Jen Burke Anderson
@jenburkeanderson.bsky.social
Writer in San Francisco; author of the Substack publication Catastrophic Annoyances and the novella "The Constantly Unfolding Horrors of Vasily Nikoleyevich." Pet subjects: Europe, San Francisco, the quest for meaning.
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When Did People Become “Humans”?
The unsettling progress of a creepy linguistic fad
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This week on Catastrophic Annoyances: Why are we referring to ourselves as though we're some other species?
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As we prepare for the Fall 2025 PRINT LAUNCH(!!!) of The Fabulist Magazine, we're sharing treasures from our vault of stories. This week, it's Jerica Taylor's haunting 2020 tale of a close encounter of the fey kind ... fabulistmagazine.com/when-your-ho...
September 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As we prepare for the Fall 2025 PRINT LAUNCH(!!!) of The Fabulist Magazine, we're sharing treasures from our vault of stories. This week, it's Jerica Taylor's haunting 2020 tale of a close encounter of the fey kind ... fabulistmagazine.com/when-your-ho...
"Delving into Vanity Fair, you learn things without realizing you’re learning them — and that’s often the kind of intellectual engagement that makes life worthwhile." My latest dispatch from Catastrophic Annoyances makes the case for magazines!
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/magazines-...
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Magazines Are Awesome, Actually
Our glossy-paged friends delectably bridge the visual and literate realms. Can we afford to walk away from them?
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September 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Delving into Vanity Fair, you learn things without realizing you’re learning them — and that’s often the kind of intellectual engagement that makes life worthwhile." My latest dispatch from Catastrophic Annoyances makes the case for magazines!
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/magazines-...
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/magazines-...
This week on Catastrophic Annoyances: Why are we referring to ourselves as though we're some other species?
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/when-did-p...
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/when-did-p...
When Did People Become “Humans”?
The unsettling progress of a creepy linguistic fad
jenburkeanderson.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This week on Catastrophic Annoyances: Why are we referring to ourselves as though we're some other species?
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/when-did-p...
jenburkeanderson.substack.com/p/when-did-p...