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The Guardian: Quoted in a feature on “Cluttercore”

October 19, 2020

Morwenna Ferrier, the Guardian‘s deputy fashion editor, talked to me for a feature on “Cluttercore: the pandemic trend for celebrating stuff, mess, and comfort”: Clutter has emerged, dusty and triumphant, as a defining byproduct of the pandemic. Yet we are undecided on what to do with it. “Forced inside, some people have been decluttering, absolutely,… Continue reading »

PAWcast: Jennifer Howard ’85 Explains the History of Clutter

October 17, 2020

PAWcast, Princeton Alumni Weekly’s podcast, has posted my conversation with associate editor Carrie Compton about the book and all things clutter-related: This month, Jennifer Howard ’85 discusses her book, Clutter: An Untidy History. Faced with the daunting task of cleaning out her elderly mother’s chaotic and jam-packed home, Howard began to ask herself about our relationship with… Continue reading »

Curbed: Clutter discussed in “Your Quarantine Clutter Has a Long and Distinguished History”

October 16, 2020

Design and architecture critic Alexandra Lange featured the book in an astute essay for Curbed called “Your Quarantine Clutter Has a Long and Distinguished History”: According to Jen Howard’s timely new book Clutter: An Untidy History (Belt Publishing), the Victorians invented clutter. “In 19th-century Britain, during Queen Victoria’s rule,” Howard writes, “industrialization, urbanization, and the expansion of… Continue reading »

Washington City Paper: “Jennifer Howard’s Clutter Is a Call to Clean It Up”

September 25, 2020

Eve Ottenberg reviewed Clutter for the Washington City Paper: How and why stuff accumulates is the subject of Jennifer Howard’s new book Clutter: An Untidy History. It begins with her cleaning out her mother’s home—an experience many people of a certain age are familiar with. The book then tackles hoarding disorder, the Victorian roots of… Continue reading »

*Friday Linkage

April 5, 2014

[*I don’t know what to call this feature yet. If one of you suggests something catchy and I use it, I’ll give you a shout-out on the blog.] I’ve wanted to start a Friday-links feature for a while now. I’m finally getting around to it. Every Friday, I’ll post a few links to stories, blog… Continue reading »

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