Rachel Corbett (born 1984) is an American author and journalist. She is the author of the book You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, published by W.W. Norton in 2016.[1] She was the executive editor of Modern Painters from 2016-2017.[2] Prior to that she worked as a correspondent for The Art Newspaper.[3]

Rachel Corbett
Rachel Corbett in 2016
Born	April 18, 1984 Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist
Alma mater	Columbia University University of Iowa
Genre	Non-fiction
Notable awards	Marfield Prize

Life

Corbett studied at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Iowa.[4] Her 2016 book, You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, won the Marfield Prize.[5]

Selected works

Books

• Corbett, Rachel (2016). You must change your life : the story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin. New York: W. W. Norton.

Essays and reporting

• Corbett, Rachel (July 3, 2017). "Gottschee question". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Dirndls. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 20–21.[6]
• Corbett, Rachel (October 18, 2018). "The Culture Wars of Car Racing." The New York Times Magazine.[7]
• Corbett, Rachel (October, 2019). "Medicaid's Dark Secret: For many participants, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans isn’t free. It’s a loan. And the government expects to be repaid." The Atlantic.

References

External links

External audio
Rachel Corbett, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series

• Official website