Anya Kamenetz
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Anya Kamenetz is an American
writer living in Brooklyn, New York City
. She is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine
and a columnist for Tribune Media . During 2005 she wrote a column for The Village Voice
called "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young". Her first book, Generation Debt, was published by Riverhead Books in February 2006. Her writing has also appeared in New York Magazine, The New York Times
, The Washington Post
, Salon
, The Nation
, the The Forward
newspaper, and Vegetarian Times
.
In 2009 Kamenetz wrote a column called "How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education" and in 2010 a book on the subject titled DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. In 2010 she was named a Game Changer in Education by the Huffington Post.
She is the daughter of Rodger Kamenetz
, author of The Jew in the Lotus
and other books on spirituality, and Moira Crone
, fiction writer and author of Dream State and A Period of Confinement. Kamenetz grew up in Baton Rouge and New Orleans
and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School
and Yale College
in 2002.
Some critics of Generation Debt have held that Kamenetz is not critical enough of her own perspective. A writer at Slate
wrote, "it's not that the author misdiagnose[s] ills that affect our society. It's just that [she] lack[s] the perspective to add any great insight."
United States
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writer living in Brooklyn, New York City
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. She is a staff writer for Fast Company magazine
Fast Company (magazine)
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and a columnist for Tribune Media . During 2005 she wrote a column for The Village Voice
The Village Voice
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called "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young". Her first book, Generation Debt, was published by Riverhead Books in February 2006. Her writing has also appeared in New York Magazine, The New York Times
The New York Times
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, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
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, Salon
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, The Nation
The Nation
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, the The Forward
The Forward
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newspaper, and Vegetarian Times
Vegetarian Times
Vegetarian Times is a monthly magazine published nine times a year by Cruz Bay Publishing, Inc. The magazine's audience consists of vegetarians and "flexitarians" who are focused on a healthy lifestyle. Vegetarian Times promotes an eco-friendly lifestyle with recipes, wellness information, cooking...
.
In 2009 Kamenetz wrote a column called "How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education" and in 2010 a book on the subject titled DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. In 2010 she was named a Game Changer in Education by the Huffington Post.
She is the daughter of Rodger Kamenetz
Rodger Kamenetz
Rodger Kamenetz is an American poet and author. He was born in Baltimore and educated at Yale, Stanford and Johns Hopkins University...
, author of The Jew in the Lotus
The Jew in the Lotus
The Jew in the Lotus is a best-selling book by Rodger Kamenetz. It is an account of an historic dialogue between rabbis and the Dalai Lama, the first recorded major dialogue between experts in Judaism and Buddhism. The book was the first to introduce the expression "JUBU" for Jewish-Buddhist to a...
and other books on spirituality, and Moira Crone
Moira Crone
Moira Crone is an American fiction author. She was born in the tobacco country in eastern North Carolina. She is the author of three collections of short fiction and a novel....
, fiction writer and author of Dream State and A Period of Confinement. Kamenetz grew up in Baton Rouge and New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
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and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School
Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Benjamin Franklin High School is a public magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin", this school should not be confused with Franklin High School in Franklin, Louisiana. Ben Franklin was founded in 1957 as a school for gifted children...
and Yale College
Yale College
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in 2002.
Reviews of Generation Debt
Generation Debt argues that student loans, credit card debt, the changing job market, and fiscal irresponsibility imperil the future economic prospects of the current generation, which is the first American generation not to do better financially than their parents.Some critics of Generation Debt have held that Kamenetz is not critical enough of her own perspective. A writer at Slate
Slate (magazine)
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wrote, "it's not that the author misdiagnose[s] ills that affect our society. It's just that [she] lack[s] the perspective to add any great insight."