Jessica Soffer

Jessica Soffer earned her MFA at Hunter College. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and Vogue, among other publications. She teaches fiction at Connecticut College and lives in New York City. Her debut novel, Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots, will be published in April. Find out more about Jessica here.


Articles by Jessica Soffer

The Nuts and Bolts of Writing

Quite recently, someone asked me about my “process.” This someone wasn’t asking about the creative parts—the meandering through the dark, ...

Learning to Breathe

I needed something. Everyone was dying. Or at least a lot of people were dying and it felt like everyone ...

Precious Haroset

I am bored to death, dying of starvation and on the brink of losing my mind at Passover dinner at my father’s ...