Mishna Wolff

Mishna Wolff

Mishna Wolff is an American writer and humorist.

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Biography

Wolff grew up in Seattle, Washington. When her parents divorced she found herself a white girl in a black neighborhood with a white father who expected her to integrate into the black community the way he had. She later wrote about these experiences in her memoir, "I'm Down." Wolff was married to comic Marc Maron, and their divorce was the subject of Marc Maron's one man show Scorched Earth. Her marriage to Maron is a frequent topic in Maron's stand-up, podcasts, and one-man shows. Wolff is married to Jeremy Doner. They have one child. Her mother-in-law is the sculptor Michele Oka Doner.

Career

After having a humorous piece published in BlackBook Magazine, Wolff began performing on stage at Luna Lounge and the Upright Citizens Brigade. There she honed her comedic skills and performed personal essays in the LA storytelling series, "Sit 'n Spin". She has been featured on VH1, Comedy Central, Air America and NPR. Her one-person show "I’m Down” was the basis of her memoir of the same name.[1] Mishna Wolff was one of the 2009 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Fellows.[2]

I'm Down

Published by St. Martin's Press in 2009, I'm Down was a national best seller and is now taught in schools across the country.

In 2011, KCBD of Lubbock Texas ran a story about "I'm Down" being littered with profanity and inappropriate for Lubbock County English students.[3] The book was removed from classrooms pending formal school district review. The school board voted unanimously to continue teaching it. One of the principals even assigned it to all his administrators.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Author Mishna Wolff Speaker Bio - Find Academic Interest, Humor, Outside the Box, Culture & Society Motivational Speaker". Macmillanspeakers.com. http://www.macmillanspeakers.com/mishnawolff. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  2. ^ "Mishna Wolff". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-06-08. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mishna-wolff. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  3. ^ Stegall, Amber. "LISD 9th grade reading assignment littered with profanity - KCBD, NewsChannel 11 Lubbock". Kcbd.com. http://www.kcbd.com/story/13599527/9th-grade-reading-assignment-includes-profanity-and?redirected=true. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  4. ^ "I'm Down the Book". Mishnawolff.com. http://www.mishnawolff.com/htmlver/info.php?num=1. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 

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