Jennifer Steil

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Stop au harcèlement téléphonique et aux appels frauduleux - Signez la pétition ! c.org/VFBVfBZ7Fr via @ChangeFrance

This may be my most provocative and important column yet. This week we talk about the Pelicot rape trial and the existential questions it raises. I also meet Susan Choi, and review Mountains Sing, a beautiful Vietnamese novel. jennifersteil.substack.com/p/the-pelicot-…

We are now at 1136 new measles cases - in just the first 8 weeks of this year alone. A preventable disease resurging. This is an abject policy failure.

The cover of the Lancet. It says it all.

So, it's been a rough week. But I have some dazzling moments to share in this week's Liminal too! Slipping open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

I adore this poem! Unspeaking by Elizabeth Cohen oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/15/uns… via @oneartpoetry1

What do we owe the world and each other? open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

My entire feed today is news from talented reporters and editors laid off by @washingtonpost I just want to say how devastated I am by this, how much I am thinking of those the paper abandoned, when it gave up any pretense at practicing journalism.

It's been such a tough week I thought I would have nothing good to say about anything—but then I looked at my journals. open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

This week I meet a stained-glass poet, a professional thinker, visiting nurses, drain surgeons, and dear friends. Also, some new book reviews. The Everyday Magic of Leaving the House open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

Lab rat outlives usefulness open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

@UZAmbassador Ooh I need some of those! I miss Bukhara! xo

Camel wool socks! I’m absolutely thrilled with these. Made in Uzbekistan & on sale in the Abdulazizkhan Madrassa in Bukhara.

Astonishingly, I'm still alive. You can read about the recent horrors and small happinesses here. Thank you. And I love all of you who care enough to keep reading! Lab rat outlives usefulness open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

🎉 Congratulations to the @WSJ reporting team, winners of the 2025 WERT Global Prize; to @shurufu and @BarbaraDemick, this year’s Welles Prize winners and to @dmac1, a Welles finalist recognized for his outstanding reporting: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-wert…

This week's liminal thoughts: The solace of swans, silence, and stories open.substack.com/pub/jenniferst…

No money for cancer research,... but $200 MILLION for Trump's new White House ballroom.

I enjoyed this take on the recent theft from the Louvre... patreon.com/posts/why-do-w…

SB 13 is a bill that removes local control from public schools across Texas and gives politicians (not parents) the power to decide what books are or are not available to students. action.everylibrary.org/texas_school_b…