Author of EXILE MUSIC, (Viking, 2020), THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE, & THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY #novelist #memoirist #journalist #editor #phdresearch #bi #queer
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Donnie's cousin @jfsteil7 got kidnapped while pregnant while living in Yemen
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Full episode is out here. It’s a great one youtu.be/Fi8G7A3hP-I?si=JTiX…
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Going to the bathroom with armed guards is a very uniquely awkward experience @jfsteil7 had to experience
“It is not acceptable that such conditions can be tolerated....These are neither my values, nor those that the Eiffel Tower should uphold, where everyone should be able to move about and act freely, without distinction between women and men.” cnn.com/2026/09/08/travel/ei…
Stop au harcèlement téléphonique et aux appels frauduleux - Signez la pétition ! c.org/VFBVfBZ7Fr via @ChangeFrance
This may be my most provocative and important column yet. This week we talk about the Pelicot rape trial and the existential questions it raises. I also meet Susan Choi, and review Mountains Sing, a beautiful Vietnamese novel. jennifersteil.substack.com/p…
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We are now at 1136 new measles cases - in just the first 8 weeks of this year alone.
A preventable disease resurging.
This is an abject policy failure.
So, it's been a rough week. But I have some dazzling moments to share in this week's Liminal too! Slipping open.substack.com/pub/jennif…
I adore this poem! Unspeaking by Elizabeth Cohen oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/15/… via @oneartpoetry1
My entire feed today is news from talented reporters and editors laid off by @washingtonpost I just want to say how devastated I am by this, how much I am thinking of those the paper abandoned, when it gave up any pretense at practicing journalism.
It's been such a tough week I thought I would have nothing good to say about anything—but then I looked at my journals. open.substack.com/pub/jennif…
This week I meet a stained-glass poet, a professional thinker, visiting nurses, drain surgeons, and dear friends. Also, some new book reviews. The Everyday Magic of Leaving the House open.substack.com/pub/jennif…
Astonishingly, I'm still alive. You can read about the recent horrors and small happinesses here. Thank you. And I love all of you who care enough to keep reading! Lab rat outlives usefulness open.substack.com/pub/jennif…
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🎉 Congratulations to the @WSJ reporting team, winners of the 2025 WERT Global Prize; to @shurufu and @BarbaraDemick, this year’s Welles Prize winners and to @dmac1, a Welles finalist recognized for his outstanding reporting: journalism.columbia.edu/news…
This week's liminal thoughts: The solace of swans, silence, and stories open.substack.com/pub/jennif…