Jessica Francis Kane

Essay in The Millions

jessica — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:45:07 +0000

On reading and music, childhood and parenting, and being out of the loop.

Storyville

jessica — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:36:29 +0000

My story, “How to Become a Publicist,” is featured this week in Storyville. A little bit about it can be read at the link. To read the story (and many others by amazing writers), download the wonderful Storyville App.

Two Reviews / Interviews

jessica — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:39 +0000

I’m grateful to book bloggers Elizabeth Frank and Gemma Wood for their thoughtful interviews with me. Both reviewed THE REPORT very nicely, too.

A Kindle Post…to go with that Kindle Single

jessica — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:55:04 +0000

Amazon UK asked me to write a blog post to accompany the Kindle Single published this week. This month is the 69th anniversary of the disaster at Bethnal Green, so I wrote about how I found the story of THE REPORT and how the book seems to be helping those who want to build a permanent memorial at the site.

A Kindle Single

jessica — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:21 +0000

My UK publisher, the wonderful Portobello Books, is publishing a new short story of mine as a UK-exclusive Kindle single. It’s called “American Lawn” and will be included in the new collection being published in the US by Graywolf next year.

The Stirling Observer

jessica — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:56:06 +0000

The TV Book Club is bringing The Report some fresh publicity in the UK. Here’s a new review in the Stirling Observer. Makes me happy to remember that I visited Stirling castle many years ago.

New Reviews

jessica — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:31:44 +0000

Two truly wonderful new reviews of The Report, the first at Too Fond of Books and the second at Charlotte Reads Classics. Charlotte says the book makes a “fabulous combination” with Atonement, one of my favorite books!

Essay for Beyond the Margins

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:53:16 +0000

I wrote a guest post for the wonderful literary blog, Beyond the Margins, on the question of writing while parenting.

Best Reads 2012

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:59:34 +0000

In the UK, THE REPORT was one of ten books named to the Best Reads 2012 list for the TV Book Club. The program about the book will air Sunday, March 18, 2012 on Channel 4 in the UK. I’ll see if I can post a link here afterwards.

The Missouri Review Editors’ Prize

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:56:29 +0000

Very happy to announce a new story of mine, “The Essentials of Acceleration,” was named a finalist in the 2012 competition. It will be published in the Spring prize issue of The Missouri Review and is part of the new collection I’m working on for Graywolf, which will be published in 2013.