Joanna Smith Rakoff

Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, is out this month from Scribner. She has written for The New York Times, Time Out New York, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Vogue, and other publications. She holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, an M.A. from University College, London, and an M.F.A. from Columbia University. She lives in New York with her husband, son and daughter.

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Growing A New Breed of Jews on “Weeds”

Toward the end of the first season of Weeds, an episode begins in a rather…

All Jewish, All the Time

Four years ago, when Coleman was born, I sometimes attended a mothers’ group in my…

Illness as Metaphor

Over the course of this blog, I’ve documented, all too well, my penchant for overcommitment.…

Public Nudity

Last summer, when I told my agent that I was pregnant, she honestly offered her…

Everyone’s a Critic (of the Jews)

One of the biggest–and strangest–choices a writer has to make in the months preceding the…

A Blogophobe’s Lament

Among my wide-ranging and disparate groups of friends, I am probably considered the person least…