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. She was the

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of ''

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'' from 2016-2017. Prior to that she worked as a correspondent for ''

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''.

Life

Corbett studied at the

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and the

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. Her 2016 book, ''You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin'', won the

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Selected works

Books

Essays and reporting

* *Corbett, Rachel (October 18, 2018)
"The Culture Wars of Car Racing."
''The New York Times Magazine''. *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''. *Corbett, Rachel (August 23, 2023)

How a widow’s legal fight against the Wildenstein family of France has threatened their storied collection — and revealed the underbelly of the global art market. The ''New York Times Magazine''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Rachel 1984 births Living people American art historians American magazine editors American women journalists Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni The New Yorker people University of Iowa alumni American women magazine editors American women art historians 21st-century American women