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Jennifer Gilmore

Jennifer Gilmore
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Jennifer Gilmore

Jennifer Gilmore's first novel, Golden Country, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2006, and a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her work has appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies including... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If I had one perhaps I would be better off... Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. those would have to be timeless so: If you See Her Say Hello, Bob Dylan; Nina Simone's Here Comes the Sun, Tom Waits, Closing Time; Joni Mitchell, River; Metal heart, Cat Power. Uplifting stuff, only to me it really is. Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. heiress Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. I'd like to be one of those people who comes in and organizes your closet. Or a really amazing singer. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. somewhere I haven't yet been. Learn more about Jennifer Gilmore

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New York Times, February 11, 2012
...wanted all those years ago? Yes and no. But the question is far more engaging than the answer. Jennifer Gilmore’s latest novel is “Something Red...
New York Times, February 10, 2012
...wanted all those years ago? Yes and no. But the question is far more engaging than the answer. Jennifer Gilmore’s latest novel is “Something Red...
Deccan Chronicle, January 8, 2012
...The people I follow, they are my dream party guests, interesting strangers whose wit keeps me coming back.” Jennifer Gilmore (3,463 followers) finds hearing from readers helps her understand the influence her novels have on them: “On Twitter, I have...
New York Times, January 6, 2012
...The people I follow, they are my dream party guests, interesting strangers whose wit keeps me coming back. Jennifer Gilmore (3,463 followers) finds hearing from readers helps her understand the influence her novels have on them: On Twitter, I have a...
Miami Herald, July 17, 2011
...benefited from a bit more of the historical and political context that was employed to excellent effect by Jennifer Gilmore in Something Red, a fine recent novel that covers similar ground. At times, the experience of reading about Jude and Henderson?s...
Denver Post, April 17, 2011
...For his next project, here's hoping that his deftly drawn characters have the chance to grow up. Jennifer Gilmore, Washington Post Writers Group...
Cleveland Live, April 15, 2011
...rarest of books -- a scholarly history with all the narrative punch of a novel." Something Red Jennifer Gilmore (Mariner, 306 pp.) $14.95 Gilmore's richly textured novel revolves around the Goldsteins, a once-leftist family that has lost its zeal for...
Largehearted Boy, October 10, 2011
...25 years. NPR is streaming the new Body Language album, Social Studies (out October 18th). At The Rumpus, Jennifer Gilmore interviews Elissa Schappell about her new book, Blueprints for Building Better Girls. The Rumpus: Blueprints for Building Better...
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, October 10, 2011
...Jonathan Franzen, P.J. O’Rourke, and others discussed Occupy Wall Street with Bill Maher this past weekend. Jennifer Gilmore interviews Elissa Schappell over at The Rumpus. Thanks to WFMU for leading us to Hans Richter’s 1946 film Dreams That Money...
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, September 23, 2011
...of a question (or a request for information) than anything else.One late-morning panel included Justin Taylor and Jennifer Gilmore, both of whom have released acclaimed novels that at least touch on punk subcultures -- whether anarchist communes or...
Jewcy, August 11, 2011
...trips down the rabbit hole are a bit more justified.  Even more so when Jewcy favorites like Jennifer Gilmore and Jami Attenberg are profiled. —- The PEN literary award winners were announced . —- NPR inadvertently quotes Josef Goebbels by way...
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, July 20, 2011
...and the most critically acclaimed of all, Ten Thousand Saints, by Eleanor Henderson.  I’d also add Jennifer Gilmore's Something Red, Tao Lin’s Shoplifting From American Apparel and The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich into this emerging...
, May 16, 2011
...and flickering torches, before Ben became a dot on the horizon and left the all behind.” So begins Jennifer Gilmore’s second novel, Something Red (Scribner, $25), a provocative blending of the personal and the political.  Lilith’s Fiction...