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Jenna Marotta
Jenna Marotta
Books Editor
Jenna Marotta has written for New York magazine's Daily Intel, Grub Street and Vulture blogs as well as The Daily Beast, The Onion's A.V. Club, Jezebel.com, Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago and Chicago magazine. She has spoken at DePaul University and taught a song parody writing workshop at 826CHI. A former Saturday Night Live intern, she studied improvisation and sketch-comedy writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and iO Chicago. She splits her time between the two cities.
Jenna Marotta
Jenna Marotta does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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Books | Mind reader
A review of Ticked: A Medical Miracle, a Friendship, and the Weird World of Tourette Syndrome, by James A. Fussell and Jeff P. Matovic
May 10, 2013 3:00am |
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Books | Who used to be a millionaire?
A review of What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, by Jim Paul and Brendan Moynihan.
2 | April 26, 2013 4:28am |
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Books | A bug's life
A review of The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle, by Bernhard Rieger
3 | April 12, 2013 2:00am |
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Books | Footloose
A review of Barefoot Walking: Free Your Feet to Minimize Impact, Maximize Efficiency, and Discover the Pleasure of Getting in Touch with the Earth, by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
2 | March 29, 2013 3:00am |
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Books | Power points
A review of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
March 15, 2013 3:00am |
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Books | Freeze frame
A review of Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man, by Mark Kurlansky
1 | March 1, 2013 3:00am |
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Books | Parental lament
A review of What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster, by Jonathan V. Last
13 | February 15, 2013 3:00am |
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Books | Into the woods
A review of Tree Houses: Fairy Tale Castles in the Air, by Philip Jodidio
2 | February 1, 2013 3:29am |
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Books | Whistleblowers
A review of Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, by Sam Roberts
1 | January 18, 2013 3:01am |
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Books | Nuclear reacting
A review of Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons, by Ward Wilson.
26 | January 3, 2013 11:52pm |
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Books | Tap dance
A review of Drinking Water: A History, by James Salzman.
4 | December 21, 2012 6:10am |
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Books | Business casual
A review of Etsy-preneurship: Everything You Need to Know to Turn Your Handmade Hobby into a Thriving Business, by Jason Malinak.
1 | December 7, 2012 5:48am |
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Books | Stage left
A review of author Jordan Matter's Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday, a photography book merging pirouettes and pavement.
November 23, 2012 4:13am |
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Books | Fair enough
A review of Against Fairness, by Stephen T. Asma.
9 | November 9, 2012 4:20am |
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Books | Picture book
A review of Instant: The Story of Polaroid, by Christopher Bonanos.
October 26, 2012 2:30am |
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Books | A dining room of one's own
A review of food writer Nicholas Lander's The Art of the Restaurateur.
October 12, 2012 5:15am |
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Books | Warehouse
A review of author Chris Ware's new book Building Stories, a graphic novel about the inhabitants of a three-story Chicago apartment building.
September 28, 2012 1:51am |
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Books | Copycats
A review of The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation, by Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman
1 | September 14, 2012 2:05am |
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Books | Night owls
A review of David K. Randall's Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
1 | August 30, 2012 11:51pm |
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Books | Flavor extracts
A review of The Tasti D-Lite Way: Social Media Marketing Lessons for Building Loyalty and a Brand Customers Crave
August 17, 2012 3:28am |