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Jessa Crispin

Jessa Crispin
Jessa Crispin is the editor and founder of the literary webzine Bookslut.com. She is a regular contributor to NPR.org and she is the books columnist for The Smart Set.

Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Guardian, Jane Magazine, Globe and Mail, among other publications. A Kansas native, she currently resides in Berlin.

"She is smart, very smart, and nearly everything she says comes out in a skeptical half-drawl."
The Austin Chronicle, Shawn Badgley



Jessa Crispin will be appearing in:

The way we sell books is changing fast – audiences don't just read the book, they interact with it.
With newspapers shutting down, review sections disappearing, and commentators declaring the death of print, it’s an odd time to be a book reviewer.
Featuring Jessa Crispin. Join our intrepid writers-(and artists)-in-residence as they write their next masterpiece in front of your very eyes. Over seven days of the festival catch a glimpse of these hard-working souls in person and on the big screen, from 11am to 2pm
Featuring Jessa Crispin. Join our intrepid writers-(and artists)-in-residence as they write their next masterpiece in front of your very eyes. Over seven days of the festival catch a glimpse of these hard-working souls in person and on the big screen, from 11am to 2pm
SOLD OUT US critic and Bookslut Jessa Crispin has been a long time, long distance admirer of award-winning artist and author Shaun Tan.
SOLD OUT US critic and Bookslut Jessa Crispin has been a long time, long distance admirer of award-winning artist and author Shaun Tan.