Essays

Jennifer Case’s essays have appeared widely in literary journals, environmental journals, and online venues. Explore selected publications below.

“Continue to Be: A Response to Roe“

Terrain.org, July 2022

“The Mother-Infant Dyad.”

North American Review, Spring 2022

“Message for the Animal Mother“

DIAGRAM, Spring 2022

“On Race and Motherhood in America.”

About Place Journal, May 2021

“A Political Pregnancy.“

The Rumpus, January 2020

“Animals on the Eve of Extinction.”

Dark Mountain, Spring 2020

“On Breast Pumps and Bovines.”

The Museum of Americana, Summer 2019

“On Contemplating a Second Child.”

Michigan Quarterly Review, Winter 2019

“We Are Animals.“

Sycamore Review, Winter/Spring 2018

“On the Silence of Regret.”

Literary Mama, April 2018

“BabyCenter: An Essay on Place.”

Orion, July/August 2016

Additional work can be found in The Hopper, Sou’wester, Third Coast, Fourth River, Zone 3, Poetry East, ISLE,  Poet Lore, Water~Stone Review, Split Rock Review, Stone Canoe, Hawk & Handsaw, Stirring: A Literary Collection, and Cold Mountain Review.