Reviews

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• Booklist, April 15, 2023, starred review: https://www.booklistonline.com/American-Breakdown-Our-Ailing-Nation-My-Body-s-Revolt-and-the-Nineteenth-Century-Woman-Who-Brought-Me-Back-to-Life-Lunden-Jennifer/pid=9777299
• Washington Post, review by Anna Leahy, May 2, 2023: https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/02/american-breakdown-review-jennifer-lunden/
• Kirkus, May 9, 2023: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-lunden/american-breakdown-ailing-nation/
• The Boomerang, review by Erika Harlitz-Kern, May 12, 2023: https://ehkern.com/2023/05/12/to-undo-what-is-done-a-review-of-jennifer-lundens-american-breakdown/
• Open Letters, review by Rey Katz, May 19, 2023: https://openlettersreview.com/posts/american-breakdown-by-jennifer-lunden
• LA Review of Books, review by Tanya Ward Goodman, May 31, 2023: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-serious-chronic-complex-and-systemic-disease-on-jennifer-lundens-american-breakdown/.
• Undark, review by Rhoda Feng, June 2, 2023: https://undark.org/2023/06/02/book-review-american-breakddown/?utm_source=Undark%3A+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=3fa6975999-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-185e4e09de-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
• Washington Independent Review of Books, review by Wendy Besel Hahn, June 2, 2023: https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/american-breakdown-our-ailing-nation-my-bodys-revolt-and-the-nineteenth-century-woman-who-brought-me-back-to-life?fbclid=IwAR1avDRBDXDSXCOYMDSAXg0BeK-30dRtadYmNg5-VlL85f-HuJpvL9EWJPM
• Planet Thrive, review by Jeyn Levison, June 13, 2023: https://planetthrive.com/2023/06/book-review-american-breakdown/

Lists

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• People’s Pick, People magazine, May 15, 2023.
• American Association of Medical Colleges, “9 Great Books for Doctors – Or Anyone Interested in the World of Medicine,” May 25, 2023: https://www.aamc.org/news/9-great-books-doctors-or-anyone-interested-world-medicine

Print Interviews

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• Brevity Blog, interview with Marcia Meier, Aug. 18, 2023: https://brevity.wordpress.com/2023/08/18/american-breakdown/
• Hippocampus Magazine, interview with Katie Bannon, Aug. 10, 2023: https://hippocampusmagazine.com/2023/08/interview-jennifer-lunden-author-of-american-breakdown/
• Poets & Writers interview: https://www.pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_jennifer_lunden?fbclid=IwAR1VDsKKb5qjMZO-o9_grShQiOYv17zLhYPaLieQKLIB_4XxOf33QiBW5Jg
• The Last Word on Nothing, Interview with Kate Horowitz, Part I, May 10, 2023: https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2023/05/10/people-need-to-know-were-here-a-conversation-with-jennifer-lunden/ and Part II, June 12, 2023: https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2023/06/12/american-breakdown-a-conversation-with-author-jennifer-lunden-part-2/

Podcasts

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• A Healthy Conversation radio show and podcast, with hosts Steve Woods and Dr. Jeff Barkin, June 25, 2023: https://wgan.com/podcasts/a-healthy-conversation-6-25-23/ (third and fourth tracks).
• This Is Hell! radio show (live) and podcast, with host Chuck Mirtz, June 7, 2023: https://thisishell.com/interviews/1602-jennifer-lunden.
• Let’s Talk Memoir, with host Ronit Plank, May 9, 2023: https://ronitplank.com/2023/05/09/lets-talk-memoir-episode-42-ft-jennifer-lunden/

Online Events

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• Hippocampus Magazine – Hippocamp Minis, August 13, 2023, Talk: “On Chaos and the Researched Braided Memoir.”
• Project for Advancing Healthcare Stewardship Forum, with science writer Amy Rogers, August 8, 2023, Talk: “The Stories We Tell: On Meaning-Making and Illness.”
• Charis Books, in conversation with NEA winner Sandra Lambert, author of A Certain Loneliness, May 24, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhL2pVQL4s