Doreen St. Félix

Doreen St. Félix
Born	1992 (age 32–33)
Occupation	Writer

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 Commentary in 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.[12]

Bibliography

Essays and reporting

• "Ratology". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Experts. The New Yorker. 91 (37): 36, 38. November 23, 2015.
• "Hot messes : 'The Flight Attendant,' on HBO Max, and 'Bridgerton,' on Netflix". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 96 (43): 84–85. January 4–11, 2021.[a]
• "Children's hour : 'Waffles + Mochi' and 'City of Ghosts,' on Netflix". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 68–69. April 5, 2021.[b]
• "Fallout : 'NYC Epicenters 9/11 → 2021 1/2'". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (28): 78–79. September 13, 2021.[c]
• "Terra nova : 'Reservation Dogs,' on FX on Hulu; 'Only Murders in the Building,' on Hulu". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 88–89. September 27, 2021.[d]

Columns from newyorker.com

• "Amnesty in Brooklyn". The New Yorker. July 27, 2015.
• "Trump's fixation on Haiti, and the abiding fear of black self-determination". The New Yorker. January 12, 2018.
• "The magical thinking of 'the Goop Lab'". The New Yorker. February 3, 2020.
• "The embarrassment of Democrats wearing kente-cloth stoles". On and Off the Avenue. The New Yorker. June 9, 2020.

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Bibliography notes

1. Online version is titled "A hot mess caught in a caper in 'The Flight Attendant'".
2. Online version is titled "Michelle Obama's lesson to kids : you are what you watch".
3. Online version is titled "The messy introspection of Spike Lee's 'NYC Epicenters'".
4. Online version is titled "'Reservation Dogs' is a near-perfect study of dispossession".

References

1. "Doreen St. Félix – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso". July 30, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017. (At 8:58) FRAGOSO: "The Wikipedia says 1993 [as your birth year]." ST. FÉLIX: "Oh, that's wrong. I'm 25."
2. Gore, Sydney (February 18, 2016). "Writer Doreen St. Félix Is Voicing Issues That Matter". NYLON.
3. "Alumnae Writers' Forum, Writing Diversity Lecture Series 2016–17 | English Department". www.brown.edu. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
4. St. Félix, Doreen (March 21, 2016). "Drake's Very Own: On Dennis Graham's Instagram". The New York Times Magazine.
5. St. Félix, Doreen (April 1, 2015). "The Prosperity Gospel of Rihanna | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
6. Lewis, Hilary (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham Launching Feminist Newsletter". The Hollywood Reporter.
7. St. Félix, Doreen (July 27, 2015). "Amnesty in Brooklyn". The New Yorker.
8. Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (January 19, 2017). "American Society of Magazine Editors Announces Finalists for 2017 Awards". WWD. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
9. Inverso, Emily (January 4, 2016). "Doreen St. Félix, 23 - In Photos: 2016 30 Under 30: Media". Forbes.
10. Hazard Owen, Laura (March 2, 2016). "Lena Dunham's Lenny Letter has grown to 400,000 subscribers with a 65 percent open rate". Neiman Journalism Lab.
11. Iseman, Courtney (March 28, 2015). "New Gen Activist Doreen St. Félix on Scandal and Beyoncé". i-D. Vice. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
12. "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. March 1, 2016.
13. Blay, Zeba (December 16, 2015). "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015". The Huffington Post.
14. Macleod, Erin (February 9, 2016). "Anti-Everything: The Culture Of Resistance Behind Rihanna's Latest Album". NPR.
15. Song, Sandra (July 14, 2015). "Lena Dunham's 'Lenny' Newsletter Looks To Be a Step Toward a More Inclusive Feminism". Paper Magazine.
16. Steinberg, Brian (April 20, 2016). "MTV News Launches Podcast Slate, Will 'Power' mtvU". Variety.

External links

• Doreen St. Félix on Twitter
• Interview with Doreen St. Félix on the For Colored Nerds podcast (July 30, 2016)
• Interview with Doreen St. Félix on the Call Your Girlfriend podcast (September 23, 2016)
• Interview with Doreen St. Félix on the Longform podcast (October 26, 2016)
• Interview with Doreen St. Félix on the Talk Easy podcast (July 30, 2017)