Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Letty Cottin Pogrebin is a writer, activist, and national lecturer.

A founding editor and writer for Ms. magazine, Pogrebin is also the author of numerous books, including the novel, Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate, the memoirs Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America and Getting Over Getting Older, the novel Three Daughters, and the groundbreaking How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick. She is also the editor of the anthology Stories for Free Children and consulting editor on Marlo Thomas's Free to Be . . . You and Me.

Pogrebin's articles, op-eds, and columns have been published in a wide variety of print and online publications, including the New York Times, Time, The Nation, Ms., Huffington Post, Harpers Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, Moment, and the Forward.