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Gerald Jonas is an American freelance writer and editor.[1] Staff writer at The New Yorker for 30 years, he was also a New York Times/New York Times Book Review contributor and science fiction book critic from the 1970s to the early 2000s.[2][3] Jonas’s commercially published work includes books, short stories, poetry, scripts, and collaborative literary projects.[4] His poems have been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Poetry.[5][6]He is a senior editor and poetry contributor at WhoWhatWhy.[7]

Early life and education

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Born in 1935,[8] and raised in New York City, Jonas attended Horace Mann college-preparatory school in Riverdale.[9][10]

Jonas graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1957.[11] A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was a Scholar of the House in Pierson College and was on the masthead of Yale Daily News.[12][13]

Jonas held a Henry Fellowship, attending Cambridge University from 1957-58.[14]

Career

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Jonas’s book publications were reviewed in the New York Times, the New York Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, Dance Research Journal (Cambridge University Press), Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), JAMA, and The Quarterly Review of Biology.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

The New York Times listed Jonas's book as a "Notable Book of the Year".[24]

In his college years, Jonas received byline credit in The New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” column.[25] In 1961, Jonas joined The New Yorker staff, retiring in 1995.[26] From 1974 to 2005, Jonas published over 1,000 science fiction book reviews for the New York Times.[27]

Jonas was interviewed by the New York Times Book Review for a 2018 podcast honoring the life of Ursula K. Le Guin.[28] Jonas wrote Le Guin's obituary published in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate, The Seattle Times, and other syndicated publications.[29][30] Obituaries Jonas published include: Jacques Cousteau, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury (The New York Times).[31][32][33]

Jonas’s book and review publications have been frequently referenced in contemporaneous cultural publications.[34][35][36][37] [38] George R.R. Martin named Jonas in a 1979 address, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s website quotes from Jonas’s New York Times review of her short story collection, Orsinia.[39][40]

Jonas’s work has been published in Portuguese, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Chinese, Spanish, and French.[41][42]

Jonas is currently a senior editor and culture contributor at WhoWhatWhy, a nonprofit news website founded by investigative journalist, Russ Baker.[43][44]

Personal life

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In 1960’s SoHo, Jonas developed his craft alongside his first wife, performance and visual artist Joan Jonas (nee Edwards).[45][46]

Jonas married Susan Jonas (nee Krieger) in 1966.[47]

In 2023, Jonas was widowed following the death of his third wife, Barbara Adolf (nee Pollack).[48]

Awards and honors

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Works and publications

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Books

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  • Jonas, Gerald (1971). On Doing Good: The Quaker Experiment. Scribners. ISBN 9780684132174.
  • Jonas, Gerald (1973). Visceral learning; toward a science of self-control. New York: Viking Press. ISBN 9780670747030.
  • Jonas, Gerald (1977). Stuttering, the disorder of many theories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ISBN 9780374271183.
  • Jonas, Gerald (1989). The circuit riders: Rockefeller money and the rise of modern science. New York: Norton. ISBN 039302640X.
  • Jonas, Gerald (1992). Dancing: the pleasure, power, and art of movement. New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with Thirteen/WNET. ISBN 9780810932128.
  • Jonas, Gerald (1993). The living earth book of North American trees. Pleasantville, N.Y: Reader's Digest Association. ISBN 9780895774880.

Jonas published a book of poetry and paintings with abstract painter Sanford Wurmfeld.[53]

Jonas’s 1970 novelette “The Shaker Revival” was published in Galaxy Magazine, World’s Best Science Fiction 1971, and Sociology Through Science Fiction.[54]

Collaborative works

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Other works

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“The Art of Reviewing Science Books” published by The New York Academy of Sciences in The Sciences in 1977.[64]

Jonas’s poem “In passing” was re-published by Paul B. Janeczko.[65]

Jonas's draft material is included in the archival papers of late The New Yorker editor, William Shawn.[66]

References

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  1. ↑ "Gerald Jonas". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  2. ↑ Nast, Condé. "Gerald Jonas". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Science Fiction". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  4. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Gerald Jonas". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Gerald Jonas, The Atlantic". The Atlantic. 1987-10-01. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  6. ↑ "The Poetry Foundation". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  7. ↑ Gabler, Neal. "The world according to @whowhatwhy's Russ Baker". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  8. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Gerald Jonas". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  9. ↑ Jonas-Giugni, Enza. "My Grandfather, the Writer". The Science Survey. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  10. ↑ "Class of 1953 Celebrates 70th Reunion - Horace Mann School". www.horacemann.org. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  11. ↑ "Muck Rack | For journalists and public relations". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  12. ↑ Times, Special to The New York (1955-02-20). "Elected to Yale News Board". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  13. ↑ "The Yale Daily News 29 October 1956". Yale Daily News Historical Archive. 29 October 1956. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ Times, Special to The New York (1959-07-16). "Miss Joan Edwards Fiancee of Soldier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  15. ↑ Aloff, Mindy (1992-12-06). "The Jets, the Sharks and the Ashanti". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  16. ↑ Angier, Natalie (1989-04-02). "BIG MONEY MEETS BIG SCIENCE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  17. ↑ "Shorter Reviews". The New York Times. 1972-04-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  18. ↑ Gray, Francine du Plessix (2012-04-26). "'The Paralysis of Stuttering'". The New York Review of Books. Vol. 59, no. 7. ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  19. ↑ "Book Review : 'Circuit Riders': Giving Away Research Money Is an Art". Los Angeles Times. 1989-06-28. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  20. ↑ Royce, Anya Peterson (April 1995). "Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement, byGerald Jonas. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. 256pp., photographs, Bibliography, Index. 199.95". Dance Research Journal. 27 (1): 43–45. doi:10.2307/1478431. ISSN 1940-509X.
  21. ↑ Pauly, Philip J. (1989-05-19). "Modes and Agendas of Patronage: The Politics of Philanthropy. Abraham Flexner and Medical Education. Steven C. Wheatley. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1989. xx, 249 pp. + plates. $37.50; paper, $14.95.; The Circuit Riders. Rockefeller Money and the Rise of Modern Science. Gerald Jonas. Norton, New York, 1989. 430 pp., illus. $22.95". Science. 244 (4906). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 832–833. doi:10.1126/science.244.4906.832.
  22. ↑ Gevitz, Norman (1989-12-22). "The Circuit Riders: Rockefeller Money and the Rise of Modern Science". JAMA. 262 (24): 3482. doi:10.1001/jama.1989.03430240126048. ISSN 0098-7484.
  23. ↑ Glass, Bentley (September 1991). "The Rockefeller Foundation: Warren Weaver and the Launching of Molecular Biology The Circuit Riders: Rockefeller Money and the Rise of Modern Science. Gerald Jonas". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 66 (3). The University of Chicago Press: 303–308. doi:10.1086/417244.
  24. ↑ "Notable Books of the Year 1993". The New York Times. 1993-12-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  25. ↑ Jonas, Gerald; Hellman, Geoffrey T. (1952-12-20). "In Time". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  26. ↑ Nast, Condé. "Gerald Jonas". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  27. ↑ "Science Fiction". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  28. ↑ "Lisa Halliday on 'Asymmetry'". The New York Times. 2018-02-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  29. ↑ Jonas, By Gerald (2018-01-23). "Ursula K. Le Guin, acclaimed for her fantasy fiction, is dead at 88". SFGATE. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  30. ↑ "Gerald Jonas". The Seattle Times. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  31. ↑ Jonas, Gerald (1997-06-26). "Jacques Cousteau, Oceans' Impresario, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  32. ↑ Jonas, Gerald (2008-03-19). "Arthur C. Clarke, Author Who Saw Science Fiction Become Real, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  33. ↑ Jonas, Gerald (2012-06-06). "Ray Bradbury, Who Brought Mars to Earth With a Lyrical Mastery, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  34. ↑ Lindberg, John (1971). Jonas, Gerald (ed.). "Doing Good = Being Good". The North American Review. 256 (4). University of Northern Iowa: 73–75. ISSN 0029-2397.
  35. ↑ Feldman, David (1974). Jonas, Gerald (ed.). "A Remarkably Absorbing Book about Science and Self-Control". The Phi Delta Kappan. 55 (7). Phi Delta Kappa International: 494–495. ISSN 0031-7217.
  36. ↑ Sturgeon, Theodore (1972-05-14). "If…?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  37. ↑ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  38. ↑ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  39. ↑ "Critics and Reviewers | George R.R. Martin". Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  40. ↑ "Ursula K. Le Guin — Orsinia". Ursula K. Le Guin. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  41. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Gerald Jonas". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  42. ↑ "No label defined". entities.oclc.org. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  43. ↑ Gabler, Neal. "The world according to @whowhatwhy's Russ Baker". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  44. ↑ adocuthbertson (2013-08-04). "WhoWhatWhy". Anthony Cuthbertson. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  45. ↑ Times, Special to The New York (1959-07-16). "Miss Joan Edwards Fiancee of Soldier". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  46. ↑ Dominus, Susan; Granado, Emiliano (2024-03-01). "Meet One of America's Most Elusive Artists". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  47. ↑ Norwalk, Larry (1966-12-05). "Gerald Jonas Weds Miss Susan Krieger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  48. ↑ "BARBARA ADOLF Obituary (1942 - 2023) - New York, NY - New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  49. ↑ "News and Notes" (PDF). Cambridge.org. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  50. ↑ "1971 Nebula Award". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  51. ↑ "Meet our Fellows - Guggenheim Fellowship — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  52. ↑ "Annual Report 1977" (PDF). The Rockefeller Foundation. 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  53. ↑ "Poets House Collections". Poets House. 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  54. ↑ "Title: The Shaker Revival". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  55. ↑ Gussow, Mel (2002-02-12). "For Trillin, Parking Is an End, Not a Means". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  56. ↑ "The Birth of 'The New Journalism'; Eyewitness Report by Tom Wolfe". New York Magazine. 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  57. ↑ "[Poetry reading at the YM-YWHA, New York City, November 1967] / John Updike". University at Buffalo Digital Collections. 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  58. ↑ "The Stand-in by Gerald Jonas & Jean Marple". Vol. Summer 1969, no. 47. 1969. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  59. ↑ Jonas, Gerald (1987), [Lecture on science fiction at the Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo, October 1, 1987] / Gerald Jonas., The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant., retrieved 2026-09-01
  60. ↑ "The emperor's eye : art and power in Imperial China | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  61. ↑ "Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company". video.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  62. ↑ Wise, Suzanne (2020-02-27). "Tracing Black Speculative Poetics: Afrofuturism, the Supernatural & Afrosurrealism". Poets House. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  63. ↑ "Poets House Collections: Poetry in the Branches: Octavia Butler, Cornelius Eady, and Gerald Jonas". Poets House. 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  64. ↑ "The Art of Reviewing Science Books | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  65. ↑ "Poets House Collections: Firefly July : a year of very short poems / selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet". Poets House. 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  66. ↑ "archives.nypl.org -- William Shawn papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
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