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Jessica Grose

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Jessica Grose is a journalist and novelist. Her second novel, SOULMATES, will be out in September 2016. She is also the author of the novel SAD DESK SALAD, the author of the Kindle Single HOME ECONOMICS, which is about how couples manage their finances, and the co-author of the book LOVE, MOM, with Doree Shafrir.

She is the editor of Lenny, the email newsletter. She was formerly a senior editor at Slate, and an editor at Jezebel. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, New York, The New Republic, Cosmopolitan, and several other publications. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

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Hey Jessica! What did you learn from journalism that you've taken into fiction writing? And what about fiction writing is totally different from journalism, craft-wise?

Jessica Grose Great question, Nina! I think journalism and fiction are, at their heart, both just storytelling. So I think being able to tell a moving, concise stor…moreGreat question, Nina! I think journalism and fiction are, at their heart, both just storytelling. So I think being able to tell a moving, concise story is something that working in journalism taught me. I also learned a lot about structure from being a journalist. Nonfiction articles can't just meander, they have to be structured straightforwardly so that they are understood.

Craft-wise, I find writing fiction is freeing in a way, because I can just make things up! I also get less blocked writing fiction, because I can include whatever details I think are best. With journalism, you usually have limited space, and you do more research than you could ever put in a piece, so you have to pick and choose sometimes what you can feasibly include. That teaches you a certain cold discipline--if something isn't working in the narrative you must discard it, which is also useful in fiction. But in fiction I don't have to be as cold with my favorite details.(less)

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Jessica Grose Writing things that genuinely entertain or inform people.

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	Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood 3.48 avg rating — 3,850 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soulmates 2.99 avg rating — 1,960 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sad Desk Salad 3.01 avg rating — 1,632 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home by Doree Shafrir (Goodreads Author), Jessica Grose (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Economics: How Couples Manage Their Money 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Powerful and Totally Useless: The Creation of the Ideal American Mother 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Mom: Helpful Yet Hilarious Emails, Chats, and Text Messages from Moms Everywhere by Doree Shafrir, Jessica Grose (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Importance of Teachers, Friends and Readers

Just wanted to leave a little note to say how happy I am to be a Goodreads author and how excited I am to connect with other readers and writers. I am also thrilled to announce that I am working on a new novel. It's called The Closest Marriage, and it's about a marriage that dissolves because the husband joins a yoga cult.

This is something I started writing in August 2012. I wrote one chapter, an Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 20, 2014 18:30 • Tags: generosity, great-teachers, pregnancy, sad-desk-salad, the-closest-marriage

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“The ideals as they are created now serve almost no one. They may serve industry, but they do not serve us or our families.”
― Jessica Grose, Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

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“It became crystal clear to me that you could do everything that American society pressures you to do as an individual and as a mother, and if anything goes wrong, not only are you on your own, but you will also be either tacitly or explicitly blamed for your deviation.”
― Jessica Grose, Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

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“I wish I could go back to myself a decade ago and tell her that she isn’t a failure for being sick, for taking the medicine she needs, and for taking several months away from work to tend to her health and her newborn. If I could not be that voice for myself, maybe I can be that voice for others. You are making the best choices you can in a society that holds mothers to unachievable standards.”
― Jessica Grose, Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

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