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J E A N N I N E

@havingfunwrong

out into that everywhere

 Chicago, IL
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Joined August 2010
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So excited my review of the new Halle Butler novel, Banal Nightmare @penguinrandom is on the front page of the Chicago Reader chicagoreader.com/ @chicagoreader
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Tortoise Books@TortoiseBooks30 Jan 2024
Annoyed by the void? Tired of not knowing whether or not you're close to the mark? Our luxury submission and critique process has a spot for YOU! (And @BristolVaudrin can tell you, it could be your path to publication!) tortoisebooks.com/store/paid…
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Josh Radnor@JoshRadnor28 Nov 2023
Calling all Midwesterners! I'll be playing some tunes next Wednesday (12/6) in Chicago at #Subterranean. It’ll be a great time, come on by. Tix: ticketweb.com/event/josh-rad…
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Stand with the Signature Room workers! Tell whoever takes over the space to bring back the workers who made it special! #1u actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
Stand with the Signature Room and Lounge workers!

Stand with the Signature Room and Lounge workers!

Stand with the Signature Room workers! Tell whoever takes over the space to bring back the workers who made it special!

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Matt Ortile@ortile16 Oct 2023
hello! i'm an editor at Condé Nast Traveler and i'm looking to expand my rolodex w/ travel writers, reporters, photographers, illustrators, etc. 📝📷🌍✈️ pls do send over your contact & portfolio/clips *via this form*: forms.gle/uTuAMegQpRVy3CpbA i'll reach out! hope to chat soon :)
Staying in touch with Matt Ortile, associate editor for print and digital at Condé Nast Traveler

Staying in touch with Matt Ortile, associate editor for print and digital at Condé Nast Traveler

When Catapult magazine was shuttered, I had to leave it and my post as executive editor. Since then, I've joined Condé Nast Traveler, where I write and edit for both the site and the print magazine....

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Happy pub day to @IsleMcelroy new novel People Collide. Read my review on @MastersReview mastersreview.com/book-revie…

Book Review: People Collide by Isle McElroy - The Masters Review

Why does anyone get married? Love and commitment probably come to mind for most but for Eli and Elizabeth Harding, two Americans living in Bulgaria, the answer is harder to decipher. People Collide,...

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Leslie Jamison@lsjamison25 Sep 2023
Some news: I’m officially writing a book about daydreams! Now wondering: Want to be in it? My survey: 5 minutes. 5 questions. Name optional. Candor mandatory. Spread widely! ❤️‍🔥🙏 forms.gle/86hAzGwbtoRKbEUY8
THE DAYDREAM PROJECT

THE DAYDREAM PROJECT

The word “daydream” means different things to different people. I'm curious to hear about yours. Are they little movies in your head? Anxious hypothetical future scenarios? Nostalgic evocations of...

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ALA Releases Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 List | Banned Books Week bannedbooksweek.org/ala-rele…
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My latest essay will be on the cover of this weekend’s @nytimes Sunday Review — and is online today. I visited the federal prison system’s first unit for prisoners with Alzheimer’s disease & other forms of dementia: nytimes.com/2023/08/11/opini…
Opinion | I’ve Reported on Dementia for Years, and One Image of a Prisoner Keeps Haunting Me...

Opinion | I’ve Reported on Dementia for Years, and One Image of a Prisoner Keeps Haunting Me...

America’s prisons are filling up with people who are so old, they don’t remember their crimes.

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So pleased Family Lore is out! Read my review @MastersReview here mastersreview.com/august-boo…
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Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient’ nytimes.com/2023/05/31/scien…
Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient’ (Published 2023)

Honoring the Body Donors Who Are a Medical Student’s ‘First Patient’ (Published 2023)

Gratitude ceremonies give students and faculty members a chance to recognize the sacrifice of those who gave their bodies for medical research and education, and the loved ones they left behind.

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More urgent and necessary reporting from @katieengelhart The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia @nytimes nytimes.com/2023/05/09/magaz…
The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia (Published 2023)

The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia (Published 2023)

As cognitive decline began to alter who Diane Norelius was, her adult daughters and her boyfriend wound up in a bitter dispute over which version of her should get to decide what she wanted.

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Lauren Gill@laurenk_gill29 Apr 2023
For the past year, Dan Moritz-Rabson and I reported on Daniel Buffington, a Florida pharmacist who's testified in favor of lethal injection protocols for 7 states. We found he may have overstated his experience & qualifications. propublica.org/article/pharm…
This Pharmacist Said Prisoners Wouldn’t Feel Pain During Lethal Injection. Then Some Shook and...

This Pharmacist Said Prisoners Wouldn’t Feel Pain During Lethal Injection. Then Some Shook and...

A Florida pharmacist serves as an expert witness on behalf of states defending lethal injection protocols, often speaking about a drug that he has no authority to prescribe. His testimony has helped...

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noentry@noentry_arts13 Apr 2023
RT if your writing career has ever been delayed by illness, disability, cultural exclusion, prejudice, financial barriers, care duties... or just life...
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It's hard to complain about @GrantaMag's Best Young British Novelists (out today) b/c it's so easily conflated with complaining about the novelists listed. This kind of conflation often shames people into not resisting ageism. No shade to anyone listed. This list is pernicious
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We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. Join the movement. #UniteAgainstBookBans uniteagainstbookbans.org/tak… via @alalibrary
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Despite DEI promises, media companies are still mostly hiring white people digiday.com/media/despite-de…
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Erica Berry@ericajberry31 Mar 2023
“If the work is to write our way to understanding what healthy fear is for ourselves, Berry offers her own stories of surviving and reflecting on dangerous situations as illuminating examples.” So grateful for this review from @havingfunwrong in @coachellareview 🐺🐺🐺
The Coachella Review (@coachellareview) profile pictureThe Coachella Review@coachellareview30 Mar 2023
Is everything we believe about wolves as dangerous predators false? Jeannine Burgdorf (@havingfunwrong) reviews Erica Berry's (@ericajberry) book Wolfish, which tracks the animals both in the wild and in our imaginations. thecoachellareview.com/2023/…
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Is everything we believe about wolves as dangerous predators false? Jeannine Burgdorf (@havingfunwrong) reviews Erica Berry's (@ericajberry) book Wolfish, which tracks the animals both in the wild and in our imaginations. thecoachellareview.com/2023/…
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If you haven't read about Wolfish by @ericajberry yet, consider reading my review up now @coachellareview & then read the book! thecoachellareview.com/2023/…
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D.M. Thomas, 88, Dies; His ‘White Hotel’ Was a Surprise Best Seller nytimes.com/2023/03/29/books…
D.M. Thomas, 88, Dies; His ‘White Hotel’ Was a Surprise Best Seller (Published 2023)

D.M. Thomas, 88, Dies; His ‘White Hotel’ Was a Surprise Best Seller (Published 2023)

A former English teacher with a modest writing career in Britain, he found fame in 1981 with an inventive story of an opera singer, Freud and the Holocaust.

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