jessica firger

freelance writer & journalist

clips
A sampling of my work:

New York Press:

"On the Run" (Profile of novelist of Nami Mun) January 7, 2009

Time Out New York:
"Rummaging with Deb Malkin," February 5, 2009

City Limits:
"Pit Bull Ad Blitz: Spay Now or Pay Later,"Dec. 15, 2008

New York Daily News:
"The Heartbeat of Africa in New York," May 13, 2008

The Brooklyn Paper:
"The doctor is in — and hip!," August 15, 2008

"'Rein' ends for Debbie," August 4, 2008

"Nightmare on Elm! Tree is dead at Botanic Garden," August 7, 2008

"Art attack! Waterfalls are killing DUMBO trees," August 2, 2008

"Power down! Ridgites get a wake-up call from Con Ed," July 24, 2008

"'Sign lady' is back — this time just fixing," July 10, 2008

"
State: Tranny flick too racy for park lineup," June 21, 2008


"Big blue box doesn’t scare nearby mom-and-pop," June 21, 2008

The New York Times:
“She Sings the City Eclectic,” July 15, 2007

amNY:
"Why you can't adopt a black cat for Halloween," Oct. 27, 2008


BUST:
“Bang a Gong, Play Mah-Jongg,” June/July 2007

“My Body, My Voice,” Dec/Jan 2006

“A November to Remember,” Oct/ Nov 2006

bp Magazine:
"Marya Hornbacher, An Open Book," Fall 2008

"Unflinching Look into a Questing Mind," Winter 2008 (book review)

"Memoirs that Matter," Fall 2007

Beyond Meds:
"Atypical Antipsychotics are the New SSRIs," May 18, 2009


Beyond Race:
"Here Come the Clowns," Feb 2008


The Forward:
“An Art Space Rises by the Banks of Brooklyn’s Eerie Canal,” May 2007

“The Jewish Sylvia Plath,” Nov 2006

Venus:
“Jodie Whittaker,” Winter 2007

“Enid Crow,” Summer 2006

Nextbook.org:
“Something Borrowed,” June 20, 2007

Poets & Writers:
“Powers of Perception,” Sept/Oct 2006

“Inside Publishing: A Publicist’s Guide to the Business,” March/April 2006

Bookforum:
“Ticknor,” April/ May 2006


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