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Zan Romanoff

location-pin Los Angeles, California

School: Yale University

Expertise: books

Zan Romanoff

  • Reviewed books for the Los Angeles Times
  • Appeared on podcasts including NPR's Weekend Edition and Vox's Today, Explained
  • Published online and in print for BuzzFeed, the Los Angeles Times, LitHub, the Paris Review and the Washington Post

Experience

Zan writes about books for Reader's Digest and is the author of three young adult novels, most recently Look, which O: The Oprah Magazine called "an LGBTQ novel that will change the literary landscape." Her nonfiction has appeared online and in print for BuzzFeed, the Los Angeles Times, LitHub, Paris Review and Washington Post, among other outlets.

Education

Yale University BA, Literature

Articles

TikTok Sensation Whitney Hanson on Home and the Healing Power of Poetry

The viral TikTok poet talks to us about writing poetry as a coping mechanism, finding freedom in her work and her new book, Home

You Can Now Listen to 300,000+ Audiobooks on Spotify—Here’s How

Will the streaming giant overtake Audible as the go-to resource for audiobooks?

Ibram X. Kendi on His New Book and Why Kids Today Need the Kinds of Books Being Banned

The MacArthur Genius Grant winner on teaching children about anti-racism, fighting book bans and introducing young children to classic Black literature