Jennifer Michael Hecht
Poet, historian and philosopher
Jennifer Michael Hecht is an American poet, historian and philosopher who has also taught history. Her books include Doubt: A History.
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American Born 1965 in Glen Cove, United States
About Jennifer Michael Hecht
Hecht holds a doctorate from Columbia University, with a focus on the history of science and on European cultural history. She taught history at Nassau Community College from 1994 to 2007 and later taught at The New School. Her output includes four history and philosophy titles and three poetry collections. Among them are The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong and Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker and Poetry Magazine, and she has written essays and reviews for The New York Times and The Washington Post. In 2010 she helped judge the nonfiction category of the National Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.