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Jen­nifer Gilmore

Jen­nifer Gilmore is the author of two nov­els, Gold­en Coun­try, a final­ist for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, and Some­thing Red. Her work has appeared or is forth­com­ing in The Los Ange­les Times, The New York Times, Salon, Self, Vogue, and The Wash­ing­ton Post. She has been a Mac­Dow­ell Colony fel­low and cur­rent­ly teach­es at Prince­ton University.
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We Were Nev­er Here
Jen­nifer Gilmore
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Fic­tion
The Moth­ers: A Novel
Jen­nifer Gilmore
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Fic­tion
Some­thing Red
Jennifer Gilmore
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Gold­en Coun­try: A Novel
Jennifer Gilmore
Essay

Jen­nifer Gilmore’s Newest Voice

This week, Jen­nifer Gilmore, the author of The Moth­ers, Some­thing Red, and Gold­en Coun­try blogs for The Post­script on find­ing her newest voice and a new writ­ing…
Jen­nifer Gilmore
March 4, 2014
Essay

What is the Story?

Ear­li­er this week, Jen­nifer Gilmore wrote about the over­lap between her per­son­al con­cerns and writer­ly con­cerns. She has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book…
Jen­nifer Gilmore
April 11, 2013
Essay

Lost Sto­ries

Jen­nifer Gilmore​’s newest nov­el, The Moth­ers, is now avail­able. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.The Moth­ers is my…
Jen­nifer Gilmore
April 9, 2013

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