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Kay S. Hymowitz.

Kay S. Hymowitz is the William E. Simon fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She writes extensively on education and childhood in America.

Hymowitz is the author of the new book Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age, a compilation of some of her previously published City Journal essays. She examines the breakdown of marriage in the United States and how it threatens the nation's future. The book begins with the proposition that American marriage is designed to further "The Mission"—the shaping of children into self-reliant citizens and workers. Alarmingly, while the children of married parents tend to become married parents themselves eventually, the children of single parents tend not to, fueling a vicious cycle that, Ms. Hymowitz argues, has engendered "two Americas": one marriage-minded, one not; one economically successful, the other perpetually struggling. This is of particular concern to the African American community, in which married parents are increasingly rare. Her previous book, Liberation's Children: Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age, was widely praised.

Ms. Hymowitz has also written for many major publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, New York Newsday, The Public Interest, Commentary, Dissent, and Tikkun.

In addition to her writing, Hymowitz has presented her work at a number of conferences. She spoke about teenagers, marriage, and the media at an event held by the Institute for American Values and helped find common ground between liberals and conservatives at a conference co-sponsored by The Washington Monthly and the Manhattan Institute. She has also discussed her work on numerous radio and television programs.

A native of Philadelphia, Hymowitz received a B.A. magna cum laude with honors in English and American literature from Brandeis University, an M.A. in English literature from Tufts University, and a Masters of Philosophy from Columbia University. Before becoming a full-time freelance writer, she taught English literature and composition at Brooklyn College and Parsons School of Design.

Kay S. Hymowitz lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.

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