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Jennifer Howard

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Unboxing day!

July 29, 2020

Look what arrived today!  

“Quick-witted and insightful”

June 30, 2020

CLUTTER: AN UNTIDY HISTORY gets its first advance review: “Howard’s exploration of one dark corner of consumer culture is quick-witted and insightful—and, appropriately for the subject, refreshingly concise….A keen assessment of one of society’s secret shames and its little-understood consequences.” Thanks, Kirkus Reviews, for the terrific writeup! 

Advance praise for CLUTTER: AN UNTIDY HISTORY

June 23, 2020

My book goes off to the printer today, which means it’s now out of my hands. w00t! And I have some nice advance praise to share: “Jennifer Howard has written a brilliant and beautiful meditation on the nature of our attachment to things. Reading Clutter made me long for a life without clutter.” —Malcolm Gladwell,… Continue reading »

Cover Reveal!

January 14, 2020

My book now has a title, a cover, and a publication date! Clutter: A History will be out in the world October 6, 2020, from Belt Publishing. (Yes, you can even pre-order it.) I hope you love the cover as much as I do. (Cover design by the supremely talented David Wilson, creative director at… Continue reading »

Small Surprises

December 8, 2019

What I found under the stairs, plus card exchanges, electric eels, and beautiful weeds, all in this week’s newsletter.

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Recent Writing

  • “A paler shade of white”: HAVING AND BEING HAD by Eula Biss (review)
  • “Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?”
  • “The Complicated Role of the Modern Public Library”

Recent Posts

  • Q&A: Virginia Festival of the Book Shelf Life
  • Podcast alert: Disentangling the clutter
  • Book event: Virginia Festival of the Book Shelf Life series

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