Jessica Grose

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Jessica Grose
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Born
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Education Brown University
Occupation(s)Journalist
Editor
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Years active2009–present
Website JessicaGrose.com

Jessica Ebenstein Grose [1] is an American journalist, editor, and novelist. She is the author of the 2012 novel Sad Desk Salad, the co-author of the 2009 book LOVE, MOM: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home, and the 2016 novel Soulmates. Since October 2021, Grose has written for The New York Times opinion section. [2]

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Early life

Grose was born in New York City and is the daughter of psychiatrist and photographer Judith Ebenstein Grose and cardiologist Richard M. Grose. [1] [3]

In 2004, Grose graduated from Brown University. [4]

Career

Grose began her journalism career as associate editor of Jezebel , a blog owned by Gawker Media. [5] Soon after, Grose and author Doree Shafrir began a popular blog titled Postcards From Yo Momma, which became the basis for a book published by Hyperion Books in March 2009 titled LOVE, MOM: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Grose was named managing editor of Slate's women's site DoubleX in 2009, and co-hosted its "DoubleX Gabfest" podcast alongside Hanna Rosin and Noreen Malone. [10]

In 2012, Grose published her debut novel Sad Desk Salad through William Morrow Paperbacks / HarperCollins. It was billed "The Devil Wears Prada for the blogger age" and praised for its wit and accurate portrayal of the media by its reviewers and authors Jennifer Weiner and Amy Sohn. [11] [12] [13] [14] The novel chronicles writer Alex Lyons and satirizes the frenetic pace and moral traps of high-traffic blogging. The story is inspired by Grose's own early media career editing popular websites, including Slate and Jezebel. [15] [16] [17]

Grose was deputy editor of Vulture , the culture blog of New York magazine. [18] [19]

Grose covers women's issues, parenting, and contemporary culture. She is a regular contributor to Fast Company , Bloomberg Businessweek , and Slate magazines. Her essays and featured reporting appear in The New York Times , Glamour , New York , Elle , The New Republic , Spin and The Village Voice .

In June 2015, Grose became editor-in-chief of Lenny Letter , a feminist newsletter and online publication co-founded by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. [20]

In 2018, Grose became the parenting columnist for The New York Times. In October 2021, she moved to the New York Times opinion section to write a newsletter about what it means to be a parent. [21]

Her book Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood was published in December of 2022. [22]

Personal life

In 2010, Grose married Michael Winton. [1] They live in Brooklyn, New York, with their two daughters. [2]

Works and publications

Monographs

Novels

Selected articles

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Weddings/Celebrations: Jessica Grose, Michael Winton". The New York Times . 11 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 "A New Role for Jessica Grose". The New York Times Company. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Judith Ebenstein Wed to Richard Grose". The New York Times . 27 November 1972.
  4. ↑ Grose, Jessica (May 2010). "A Sweet Decision". Brown Alumni Magazine . Brown University.
  5. ↑ "With 'Sad Desk Salad,' former Jezebel writer Jessica Grose satirizes the blogosphere".
  6. ↑ "Postcards From Yo Momma". Postcardsfromyomomma.com.
  7. ↑ Moore, Jina (2009-05-04). "Book Review: Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home". Christian Science Monitor.
  8. ↑ La Force, Thessaly (2009-04-06). "Love, Mom". The New Yorker .
  9. ↑ Schillinger, Liesl (2009-04-02). "Your Mother Should Know". The New York Times .
  10. ↑ "Jessica Grose Becomes Managing Editor at DoubleX". Media Life Magazine. 2009-01-09.
  11. ↑ Doll, Jen (2012-10-03). "Fictionalizing Blogging Life". The Wire.
  12. ↑ Fischer, Molly (2012-11-30). "Chick Lit Has a New Heroine". The New Republic.
  13. ↑ "Kirkus Reviews: Sad Desk Salad". Kirkus Reviews. 2012-02-22.
  14. ↑ Angelo, Megan (2012-11-01). "Poll: Whatcha Reading These Days? (Plus 3 Books I'm Obsessed With)". Glamour.
  15. ↑ Tenore, Mallary Jean (2013-02-04). "How bloggers became the new chick lit heroines". Poynter.
  16. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: Sad Desk Salad by Jessica Grose". Publishers Weekly. 2012-10-01.
  17. ↑ Salario, Alizah (2012-11-30). "Alizah Salario on Sad Desk Salad: Is the Internet the Novel's Saving Grace?". Los Angeles Review of Books.
  18. ↑ Meltzer, Marisa Meltzer (2012-03-13). "Vulture snags Slate's Jessica Grose, 'Time' mag's Gilbert Cruz as editors". Capital.
  19. ↑ Stoeffel, Kat (2012-03-13). "Jessica Grose and Gilbert Cruz Named Editors at Vulture.com". New York Observer.
  20. ↑ "About Us". Lenny Letter . 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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  22. ↑ Brooks, Kim (2022-12-12). "The Common Denominator for Mothers? Guilt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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