Claire Dederer
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| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupations | Writer, essayist, critic |
| Employer | Pacific University |
| Known for | Essays, book reviews, memoirs |
| Notable work | Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Dave Dederer (brother) |
| Awards | Longform essay of the year (2017) |
| Website | clairedederer |
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Claire Dederer (born 1967[1]) is an American writer who regularly contributes essays, reviews and criticism to publications including The New York Times.
She has written three books: Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning, Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses,[2][3] and Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Dederer was raised in Seattle, where she was born in 1967. She was a film critic at the Seattle Weekly before turning to freelance journalism.[4] She has taught writing at her alma mater ('93), the University of Washington.[5] She has two adult children with her ex-husband. She lives on a boat in Seattle.[6]
Dederer has written book reviews and articles for The New York Times[7][8] and other publications.[9][10] Her memoir, Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning, was published in 2017.[11]
Her brother, Dave Dederer, is a guitarist and singer, best known as a member of the band The Presidents of the United States of America.[11]
Dederer currently teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at Pacific University.[12]
Bibliography
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Books
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Essays
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Book reviews
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References
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- ^ "A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga", Janet Maslin, The New York Times, December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Chasing Virtue", Dani Shapiro, The New York Times, December 24, 2010.
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- ^ "Specimens of Suburbia", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, December 28, 2003.
- ^ "Fiction: The War at Home", Claire Dederer, The New York Times, November 7, 2004.
- ^ Claire Dederer's articles on Slate.com, accessed September 9, 2014.
- ^ Claire Dederer at The Atlantic, accessed September 9, 2014.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- The Official Website of Claire Dederer
- Can You Love the Art of a Person You Loathe? KQED, Apr 25, 2023
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- 1967 births
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American essayists
- American film critics
- American women film critics
- American women essayists
- American women memoirists
- Living people
- The Atlantic (magazine) people
- Writers from Seattle
- University of Washington alumni
- University of Washington faculty
- American non-fiction writer stubs