Joanna Rakoff

Joanna Rakoff is a poet and the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir My Salinger Year . She was the recipient of the Goldberg Prize for Fiction and the Elle Readers' Prize. As a journalist and critic, she has written for the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , Vogue , Time Out and O: The Oprah Magazine . The BBC produced a radio documentary following her as she tracked down the writer of her favourite Salinger fan letter. She has degrees from Columbia University, University College...See more

Joanna Rakoff is a poet and the author of the critically-acclaimed memoir My Salinger Year . She was the recipient of the Goldberg Prize for Fiction and the Elle Readers' Prize. As a journalist and critic, she has written for the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , Vogue , Time Out and O: The Oprah Magazine . The BBC produced a radio documentary following her as she tracked down the writer of her favourite Salinger fan letter. She has degrees from Columbia University, University College London and Oberlin College. Joanna Rakoff lives in Cambridge, MA. www.joannarakoff.com @jrakoff See less