Jonathan Russell Clark

Writer: Esquire, LA Times, LitHub, Washington Post Author: AN OASIS OF HORROR IN A DESERT OF BOREDOM and SKATEBOARD.

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

In July, for @esquire I traveled to Portland, Oregon and spent a fascinating day with Chuck Palahniuk. And I discovered a deeply thoughtful and soulful artist with a deeply personal approach to his grotesque fiction making https://t.co/Ar7L643BYc @chuckpalahniuk

[Jonny Diamond @JonnyDiamond]

We are ten years old and still somehow going strong.
https://t.co/mTvM1JD0bz

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

My latest for @washingtonpost, a review of @MsShade’s excellent Y2K

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Review by Jonathan Russell Clark: Colette Shade’s essays offer trenchant commentary on politics and culture from 1997 through 2008. https://t.co/mSZpjtIneg

[Mag Gabbert @mag_gabbert]

I believe I said I wasn’t done playing with this form yet 😬 ty to @BlackWarriorRev for indulging this latest fragmerotic weirdness!!

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

Merry @CommunityTV Christmas to all those who don’t celebrate

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Read @mervatim on Texas: The Great Theft and the literary nature of gossip. https://t.co/rsLJ85f7z2

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@fakemilf It’s giving

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@veryhotmomm It is so damn good!

[gabrielle korn @Gabrielle_Korn]

In honor of my new book, The Shutouts, which comes out today, I wrote about why queer sex belongs in climate fiction for @lithub https://t.co/LX7O4XUPID

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@fakemilf Yeah, but “your life has had some wild moments amidst mostly regular ones” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it

[Patrycja @jej_sen]

obsessed with this painting by Hélène Delmaire, which inspired this ekphrastic poem from We Contain Landscapes (@Tin_House, 2025). it’s a sonnet that breaks off, with fewer syllables at the last line, bc the speaker is crying . WCL is out in March 🌀

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@crookyshanks They called me w/ acceptance, emailed with everything else. I think it was in the spring.

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@lololeereverie This is happening to me right now! Had three big deadlines and after I finished them I’ve felt so bereft. I guess I really need structure imposed on me.

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

Could a moment at a baseball game kickstart a literary transformation? For Haruki Murakami, it did.

From jazz cafés to talking cats, underground realms to magical realism, his fiction explores the mysteries of consciousness and connection: https://t.co/uY5DPwXgox

[RealClearBooks & Culture @RealClearBooks]

https://t.co/rA1aCzBFGb
Tuesday reads: @stephengadubato for @LawLiberty, @verdur_in for @TheCriticMag, @jrc2666 for @esquire, @ColeStangler for @thenation, @JakeKerridge for @AirMailWeekly, and many others.

[Adrienne Westenfeld @adriennemwest]

My final act at Esquire is a fitting one: I hand-modeled my way into the role of "woman with knife" in a @chuckpalahniuk story. So proud to launch my fifth Napkin Project, featuring Chuck, @JackieWoodson, @daniel_m_lavery, @MegWolitzer, and Weike Wang. https://t.co/lvB5X184DH

[Jonathan Russell Clark @jrc2666]

@adriennemwest And will have more!! The sun will shine on us both again. Thank you for everything.

[Kyle Chayka @chaykak]

this is really a shame, Adrienne built an incredible section at Esquire and published great, rare reporting on the book industry

[Kelly Stout @scoutstout]

Imagine being dumb enough to lay off Adrienne, the smartest, hardest working person at esquire! Wild choice on their part, but fantastic news for whoever gets her next.

[Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan]

Adrienne is one of the best editors in the world. This is such a massive loss for Esquire and its readers, but a huge win for whoever hires her next. Writing for her has been one of the highlights of my career.