q-sharp whydunnit quoi?

A riff on a favorite line from Muriel Spark.

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I’m a journalist, professor, and the author of the novels The Exhibition of Persephone Q (a 2020 NYT Editors’ Choice) and The Visitors. My most recent book is Ghost Pains, a short story collection exploring the legacies of the 20th century.

My reporting on European culture & the climate movement appears in Foreign Policy, among other publications.

I also write stories, essays, and criticism for magazines like Harper’s, The New York Times, The Nation, The Cut, The Paris Review, 4Columns, Granta, etc.

I’m based in Geneva and currently teach in Zürich.

More info: http://jjezewskastevens.com/