Becca Rothfeld
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{{Short description|American essayist}}
Becca Rothfeld (born 8 October 1991) is an American literary critic, and essayist. She won the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and Silvers-Dudley Prize.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-07 |title=Winners of the Silvers-Dudley Prizes Revealed {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |url=https://static.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-silvers-dudley-prizes-revealed/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107122001/https://static.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-silvers-dudley-prizes-revealed/ |archive-date=2022-01-07 }}
Life
She attended Dartmouth College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Rothfeld later pursued a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University, but as of 2024 has not completed a dissertation. She is a book critic at The Washington Post.{{Cite web |title=Becca Rothfeld: "For the Sake of Argument" |url=https://yalereview.org/article/becca-rothfeld-debate |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=The Yale Review |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Becca Rothfeld - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/becca-rothfeld/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Becca Rothfeld |language=en}}
In 2024, Rothfeld revealed on her blog that she has been undergoing treatment for early-stage thyroid cancer.{{Cite web |last=Substack |title=becca rothfeld {{!}} Substack |url=https://substack.com/@afeteworsethandeath/p-147260797 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=substack.com |language=en}}
Works
- {{cite book |last=Rothfeld |first=Becca |title=All Things Are Too Small |date=2024-04-02 |publisher=Metropolitan Books |isbn=978-1-250-84991-5 |publication-place=New York}}{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=David |date=2024-03-25 |title=A Critic's Plea for Maximalism: 'Crack Us Open Like Eggs' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/books/review/becca-rothfeld-all-things-are-too-small.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Kellaway |first=Kate |date=2024-03-25 |title=All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld review – bracing and brilliant essay collection |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/25/all-things-are-too-small-by-becca-rothfeld-review-essays-in-praise-of-excess |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |date=2024-04-05 |title=Review {{!}} In an age of minimalism, here's a celebration of more, more, more |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/05/all-things-are-too-small-becca-rothfeld-review/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
References
External links
- [https://www.bookcritics.org/2018/08/17/the-craft-of-criticism-an-interview-with-becca-rothfeld/ The Craft of Criticism: An Interview with Becca Rothfeld] - National Book Critics Circle
- [https://www.beccarothfeld.com/ Becca Rothfeld - About]
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Category:American literary critics
Category:21st-century American writers
Category:21st-century American women writers