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
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
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 .
