Jessica Keener
Cognoscenti contributor
Jessica Keener’s latest novel, "Strangers In Budapest," was an Indie Next pick, a Southern Independent bestseller and an Entertainment Weekly “Best New Books” choice.
Recently published
What I learned in middle school is the lesson all of us need right now
After a disturbing incident in middle school, in the late 1960s, Jessica Keener sought counsel from her social studies teacher, Mr. Kunitz. The lessons she learned from that difficult experience...
My Father Helped Liberate Dachau. After He Saw The Worst In Humanity, He Refused To Remain Silent
For a long time, I couldn’t see how my father's unfiltered, combative way of being had shaped me, writes Jessica Keener.
40 Years After My Bone Marrow Transplant, I'm Isolating Again. This Time, I'm Not Alone
"I know this routine," writes novelist Jessica Keener, who lived in an isolation room for three months in 1979.