Jennie Erin Smith, author portrait

Jennie Erin Smith

Jennie Erin Smith is the author of Stolen World. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker, and others. She is a recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award; the Waldo Proffitt Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in Florida; and two first-place awards from the Society for Features Journalism. She lives in Florida and Colombia.
Valley of Forgetting
Stolen World

Books

Valley of Forgetting
Stolen World

Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month

For LGBTQIA+ History Month in October, we’re celebrating the shared history of individuals within the community and the importance of the activists who have fought for their rights and the rights of others. We acknowledge the varying and diverse experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community that have shaped history and have led the way for those

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Books for National Depression Education and Awareness Month

For National Depression Education and Awareness Month in October, we are sharing a collection of titles that educates and informs on depression, including personal stories from those who have experienced depression and topics that range from causes and symptoms of depression to how to develop coping mechanisms to battle depression.

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Horror Titles for the Halloween Season

In celebration of the Halloween season, we are sharing horror books that are aligned with the themes of the holiday: the sometimes unknown and scary creatures and witches. From classic ghost stories and popular novels that are celebrated today, in literature courses and beyond, to contemporary stories about the monsters that hide in the dark, our list

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Author Jennie Erin Smith Discusses Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure

By: Jennie Erin Smith Valley of Forgetting is a very readable and vivid science narrative that offers a rare worm’s eye view of clinical research in Latin America, from the perspectives of both the subjects and the investigators. I spent seven years researching and writing it, most of that time in Medellin, Colombia. The book

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