Jennifer Howard

Jennifer Howard

Writer, editor, journalist.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Mastodon
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Books
  • Writing
    • Journalism
    • Fiction
  • Editing
  • Contact

Jennifer Howard is a writer and editor and the author of Clutter: An Untidy History. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Times Literary Supplement, VQR, D.C. Noir, and elsewhere. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her family.

Item of Note

NEW: My essay “Home Range,” about a college road trip my son and I took in the pandemic summer of 2021, features in the new “boundaries, borders, lines” issue of South 85 Journal.

Praise for CLUTTER

“A keen assessment of one of society’s secret shames and its little-understood consequences.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Jennifer Howard has written a brilliant and beautiful meditation on the nature of our attachment to things.” —Malcolm Gladwell, bestselling author and podcaster

“A fascinating and insightful account of what becomes of the stuff that we accumulate.” —Adam Minter, author of Secondhand

A New York Times Book Review “New and Noteworthy” book

ON SALE NOW

IndieBound | Bookshop | Amazon

Blog

My college road trip essay

April 24, 2025

Secret gardens

March 7, 2025

Fire, ice, and Feiffer

January 28, 2025

More posts »

Writing

Home Range

South 85 Journal

A Garden Writer’s Novel Bears Fruit

The New York Times Book Review

As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

EdSurge

More work »

Get my newsletter

Get updates on what I'm working on and what I'm thinking about. Sign up and spread the word. Thanks!

Subscribe

About Jen

Jen Howard smiling.

Writer, journalist, editor, gadabout. Book- and nature lover. Washingtonian. LLC. Read more »

Latest Posts

  • My college road trip essay
  • Secret gardens
  • Fire, ice, and Feiffer
  • Twelfth Night/J6
  • November 2024: Quiet time

Follow Me

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Mastodon

Content is © Jennifer Howard or respective owners | Site by Rocketkoi