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

Indignity,” The New Republic, December 2024

Editor in Mischief,” Bookforum, October 2024

Home Truths,” The Nation, October 2024

Hari Kunzru’s Escape from the Art Market,” The New Republic, July 2024

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

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

Family Ties,” Jewish Currents, July 2023

Corporate Takeover,” The New Republic, February 2023

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

Survivor’s Guilt,” Jewish Currents, December 2021

A Compendium of Severance,” Jewish Currents, October 2020

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