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Rachel Corbett (art journalist)

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Rachel Corbett
Rachel Corbett in 2016
Rachel Corbett in 2016
BornApril 18, 1984
Iowa, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Alma mater
GenreNon-fiction
Notable awardsMarfield Prize

Rachel Corbett (born 1984) is an American author and journalist. She is the author of the book You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, published by W.W. Norton in 2016.[1] She was the executive editor of Modern Painters from 2016-2017.[2] Prior to that she worked as a correspondent for The Art Newspaper.[3]

Life[edit]

Corbett studied at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Iowa.[4] Her 2016 book, You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, won the Marfield Prize.[5]

Selected works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Corbett, Rachel (2016). You must change your life : the story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin. New York: W. W. Norton.

Essays and reporting[edit]

  • Corbett, Rachel (July 3, 2017). "Gottschee question". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Dirndls. The New Yorker. Vol. 93, no. 19. pp. 20–21.[6]
  • Corbett, Rachel (October 18, 2018). "The Culture Wars of Car Racing." The New York Times Magazine.[7]
  • Corbett, Rachel (October, 2019). "Medicaid's Dark Secret: For many participants, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans isn’t free. It’s a loan. And the government expects to be repaid." The Atlantic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "You Must Change Your Life | W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. ^ Freeman, Nate (2016-03-24). "Modern Painters Names New Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. ^ Freeman, Nate (24 March 2016). "Modern Painters Names New Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor". Art News. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ "About". rachel-corbett.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ^ Cascone, Sarah (20 March 2017). "Rachel Corbett Wins $10,000 Marfield Prize for Arts Writing". Artnet. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ^ Online version is titled "Is Melania Trump a Gottscheer?".
  7. ^ Corbett, Rachel (2018-10-18). "The Culture Wars of Car Racing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-30.

External links[edit]

External audio
audio icon Rachel Corbett, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series