Amy Wilentz | |
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Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Notable works | Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti, I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger |
Notable awards | National Book Critics Circle Award (autobiography) 2013 Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti |
Spouse | Nicholas Goldberg |
Relatives | David T. Wilentz (grandfather) |
Amy Wilentz is an American journalist and writer. She is a professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where she teaches Literary Journalism.[1] Wilentz received a 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir, Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti, as well as a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in General Nonfiction.[2][3] Wilentz is The New Yorker's former Jerusalem correspondent and is a contributing editor at The Nation.[4]