Press
Reviews
- 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/
- The Linden Review, review by Anna Sims, January 22, 2024: https://www.lindenreview.com/jennifer-lunden-review?fbclid=IwAR1NF3jvNBlrjAVUppyUMiXRxVxkgERaQrRZ9MFDSW0jX3AcmsR5gg-HaLQ
- Portland Press Herald, review by Frank O Smith, July 7, 2024: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/07/07/gripped-by-a-mysterious-illness-a-mainer-finds-an-unexpected-kindred-soul/
Print Interviews
- The Memoir Land Author Questionnaire #52: Jennifer Lunden, with Sari Botton, November 8, 2024: https://memoirland.substack.com/p/questionnaire-52-jennifer-lunden?r=1fh5m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwY2xjawJVc_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHS932QPW4c2YgKOa41Hj8yR-I0PCCvRSZK_uEHlo34e0e14Pb9Mb2gmU1A_aem_ACe9gqaEq9Tv6mrnK7Jwrw&triedRedirect=true
- History in the Margins, “Talking About Women’s History: A Bunch of Questions and an Answer, with Jennifer Lunden,” with Pamela Toler, March 25, 2024: https://www.historyinthemargins.com/2024/03/25/talking-about-womens-history-a-bunch-of-questions-and-an-answer-with-jennifer-lundgren/
- Bloom, interview with Leah De Forest, December 12, 2023: https://bloomsite.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/poisoned-wallpaper-healing-and-hope-qa-with-jennifer-lunden/
- 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
- Connecticut Public Radio, Where We Live, “What’s It Like to Live with a Chronic Illness?” Dec. 2025.
- Writing Your Resilience Podcast, with Lisa Cooper Ellison, “Writing About Chronic Illness and Crafting the Hybrid Memoir, with Jennifer Lunden, May 23, 2024.
- The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, with Aaron Goodman, PhD, April 10, 2024.
- The Well Woman Show podcast with Giovanna Rossi, “Changing the Narrative Helps Us Heal,” March 27, 2024.
- 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
- Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Center for the Study of Human Health, Author Q&A Series, with journalist and author Maryn McKenna, October 5, 2023. Watch here.
- University of New England online book event, in collaboration with the Maine Women Writers Collection and the School of Social Work, September 28, 2023. Watch here.
- Interview with playwright Carolyn Gage, August 15, 2023. Watch here.
- 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
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fireplace Series 28, Goldfarb Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction Edition, April 21, 2022. Reading and discussion with Iraj Isaac Rahmim and Aurvi Sharma. Watch here.
