Jenny Offill

What is the Millennial Midlife Crisis Novel?

Brittany Allen on Drifting Women, Aphoristic Prose, and Women on the Edge

 
By Brittany Allen  July 17, 2024
Art History

Unruly Writing: On the Problem with the Fragmented Art History Book

By Dalya Benor  March 5, 2024
Climate Fiction

On the False Promise of Climate Fiction 

By Emma Pattee  November 14, 2023
Novellas

Nine Novellas For Our Current Age of Distraction

By John Fulton  August 9, 2023
Art Monsters

An Ode to Harriet the Spy, the Art Monster of East End Avenue

By Caroline Hagood  November 2, 2022
Climate Change

Beyond Apocalypse: How the New Eco-Literature Points Toward Ways of Reshaping Our Consciousness

By Alan Rossi  September 21, 2022
Climate Crisis

In Talking—and Writing—About the Climate Crisis, We Need to Make Space for Our Flaws

By Kate Brook  June 30, 2022
Climate Fiction

Is Climate Writing Stuck?

By Heather Houser  January 3, 2022
The Hub

Here are the finalists for the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka  March 10, 2021
Thresholds

How Being the Opposite of an Art Monster Has Helped Lynn Steger Strong’s Work

By Thresholds   March 10, 2021
Reading Women

Jenny Offill on the Ambition of Short Novels

By Reading Women  February 24, 2021
So Many Damn Books

Jenny Offill: Everyone’s Always Hoping for Some Kind of Plot

By So Many Damn Books  February 9, 2021
The Internet

How Should a Person Write
About the Internet?

By Emily Temple  February 1, 2021
Fiction/Non/Fiction

Our Lies: Jenny Offill and James Plath on Conspiracy Theories in History and Literature

By Fiction Non Fiction  January 14, 2021
Literary Disco

Lit Disco’s Best Picks of the Worst Year

By Literary Disco  January 5, 2021
The Hub

The best reviewed novel of 2020 is…

By Book Marks  December 15, 2020
The Hub

8 fictional housewives who have snapped (in a fun way).

By Katie Yee  November 25, 2020
Essential Reading

The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages

By Emily Temple  May 11, 2020
Criticism

The Internet Novel Is As Chaotic As Your Twitter Feed

By Maddie Crum  May 1, 2020
So Many Damn Books

So Many Damn Books on Jenny Offill’s Weather

By So Many Damn Books  March 24, 2020
First Draft

Jenny Offill’s Obligatory
Note of Hope

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   March 2, 2020
Interview

To face climate disaster, the protagonist of Jenny Offill’s new book recommends hoarding friends.

By Literary Hub  February 13, 2020
The Hub

10 new books we’re excited about this week.

By Katie Yee  February 11, 2020
End Times

We Are All Just Living in Jenny Offill’s World

By Kristin Iversen  February 11, 2020
Astrology or Whatever

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple  February 3, 2020
What to Read

14 Books You Should Read
in February

By Literary Hub  January 31, 2020
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