Jennifer Frost Writes

“We write to create the books that we would like to read, that haven’t yet been written—possibly.”—Joyce Carol Oates

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  • Remembrances of Things to Come: Daily Life in France from 1003 to 1975

    by Jennifer Frost

    Instead of a scholar recording LeFief origins via medieval documents, Bullis is a tour guide conducting readers through the landscape.

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  • The Writer’s Game

    by Jennifer Frost

    If you’re a writer who loves baseball, you’re in good company. And you’re in Heaven as the MLB lockout ends and baseball gets the green light for 2022. By the end of this week, Spring Training will be underway, the hot dog vendors will suit up, and summer will begin.

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  • Don’t A-BAN-don Me

    by Jennifer Frost

    Recent ban requests include the 20th century classics To Kill A Mockingbird (H. Lee), The Handmaid’s Tale (M. Atwood), and The Bluest Eye (T. Morrison). These prize-winning novels tackle tough issues of racism and sexism.

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  • Harriet and the Sparrow

    by Jennifer Frost

    You have three days and three nights; each morning you must set me a riddle. If you outwit me, you are free to go. But if I solve your riddles, you belong to the dragon and my kingdom is free from its curse.

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  • Reading Room Recommends

    by Jennifer Frost

    It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson This novel, Jackson’s first, came not long after her collection of short stories, The…

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