I’m an editor at The Baffler magazine and a contributing writing at Jewish Currents. My essays and criticism have also appeared in Bookforum, The New Republic, and The Nation, among other outlets.

To commission me: jessica.l.bergman@gmail.com

To pitch me at The Baffler: jess@thebaffler.com

Selected Writing

The Workplace Novel Comes to the Big Box Store,” The New Republic, March 2024

The Novelist Who Inspired Elena Ferrante,” The New Yorker, November 2023

Reading Between the Lines: An interview with Dan Sinykin,” The Baffler, October 2023

Can We Imagine Life Without Oil?The Nation, September 2023

Family Ties,” Jewish Currents, July 2023

Corporate Takeover,” The New Republic, February 2023

The Groups,” Bookforum, November 2022

Erotic Fiction,” The Point, October 2022

In Search of Self-Destruction on an Oil Rig,” The Nation, January 2022

Survivor’s Guilt,” Jewish Currents, December 2021

Tender Is the Fight,” Bookforum, September 2021

Eternal Return,” Jewish Currents, June 2021

A Compendium of Severance,” Jewish Currents, October 2020

I’m Not Feeling Good at All,” The Baffler, March 2020