Michelle Dean

{{Short description|Canadian journalist and critic}}

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| birth_place = Canada

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| education = McGill University
University of Toronto

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• Critic
• journalist * author

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| nationality = Canadian

| period = 2011-present

| genre = Non-fiction

| subject = Biography, criticism

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| website = {{URL|michelledean.tumblr.com}}

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Michelle Dean (born 1979) is an author and freelance journalist and critic from Canada.{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Roxane |date=20 April 2018 |title='Argument Can Actually Be Joyful': Women, Critics, and What It Means to Be Sharp |url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/interview-roxane-gay-and-michelle-dean-on-sharp.html |work=The Cut }}{{Cite web|url=https://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-290-michelle-dean|title=Longform Podcast #290: Michelle Dean · Longform|date=April 18, 2018|website=Longform}}{{cite news |last=Tuttle |first=Kate |date=5 April 2018 |title=The women who wielded a pen like a weapon: Michelle Dean's 'Sharp' |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-sharp-michelle-dean-20180405-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times }}{{cite news |last=Green |first=Elon |date=4 April 2018 |title=Reading Other People's Mail: Talking with Michelle Dean |url=http://therumpus.net/2018/04/the-rumpus-interview-with-michelle-dean/ |work=The Rumpus }}