Jennifer Howard

Jennifer Howard

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Interview: “Rising Up With Sonali”

January 24, 2021

I went on the show “Rising Up with Sonali” to talk with host Sonali Kolhatkar about clutter and the ecological costs of consumerism. Catch our conversation below.

LitHub: “Let’s blame the Victorians”

September 3, 2020

Thanks to LitHub for running this CLUTTER excerpt in which I suggest we blame the Victorians (at least partly—don’t @ me, Victorianists!) for our contemporary problem with excess stuff. This chapter was a lot of fun to research, BTW—I loved reading about 19th-century material culture. Enjoy!

Recent Writing

  • Home Range
  • A Garden Writer’s Novel Bears Fruit
  • As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

Recent Posts

  • My college road trip essay
  • Secret gardens
  • Fire, ice, and Feiffer

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

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