About
Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at the New Yorker, formerly the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. She grew up in Texas, went to University of Virginia, and got her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. She’s represented by Amy Williams and has a book of essays called Trick Mirror forthcoming from Random House in 2019. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, TIME, Grantland, Slate, Pitchfork, Bon Appetit, SPIN, and Fader. She has a dog, clearly, and lives in Brooklyn.
Writing
Events
You can find me on:
May 11, talking about Juuling on Brian Lehrer
May 16, appearing at Unladylike Live at the Bell House
July 26, doing a craft talk at the 92Y Young Writers’ Workshop
July 28, doing a Q&A at Catapult’s “Don’t Write Alone” Weekend in NYC
August 3, speaking at the Betsy-Tacy Convention in Minneapolis
If you are curious about something related to my writing, I might’ve gotten into it at Longform or Catapult or Tin House or Brooklyn Magazine or Mythos (where these photos, taken by the wonderful Elena Mudd, are from).
