Jennifer Baker
Writer/Editor; creator, Minorities in Publishing podcast; editor of EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018, Atria Books); 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow. Website: jennifernbaker.com
Articles
Helen Oyeyemi’s Dark, Delicious Fairy Tale
Apr 2 - Jennifer Baker
Black Women Novelists You Should Be Reading
Mar 29 - Jennifer Baker
Mira Jacob’s Graphic Memoir “Good Talk” Makes Awkward Conversations Beautiful
Mar 28 - Jennifer Baker
“The Old Drift” Is the Great Zambian Novel We Didn’t Know We Needed
Mar 27 - Jennifer Baker
Bridgett M. Davis Explores a Family Secret: Her Mother’s Illegal Lottery
Jan 29 - Jennifer Baker
Just Saying You’re a Feminist Isn’t Enough
Jan 10 - Jennifer Baker
Humans Made of Memories
Jan 8 - Jennifer Baker
The Quiet Drama of Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Nov 27 - Jennifer Baker
The 2018 National Book Awards Were Full of Firsts—But Also Seconds and Thirds
Nov 19 - Jennifer Baker
This Anthology Is the Black Women’s Book Club You Always Wanted
Nov 6 - Jennifer Baker
Is It Possible to Write a Truthful Memoir?
Oct 18 - Jennifer Baker
‘Black Liberation Means the Freedom to Figure Things Out For Ourselves’
Sep 10 - Jennifer Baker
If You Know How to Date, You Know How to Find a Literary Agent
Sep 5 - Jennifer Baker
When Black Characters Wear White Masks
Aug 20 - Jennifer Baker
Brooklyn Literary Spaces That Have Survived Gentrification
Aug 3 - Jennifer Baker
How Gentrification Changed the Brooklyn Literary Scene
Aug 2 - Jennifer Baker
9 Books to Expand Your Idea of What Feminism Looks Like
Jul 5 - Jennifer Baker
Rahul Mehta Is an Outsider Among Outsiders
May 1 - Jennifer Baker
Brendan Kiely Uses His Privilege to Interrogate Privilege
Apr 30 - Jennifer Baker
If You Know, Love, or Are a Black Man, Jamel Brinkley‘s Stories Will Feel Like Home
Apr 9 - Jennifer Baker
It’s Okay If Writing Doesn’t Make You Happy
Mar 8 - Jennifer Baker
There’s a Harlem Renaissance Resurgence Happening in 2018
Feb 28 - Jennifer Baker
How the Bronx is Building a Vibrant Literary Community
Feb 14 - Jennifer Baker
Morgan Jerkins Is Putting In the Work
Feb 12 - Jennifer Baker
Tayari Jones Writes About People with Problems, Not Problems with People
Feb 6 - Jennifer Baker
9 Essayists of Color You Should Know About
Dec 14 - Jennifer Baker
How Indie Presses Are Elevating the Publishing World
Dec 13 - Jennifer Baker
Poetry Is For Everyone
Nov 27 - Jennifer Baker
Jesmyn Ward’s Story of Rejection and Perseverance is Familiar to Black Writers
Nov 21 - Jennifer Baker
The Case Against Adjectives
Nov 15 - Jennifer Baker
How Long Is Writing Supposed to Take?
Nov 2 - Jennifer Baker
Zadie Smith Will Be Awarded the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal
Oct 27 - Jennifer Baker
When It Comes to Inclusivity in Publishing, Editors Also Play a Role
Oct 25 - Jennifer Baker
How Jesmyn Ward Brings Writing to Life
Oct 4 - Jennifer Baker
Yahdon Israel Is Making Literature Camera-Ready
Sep 27 - Jennifer Baker
Art Must Engage With Black Vitality, Not Just Black Pain
Sep 21 - Jennifer Baker
