Jennifer Szalai

Jennifer Szalai, formerly a senior editor at Harper’s Magazine, has written for Lapham’s Quarterly and The London Review of Books, among other publications.

Just Deserts

Just Deserts Just Deserts

Being poor in the United States has rarely meant anything so simple as having too little money.

Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Szalai

Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badinter

Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badinter Mother Natures: On Elisabeth Badinter

In The Conflict, the French intellectual takes American mothering to task.

May 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Szalai

Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald

Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald

Dwight Macdonald’s panic about Midcult now seems less prescient than misplaced.

Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Szalai

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