washington faculty
- American writer stubs