Hard Surfaces are Good for the Body

Jennifer Marquardt's stories consider human relationships at their frailest moments, halfway between just barely hanging on and letting go. What does someone become when the context that gave them meaning breaks apart or goes wandering off? Marquardt's stories are searching, sensitive, inquisitive, and compelling. Her characters will stay with you. Jennifer Marquardt earned her Ph.D. in Literature from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi and has worked with Frederick Barthelme, Steven Barthelme, James Robison, Steve Almond, Aimee Bender, and Madison Smartt Bell among others. Her work has been anthologized in Modern Shorts and has been published in New World Writers.