Robin Pogrebin (pron. ro-bin POG-re-bin, born May 17, 1965) has been a reporter for ''

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'' since 1995, where she covers cultural institutions, the art world, architecture, and other subjects.

Biography

Pogrebin was born to a

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family, the daughter of writer

Letty Cottin Pogrebin Letty Cottin Pogrebin (born June 9, 1939) is an American author, journalist, lecturer, and social activist. She is a founding editor of ''Ms.'' magazine, the author of twelve books, and was an editorial consultant for the TV special '' Free to B ...

and Bert Pogrebin, a management-side labor lawyer."Weddings; Edward Klaris and Robin Pogrebin"
New York Times, January 17, 1993. She is the identical twin sister of Abigail Pogrebin, also a writer. She is a graduate of

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. At the ''Times'', Pogrebin previously covered the media for the business desk and city news for the metro desk. She was also previously an associate producer for

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' documentary unit at

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, where she covered stories on subjects such as

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and

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. Before that, she spent three years as a staff reporter for the ''

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'', covering a range of subjects including city government, law and the restaurant business. Pogrebin's articles also run regularly in the ''

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'' and she has occasionally written freelance pieces for publications such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Departures''. Pogrebin is also the author, with Kate Kelly, of ''The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,'' a book about allegations from Kavanaugh's 2018 Supreme Court nomination hearings with a publishing date in September 2019 from Portfolio Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Before publication, the ''Times'' published a widely criticized essay adapted from the book that primarily addressed accusations about an incident with Deborah Ramirez and another incident alleged by Max Stier, both of which occurred at Yale. Before Kavanaugh's confirmation in October, 2018, Pogrebin, who was a classmate of Kavanaugh at Yale, and Kelly, also at the ''Times'', were featured in a podcast about what the then-judge's classmates were saying concerning his nomination to the

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. Barbaro, Michael (host)
"Kavanaugh's classmates speak out" (27:03 min. audio)
New York Times, October 2, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

Personal life

In 1993, she married attorney Edward J. Klaris in a

ceremony in

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. They separated in 2022.

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Biography

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Personal life

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