Janna Malamud Smith
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Janna Malamud Smith is a non-fiction author of three books. She was born in Corvallis, Oregon
in 1952, the second of two children born to Ann DeChiara Malamud and the writer Bernard Malamud
. She grew up in Oregon, then in Bennington, Vermont, and Cambridge, Massachusetts
. She received her A.B. from Harvard University
in 1973, majoring in American History and Literature, and an M.S.W. in 1979 from Smith College
. She practices and teaches psychotherapy in the Boston area. She is married to David Smith, and the mother of two sons.
Smith has lectured widely, and has published nationally and internationally in many newspapers, magazines and journals. She is the author of three books. The first two, Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life (1997) and A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear (2003) were both chosen as “Notable Books” by The New York Times Sunday Book Review. Her third, My Father is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud (2006) received a “starred” review from Publisher’s Weekly, was selected as a Washington Post “Best Book of the Year”, and a New York Times “Editors’ Choice”. Smith has had essays republished in Best American Essays in 2004 and 2009. She is a Lecturer in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and on the editorial board of The Harvard Mental Health Letter. As well as teaching about psychotherapy, she teaches workshops in aspects of non-fiction writing.
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462....
in 1952, the second of two children born to Ann DeChiara Malamud and the writer Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford...
. She grew up in Oregon, then in Bennington, Vermont, and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
. She received her A.B. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1973, majoring in American History and Literature, and an M.S.W. in 1979 from Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
. She practices and teaches psychotherapy in the Boston area. She is married to David Smith, and the mother of two sons.
Smith has lectured widely, and has published nationally and internationally in many newspapers, magazines and journals. She is the author of three books. The first two, Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life (1997) and A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear (2003) were both chosen as “Notable Books” by The New York Times Sunday Book Review. Her third, My Father is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud (2006) received a “starred” review from Publisher’s Weekly, was selected as a Washington Post “Best Book of the Year”, and a New York Times “Editors’ Choice”. Smith has had essays republished in Best American Essays in 2004 and 2009. She is a Lecturer in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and on the editorial board of The Harvard Mental Health Letter. As well as teaching about psychotherapy, she teaches workshops in aspects of non-fiction writing.
Books
- Smith, Janna Malamud (1997). Private Matters: In defense of the personal life. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison Wesley. . ISBN 0201409739
- Smith, Janna Malamud (2003). A Potent Spell: Mother love and the power of fear. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618063498
- Smith, Janna Malamud (2004). Private Matters: In defense of the personal life. Updated edition with new preface, and new chapter “Privacy Post-9/11.” Seal Press. paperback. ISBN 1580051073
- Smith, Janna Malamud (2006). My Father is a book: a memoir of Bernard Malamud. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618691669