Doreen St. Félix Explained
Doreen St. Félix (born 1992)[1] is a Haitian-American writer. She is a staff writer for The New Yorker and was formerly editor-at-large for Lenny Letter, a newsletter from Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner.
Early life
St. Félix attended Brown University, where she edited the weekly newspaper, The College Hill Independent.[2] She graduated in 2014.[3]
Career
St. Félix has written for The New York Times Magazine[4] and Pitchfork,[5] as well as serving as an editor for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's newsletter, Lenny Letter.[6] St. Félix now writes for The New Yorker.[7]
Critical reception and honors
St. Félix won a National Magazine Award in Columns and Commentaryin 2019. She was a finalist in the same category in 2017 for her writing at MTV News.[8] In 2016, Forbes Magazine named St. Félix to its 30 Under 30 list,[9] citing her work on the Lenny Letter launch, with the newsletter reaching 400,000 subscribers in under six months.[10] i-D called her "a guiding voice in the worlds of writing, art and activism."[11] Brooklyn Magazine named St. Félix to its 2016 list of the "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," calling her Pitchfork essay on Rihanna "definitive."[12] The Huffington Post named the same essay to its list of "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015",[13] NPR called it "excellent"[14] and Paper Magazine described it as "the best damn thing ever written re. Rihanna."[15]
Other projects
St. Félix co-hosted a podcast at MTV News with Ira Madison III called Speed Dial with Ira and Doreen, focused on music, pop culture, sex and race.[16]
Personal life
St. Félix lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Bibliography
Essays and reporting
Columns from newyorker.com
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Notes and References
- Web site: Doreen St. Félix – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso. July 30, 2017. August 7, 2017. (At 8:58) FRAGOSO: "The Wikipedia says 1993 [as your birth year]." ST. FÉLIX: "Oh, that's wrong. I'm 25.".
- Web site: Writer Doreen St. Félix Is Voicing Issues That Matter. Gore. Sydney. February 18, 2016. NYLON.
- Web site: Alumnae Writers' Forum, Writing Diversity Lecture Series 2016–17 English Department. www.brown.edu. en. January 17, 2018. January 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010747/https://www.brown.edu/academics/english/events/alumnae-writers-forum-writing-diversity-lecture-series-2016-17. dead.
- Web site: St. Félix. Doreen. Drake's Very Own: On Dennis Graham's Instagram. The New York Times Magazine. March 21, 2016.
- Web site: St. Félix. Doreen. The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna Pitchfork. Pitchfork. April 1, 2015.
- Web site: Lena Dunham Launching Feminist Newsletter. Lewis. Hilary. July 14, 2015. The Hollywood Reporter.
- Amnesty in Brooklyn. St. Félix. Doreen. July 27, 2015 . The New Yorker.
- News: American Society of Magazine Editors Announces Finalists for 2017 Awards. Bloomgarden-Smoke. Kara. January 19, 2017. WWD. January 14, 2018. en-US.
- Web site: Inverso. Emily. Doreen St. Félix, 23 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media. Forbes.
- Web site: Hazard Owen. Laura. Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter has grown to 400,000 subscribers with a 65 percent open rate. Neiman Journalism Lab. March 2, 2016.
- Web site: New Gen Activist Doreen St. Félix on Scandal and Beyoncé. Iseman. Courtney. March 28, 2015. i-D. Vice. January 14, 2018.
- Web site: The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture. Brooklyn Magazine. March 1, 2016.
- Web site: Blay. Zeba. The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015. The Huffington Post. December 16, 2015.
- Web site: Macleod. Erin. Anti-Everything: The Culture Of Resistance Behind Rihanna's Latest Album. NPR. February 9, 2016.
- Web site: Song. Sandra. Lena Dunham's 'Lenny' Newsletter Looks To Be a Step Toward a More Inclusive Feminism. Paper Magazine. July 14, 2015.
- Web site: Steinberg. Brian. MTV News Launches Podcast Slate, Will 'Power' mtvU. Variety. April 20, 2016.
- Online version is titled "A hot mess caught in a caper in 'The Flight Attendant'".
- Online version is titled "Michelle Obama's lesson to kids : you are what you watch".
- Online version is titled "The messy introspection of Spike Lee's 'NYC Epicenters'".
- Online version is titled "'Reservation Dogs' is a near-perfect study of dispossession".