Daniel M. Lavery
Daniel M. Lavery | |
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Krombopulos Michael | |
Spouse | Grace Lavery |
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Daniel M. Lavery
Early life
Born Mallory Ortberg, Lavery grew up in northern Illinois and then San Francisco,
Writing
Influences
Lavery has credited the work of Shirley Jackson and her novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle, in particular, and John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress as influential.[13]
Career overview
Lavery wrote for
He was included in the 2015 Forbes "30 under 30" list in the media category.[17] On November 9, 2015, Slate announced he would take over the magazine's "Dear Prudence" advice column from Emily Yoffe.[18] He stopped writing the column in May 2021.[19]
In 2017, he launched Shatner Chatner, a paid e-mail newsletter on Substack.[5][6] On May 19, 2021, Lavery accepted a Substack Pro deal and shortened the newsletter's name to The Chatner.[7]
Books
Texts from Jane Eyre
Lavery's first book, Texts from Jane Eyre, was released in November 2014
Rick and Morty Presents: Krombopulos Michael
Lavery's first comic
The Merry Spinster
A short story collection, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror (Henry Holt, 2018), appeared in 2018.[25][26] The book, his second release, was highly anticipated, with Publishers Weekly, Bustle, The A.V. Club and InStyle Australia included in their lists of forthcoming titles in 2018.[27][28][29][30] The Merry Spinster reinvents fairy tales such as Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast; in the Los Angeles Times, Agatha French described his renderings as making the "stories both weirder and yet somehow more familiar".[13]
Something That May Shock and Discredit You
Lavery's third book, a memoir entitled Something That May Shock and Discredit You, was published in February 2020 by Simon & Schuster.[31] It was originally published as individual essays.[32]
Personal life
Lavery identifies as
In November 2018, he and his girlfriend Grace Lavery, an associate professor of English at U.C. Berkeley[35][36] and "the most followed transgender scholar in the world on social media" including Twitter and Instagram,[37] announced their intention to marry.[38] They were married on December 22, 2019.[39][40]
References
- ^ Chatner, The Shatner. "A Halloween Compendium From The DMO-L Archives". www.shatnerchatner.com.
- ^ @evilmallelis (March 12, 2018). "ok @CharoShane and I talked about breakfast and it was very exciting to 1. talk about breakfast and 2. bust out a sneak preview of the new name & shiny pronouns". Twitter. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Ortberg, Mallory. "Have You Heard the One About the Religious Woman Who Stops Being Religious in College?". Gawker. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ @evilmallelis (November 28, 2017). "IT IS MY THIRTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY AND I AM HAPPY". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Guthrie Weissman, Cale (December 1, 2017). "The Toast's Mallory Ortberg Is Bringing Her Beloved Content Back–For A Price". Fast Company. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Benton, Joshua (December 1, 2017). "Stratechery, but for jokes about Frasier: Mallory Ortberg tries the paid newsletter route". Nieman Lab. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Lavery, Daniel. "Pivoting, Softly: Welcome To The Chatner". The Chatner. Substack. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c Scoles, Sarah (June 13, 2017). "Mallory Ortberg's Internet". Motherboard. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ Anugrah, Kumar (May 13, 2013). "Motherhood a 'Two-way Street' Former Willow Creek Pastor Shares". The Christian Post. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ "The Art of Commerce: Episode XXX: 'I wouldn't want to reassure my past self. "Keep panicking".'". 0s&1s. September 29, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "J! Archive - Show #5816, aired 2009-12-21". www.j-archive.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ "J! Archive - Mallory Ortberg". www.j-archive.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- ^ a b French, Agatha (March 8, 2018). "Mallory Ortberg on the remixed fairy tales of her new book 'The Merry Spinster'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Galo, Sarah (November 3, 2014). "Mallory Ortberg: 'If men show up that's great, but we don't need them'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Kott, Lidia Jean (November 3, 2014). "Mallory Ortberg And Her (Small) Media Empire". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Lange, Maggie (October 30, 2014). "Mallory Ortberg on the Great Jerks of Literature". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ "2015 30 under 30: Media". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Ulaby, Neda (November 10, 2014). "If Literature's Great Characters Could Text, They'd Charm Your Pantalets Off". NPR. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Busis, Hillary. "Breaking Big: Mallory Ortberg, author of 'Texts from Jane Eyre'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ "Best Sellers, December 2014". New York Times. December 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ^ Cohen, Rebecca (November 8, 2014). "If Scarlett O'Hara could sext". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ Davison, Joshua (June 19, 2018). "Advance Review: Rick and Morty Presents #2 Krombopulos Michael – Far More Endearing than Expected". Inverse. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Kirkus Star THE MERRY SPINSTER by Mallory Ortberg". Kirkus Reviews. November 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg. Holt, $17 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-250-11342-9". Publishers Weekly. November 20, 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2018". Publishers Weekly. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Ragsdale, Melissa. "12 Books Every Harry Potter Fan NEEDS To Read In 2018". Bustle. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ PenzeyMoog, Caitlin; Adamczyk, Laura (January 4, 2018). "The 10 books we can't wait to read in 2018". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Burke, Tina (March 2018). "8 Books You Absolutely Have To Read This Month". InStyle Australia. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Canfield, David (July 2, 2019). "Exclusive preview: Daniel Mallory Ortberg returns with new memoir-in-essays". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ Grady, Constance (February 21, 2020). "No writer does "weirdly specific yet relatable" better than Daniel Mallory Ortberg". Vox. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "Mal Ortberg's Creepy New Book is Coming Out and Mal Is Too". Autostraddle. February 28, 2018. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Havrilesky, Heather (March 13, 2018). "'Mallory Is Not Gone': Daniel Mallory Ortberg on Coming Out As Trans". The Cut. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- ^ "UC Berkeley Department of English". english.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ Lavery, Grace. "this transsexual got tenure, baby!!!". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Chandler, Mark (November 6, 2020). "Daunt wins four-way battle for Lavery memoir". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Ortberg, Daniel (November 29, 2018). "i'm terribly happy and my pants are muddy - the road to yosemite was flooded so i proposed by the side of the road. she's my best girl". @danielortberg. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "Daniel M. Lavery on Instagram: "married Grace so tired so good photo by @christina_gracet"". Instagram. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Christina (January 16, 2020). "Grace Lavery and Daniel M. Lavery's Wedding Photos Are Pure Queer Joy". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2020.