Kate Bolick is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. Her first book, the best-selling Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. A contributing editor for The Atlantic, Bolick is also a freelance writer for The New York Times, Slate, and Vogue, among other publications, and host of “Touchstones at The Mount,” an annual interview series at Edith Wharton’s country estate, in Lenox, MA. Previously, she was executive editor of Domino, and a columnist for The Boston Globe's Ideas Section. She teaches writing at New York University, in both the Cultural Reporting & Criticism M.A. program and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Bolick speaks frequently at colleges and conferences, and has appeared on “The Today Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” CNN, MSNBC, and numerous NPR programs across the country.
Kate Bolick
Studios
MacDowell
Kate Bolick worked in the MacDowell studio.
Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s when the program began welcoming…