Jen Howard
Writer, editor, journalist. Book and nature lover. Author, CLUTTER: AN UNTIDY HISTORY. Words in WaPo, TLS, NYT, LARB, CHE, EdSurge, etc. She/her.
Newsletter: jenniferhoward.substack.com
- The Post has killed its book coverage, along with many other good things. Now would be a great time to subscribe to @roncharles.bsky.social's newsletter if you haven't already. substack.com/@roncharles/... #BookSky 📚
- Philip Kennicott is spot on as usual: "A two-year closure suggests either that Trump doesn’t know how to sustain a viable performing arts center—which requires regular engagement, assembly and communion with its patrons, donors and artists—or he has plans to remake it into something unrecognizable."
- A two-year closure could be existential for the Kennedy Center, and it's unnecessary for the repairs proposed. Is there a larger agenda, including repurposing the memorial to the 35th President to serve the needs of the 47th? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
- I feel like Neil Gaiman is the last person we should be hearing from right now.
- Mark's right—this is a good read. And will remind anyone who worked in publishing in 80s and 90s, especially in a junior/early career role, of what conditions were like.
- Virginia-affiliated humanists! Virginia Humanities is offering $15K four-month public humanities fellowships. Deadline to apply is March 31. www.grantinterface.com/Opportunity/...
- The thaw will come.
