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The whole situation was really normal, after all

It’s been seven years since I’ve eaten dinner alone in a restaurant, the bill footed by an expense account.

Oct 8 • 

Jean

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September 2025

Let me stop trying to be fun

Fellow parents, does anyone else feel a bit trampled by this long-ass summer?

Sep 2 • 

Jean

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August 2025

I, myself, am not real enough

A maple syrup farmer was looking for an apartment in Manhattan so that he could reinvent himself as a writer.

Aug 19 • 

Jean

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I actually used to be a travel editor at Conde Nast

M started throwing up in the last ten minutes of our flight home from Scotland.

Aug 11 • 

Jean

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July 2025

May 2025

In Writing Live with Jean Hannah Edelstein

A recording from Jean and Hattie Crisell's live video

May 13 • 

Jean

 and 

Hattie Crisell

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48:06

How nice to try writing it down

I’m writing a novel now.

May 8 • 

Jean

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April 2025

If we ever see him, there will be hell to pay

TW for podiatry chat

Apr 30 • 

Jean

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No one would ever give less than a five-star review to a newborn baby

It’s common, in the world of publishing, to compare the act of publishing of a book to the act of giving birth to a baby.

Apr 8 • 

Jean

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March 2025

January 2025