Kate Bolick (born 1972) [1] is the author of New York Times bestseller Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own and a Lecturer in English at Yale University. Previously, she was a contributing editor for The Atlantic, [2] , executive editor of Domino magazine, and host of "Touchstones at The Mount, [3] " an annual literary interview series at Edith Wharton’s country estate in the Berkshires.
Bolick attended Colby College and New York University. [4]
Kate Bolick is most well known as the author of New York Times bestseller Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own. In addition to her work with The Atlantic , Bolick contributes writing to Elle, [5] Cosmopolitan, [6] Vogue, [7] The New York Times , [8] and The Wall Street Journal , [9] among other publications. Previously, Bolick was the executive editor of Domino, [10] as well as a columnist for The Boston Globe's Ideas Section. [11]
Bolick's appearances include The Today Show , CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR programs around the country. [12]
She teaches at Yale University. [13]
In her 2015 New York Times Bestselling book, Bolick asks and answers a question she posed in a 2011 cover story for The Atlantic : "How does a woman move through life alone?" Heather Havrilesky, writing in The New York Times , gave the book a positive review, saying that "what Spinster actually offers is an idiosyncratic journey through Bolick's decades-long exploration of how to live independently, with cues from an assortment of nontraditional women." [14]