Jami Attenberg and Bernardine Evaristo have had somewhat disparate careers; Attenberg has become known for her particular brand of family novel, and Evaristo shot to immense stardom last year when her ...

Jami Attenberg writes smart, brassy novels about dysfunctional families, and she has a lot to say about her work in her memoir, “I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home” (Ecco, 272 pp., ...

Attenberg's first novel focuses on the precise moments at which a handful of women fall in love, out of love and back in again: spontaneous Holly; her grounded big ...

When Jami Attenberg was little, her mom would hand her a pen and paper, encouraging Attenberg “to play” — “‘You were always off in your own little world. You were always thinking,’” her mom tells her ...

CHICAGO — Writing this sentence was hard. There were so many other things I could have gone with. That set of words seemed right at the time, roughly 90 seconds ago. Now I’m not so sure. Joan Didion ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Claire Dederer I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU Writing Myself Home By Jami Attenberg There’s a ...