Dayna Tortorici

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Dayna Tortorici
Born1989 (age 3132)
United States
OccupationWriter, editor of n+1
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Brown University
Period2012–present

Dayna Tortorici (born 1989) is an American writer. As of 2016, she is the co-editor of the literary magazine n+1 . [1] [2]

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Career

After graduating from Brown University in 2011, [3] where she wrote for The College Hill Independent , Tortorici joined n+1 as a staff writer and eventually an editor. [4] In addition to her work on the magazine, she co-edited the n+1 essay collection What Was the Hipster?: A Sociological Investigation [4] [5] and edited No Regrets, a 2013 n+1 book in which 13 women discuss literature. [6] [7]

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References

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