Education
She also attended Columbia University"s graduate program in English literature.
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Daphne Merkin
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Career
Merkin is a graduate of Barnard College. She began her career as a book critic for Commentary magazine, The New Republic, and The New Leader, where she wrote a book column and later, a movie column. In 1986, she became an editor with the publishing house of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
In 1997, after Tina Brown became editor of The New Yorker, Merkin became a film critic for the magazine.
She also wrote extensively on books and became known for her frank forays into autobiography. Her personal essays dealt with subjects ranging from her battle with depression, to her predilection for spanking, to the unacknowledged complexities of growing up rich on Park Avenue.
In 2005, she joined The New York Times Magazine as a contributing writer Her father was the philanthropist Hermann Merkin.
Her brother is J. Ezra Merkin, a hedge fund manager and philanthropist who was embroiled in the Bernard Madoff scandal.
She also is a contributing editor to Tablet Magazine.
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