Rax King

Last updated

Rax King is an American writer.

Career

King's essay about watching Diners, Drive-ins and Dives while healing from an abusive marriage was nominated for the James Beard Award. [1] [2] She hosts a podcast, Low Culture Boil, and her writing can be found in publications like Glamour [3] and MEL Magazine. [4]

Contents

King's second book of essays, Sloppy: Or, Doing It All Wrong, was published in July 2025 by Vintage Books. [5]

Personal life

King lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "In Her Debut Essay Collection, "Tacky," Rax King Builds Beautiful Monuments to Bad Taste". Vogue. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Catapult | Love, Peace, and Taco Grease: How I Left My Abusive Husband and Found Guy Fieri | Rax King". Catapult. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Rax King". Glamour. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  4. ↑ "Rax King, Author at MEL Magazine". MEL Magazine. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  5. ↑ King, Rax. "Shoplifting Just to Feel Something". The Cut. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  6. ↑ King, Rax (2021). Tacky : love letters to the worst culture we have to offer. New York. ISBN   978-0-593-31272-8. OCLC   1226075961.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ Kelly, Hillary (2021-11-04). "In Rax King's Book Tacky, Lowbrow Is High Praise". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  8. ↑ "This Writer Will Change Your Mind About The Cheesecake Factory". Bustle. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  9. ↑ Crowley, Chris (2021-10-29). "Author Rax King Will Absolutely Eat a Surprise Cheeseburger". Grub Street. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  10. ↑ Sifton, Sam (2021-11-03). "Thank You, Claudia Roden!". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  11. ↑ "A 'Tacky,' Indulgent Food Crawl Through Suburbia's Comfiest Restaurants". Vice.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  12. ↑ Jacobs, Alexandra (2025-08-10). "Book Review: 'Sloppy,' by Rax King". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  13. ↑ "'Sloppy' author Rax King says she's inspired by writers who did their best work sober : NPR's Book of the Day". NPR. 2025-08-12. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  14. ↑ "Rax King's New Essay Collection Celebrates the "Sloppy" Side of DC Culture - Washingtonian". 2025-07-29. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  15. ↑ Judkis, Maura (2025-08-03). "A dirtbag tour of D.C. with memoirist Rax King". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2025-08-12.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.