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ZZ Packer

(She/Her)
United States
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Covers:  Books, Literature, Narrative, Voice in Fiction, Race, Reconstruction, Breonna Taylor, Louisville, KY, the Buffalo Soldiers
Author of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Guggenheim, National Book Award 5 Under 35, PEN, NEA, @NewYorker @NYTMag @WME @VanderbiltU #1619Project #BreonnaTaylor

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ZZ Packer’s Biography

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ZZ Packer's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker since 2000, and she's additionally published fiction in Harper’s, STORY, Ploughshares, GRANTA, Zoetrope All-Story, Best American Short Stories, Best Non-Required Reading and, most recently, 100 Years of The Best American Short Stories and The New York Times Magazine's "The 1619 Project."

She has been contributing non-fiction to The New York Times Magazine since 2000. Her non-fiction has also appeared in The Washington Post Magazine, The Americ…

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Penguin Random House To Publish "The 1619 Project" | The New York Times Company

Penguin Random House To Publish "The 1619 Project" | The New York Times Company

Penguin Random House is thrilled to announce November 16, 2021 as the publication date for THE 1619 PROJECT: …

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New Yorker Classics

New Yorker Classics

The short-story writer and journalist ZZ Packer renders the complexities of history with skill and poignancy.…

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Brownies

Brownies

Brownies ZZ Packer2003 "Brownies" is a story by ZZ Packer, a young African American writer. It appears in Pac…

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What Happens to a Professor When His Theory of Anti-Racism Goes Mainstream?

What Happens to a Professor When His Theory of Anti-Racism Goes Mainstream?

Ibram X. Kendi's 'How To Be An Antiracist' has been parked at the top of the bestseller list for most of the …

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Plotting her return

Plotting her return

As the saying goes, "From those to whom much is given, much is expected." For more than a decade, much has be…

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From Matthew Klam to ZZ Packer: Some writers are worth the wait

From Matthew Klam to ZZ Packer: Some writers are worth the wait

For 17 years, I waited and wondered when Matthew Klam would publish another book. "Sam the Cat," a collection…

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The Disparate Heart

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By Jacque Gorelick, ZZ Packer, Dara Mathis Verified
| Kenyon Review Verified
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Fall 2002

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By Margot Livesey, Ron Carlson, Haruki Murakami, ZZ Packer
| Ploughshares Verified
The Fall 2002 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Margot Livesey. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different and personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles. Acclaimed novelist Margot Livesey (Criminals, Eva Moves the Furniture) compiles this fiction issue of Ploughshares. In her Introduction, Livesey looks at whether reading fiction in the face of the world's problems is simple escapism.
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Trump indictment: The most noteworthy reactions so far

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By ZZ Packer
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Outrageous or long overdue, constitutional malpractice or the epitome of “karma”: One thing that seemed to unite Americans this week was that nearly everyone had an opinion on the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a Manhattan grand jury.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

I think it's making it more accessible--which is good--but also more shallow--which isn't good at all.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Harriet the Spy.