https://www.kristopherjansma.com/jansma daily 1.0 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/d7a9fe91-b8fd-4326-91d5-cc571ccb8bd9/images.jpg Kristopher Jansma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/14e43cfc-fade-4625-bece-40c0c394de66/lineup.png Kristopher Jansma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551883983136-6WH23OVP4JF42FBGTIZQ/IMG_20190306_095139_621.jpg Kristopher Jansma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551884480202-UZ0W0MD42HO9SYJQSEUG/leopards.jpg Kristopher Jansma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1662462622279-3G0ZX9MKE47MPK7H5IHZ/Jansma_08_02_2022-13.jpg Kristopher Jansma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1704814019399-ZJ8FD7KNIXQZO14T6KXR/1200x630wp.png Kristopher Jansma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1716396343547-5JZX0QRP62F59QPJV9EG/revisionaries+cover.jpg Kristopher Jansma https://www.kristopherjansma.com/whywecame daily 0.75 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551301216590-M4LZB2MB2VDC1HVPD70E/NY_Books_List2.jpg Why We Came to the City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551885798850-O1W28BYAZBCR2S6R32ZQ/why-we-came-to-the-city_wide-be289f8d282d1a66e9611aa0c98063f4ada471e2.jpg Why We Came to the City Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, Longlist Junior Library Guild Selection “A beautiful, sprawling and generous book […] a heartfelt novel, tender and painful and cathartic all at once.” —Michael Schaub, NPR Books “Astonishing […] Why We Came to the City is amazing.” —Kit Reed, The Miami Herald ”Why We Came to the City is a tremendous accomplishment: an elegant and deeply moving meditation on friendship and mortality, both fearless and finely wrought. I believe this book will stay with me for a very long time.“—Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven “Compelling… searing… Tightly-written, smartly conceived.“—Publisher’s Weekly “…a love letter to Manhattan.” – Helen Ellis, The New York Times “Enticing… Much like a modern Great Gatsby, this book is awash in the feeling of the city.” —Melissa Ragsdale, Bustle “Fans of Bret Easton Ellis’s stream-of-consciousness narratives will enjoy Jansma’s paean to New York City.”—In Style “Joyful and tragic, Jansma’s book will appeal to readers who loved Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life.”—Men’s Journal Click for more on the French translation by Sophie Troff, New York Odyssée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551977765464-EBIJ51POG6EY2GMB53EP/gavino.png Why We Came to the City Picture by Kate Gavino, Last Night's Reading https://www.kristopherjansma.com/leopards daily 0.75 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551884563153-U8ZY232V1Q706QEVD9A1/leopards2.jpg The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f96a558a65e2431339cdaf/1461597728765-0G3C4VEIWZ8KVUFOEMSX/static1.squarespace-crop.jpg The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551975782950-5JSND2COY3K9FRI6OKCY/9200000016164654.jpg The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" (The Village Voice) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man’s quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe. 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award, Honorable Mention Barnes & Noble Discover Pick American Booksellers Association “Indie Next” Pick ALA Notable Book Prix de L’Inapperçu, Finalist Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, Long List Flaherty-Dunnan Prize, Long List Official Penguin Random House Reader’s Guide https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/5c76f8650852293f484b522d/5c76f8650852293f484b5232/1551976355693/guide-screen-4.png The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards “One of the best books of the year.” - Jeff Glor, CBS Author Talk “…with wry humor and a steady hand […] The narrator’s games never fail to entertain, even if he is constantly changing the rules.“ - The New Yorker “It’s a breathless work that celebrates literary tradition, while making a strong case that its author belongs on the shelf besides his forebears.” - Time Out NY A “wildly recursive fun house of a novel […] there’s plenty to relish in this noteworthy debut.” - NPR Books “Playfully weird…I’d call this book ‘postmodern,’ but that makes it sound like it’s not as pleasurable to read as it is.” – Meg Wolitzer, NPR.com’s “Hidden Gems” “…the most unreliable narrator to be found in recent fiction. […] This is really and truly a literary novel, about writing and writers, creativity and lies” – The Toronto Star "[A] work that feels both classic and novel, a winking shuffle through narrative tropes that mines each for all the good it contains. It is, in short, a fantastic read, hopefully only the first of many to come from Jansma." - Maclean's "...a clever, tightly paced novel of ever-upping stakes." - Vogue "Kristopher Jansma is sure to be one of 2013’s new literary heavyweights." - Brooklyn Daily Eagle "...a writer of extreme promise, who seems to belong to an older generation." - Electric Literature's Recommended Reading "[An] arresting debut [...] Jansma’s characters deftly explore the blurred lines between fact and fiction, discovering the shades of truth that lie in between." - Publisher's Weekly “Jansma performs a veritable circus act here[…] this canny, seductive, and utterly transfixing tale about the magic of storytelling and the misery of writing is told by an itinerant, chameleonic writer who calls himself Nobody. ” - Booklist "A writer to watch." - Library Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551884993024-BVZAKIFQQ6OX46X0QSGS/image-asset.jpeg The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards - 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Pen Parentis Reading - "First Generation" https://www.kristopherjansma.com/events/https/catapultco/classes/6-week-fiction-workshop-the-nature-of-the-fun-332tababout monthly 0.5 2019-06-14 https://www.kristopherjansma.com/events/2019/6/1/1-day-fiction-master-class-the-three-layers-of-character monthly 0.5 2019-03-08 https://www.kristopherjansma.com/events/2019/5/19/sleepy-hollow-literary-festival-sunday monthly 0.5 2019-05-13 https://www.kristopherjansma.com/new-york-odyssee daily 0.75 2019-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983792753-X2KSRCPAKF8I8YT4UPZ8/ruefldp-large.jpg New York Odyssée New York Odyssée is the prize-winning French translation of Why We Came to the City by Sophie Troff Rue Fromentin / Livre de Poche Prix des Lecteurs, Finalist Prix du Livre de Voyage Urbain du Figaro, Winner Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, Long List Prix America, Finalist Prix du Livre Etranger France Inter-Journal du Dimanche, Finalist “31 décembre. Plusieurs amis, inséparables depuis l’université, se retrouvent pour fêter ensemble l’année à venir. Sara, journaliste débordée, son compagnon Georges, brillant astronome, Jacob, écrivain, poète et infatigable grande gueule, William le banquier d’affaires et Irène, jeune femme charismatique, artiste peintre et centre névralgique de la bande. Ils ont 25 ans. Ils vivent depuis peu à New York et attendent tout de cette nouvelle ville, de cette nouvelle vie. Mais l’année à venir en décidera autrement. Dans les mois suivants, la maladie d’Irène bouleversera leurs attentes et donnera une direction complètement différente à l’existence de chacun. Kristopher Jansma signe un roman juste et sensible sur le deuil, qui dresse un superbe portrait de groupe avant de basculer vers le drame intime de chaque personnage. New York Odyssée est également un roman à l’ironie subtile, à l’humour élégant, qui cerne parfaitement les hésitations d’un âge et les dégoûts d’une génération. Enfin, Kristopher Jansma livre un grand roman sur le New York d’aujourd’hui, loin des clichés. On y retrouve la fascination du Woody Allen de Manhattan mêlée à la mélancolie amusée de Wes Anderson et à la précision réaliste d’un Jay McInerney.” France Culture 2 TV “New York Odyssée, de Kristopher Jansma : Manhattan, les amis, les amours et la mort” - Le Figaro “Homère à Manhattan” - Le Monde “Kristopher Jansma Aède du Temps Prèsent” -Libération “Un roman aux accents fitzgeraldiens.” - Éric Neuhoff, Le Figaro. “Une immersion totale parmi une bande de joyeux drilles. Brillant conteur, Jansma peint leurs frasques, leurs amours, leurs désillusions. Après l’ivresse, il faut parfois déchanter et affronter une réalité implacable. Ce que le lecteur, ébloui par tant de grâce, fait à son tour.” - Alexandre Fillon, Lire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983792753-X2KSRCPAKF8I8YT4UPZ8/ruefldp-large.jpg New York Odyssée New York Odyssée is the prize-winning French translation of Why We Came to the City by Sophie Troff Rue Fromentin / Livre de Poche Prix des Lecteurs, Finalist Prix du Livre de Voyage Urbain du Figaro, Winner Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, Long List Prix America, Finalist Prix du Livre Etranger France Inter-Journal du Dimanche, Finalist “31 décembre. Plusieurs amis, inséparables depuis l’université, se retrouvent pour fêter ensemble l’année à venir. Sara, journaliste débordée, son compagnon Georges, brillant astronome, Jacob, écrivain, poète et infatigable grande gueule, William le banquier d’affaires et Irène, jeune femme charismatique, artiste peintre et centre névralgique de la bande. Ils ont 25 ans. Ils vivent depuis peu à New York et attendent tout de cette nouvelle ville, de cette nouvelle vie. Mais l’année à venir en décidera autrement. Dans les mois suivants, la maladie d’Irène bouleversera leurs attentes et donnera une direction complètement différente à l’existence de chacun. Kristopher Jansma signe un roman juste et sensible sur le deuil, qui dresse un superbe portrait de groupe avant de basculer vers le drame intime de chaque personnage. New York Odyssée est également un roman à l’ironie subtile, à l’humour élégant, qui cerne parfaitement les hésitations d’un âge et les dégoûts d’une génération. Enfin, Kristopher Jansma livre un grand roman sur le New York d’aujourd’hui, loin des clichés. On y retrouve la fascination du Woody Allen de Manhattan mêlée à la mélancolie amusée de Wes Anderson et à la précision réaliste d’un Jay McInerney.” France Culture 2 TV “New York Odyssée, de Kristopher Jansma : Manhattan, les amis, les amours et la mort” - Le Figaro “Homère à Manhattan” - Le Monde “Kristopher Jansma Aède du Temps Prèsent” -Libération “Un roman aux accents fitzgeraldiens.” - Éric Neuhoff, Le Figaro. “Une immersion totale parmi une bande de joyeux drilles. Brillant conteur, Jansma peint leurs frasques, leurs amours, leurs désillusions. Après l’ivresse, il faut parfois déchanter et affronter une réalité implacable. Ce que le lecteur, ébloui par tant de grâce, fait à son tour.” - Alexandre Fillon, Lire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551886405298-X85NWQDP02668H1GB6AP/image-asset.jpeg New York Odyssée - New York Odyssée - Kristopher Jansma - Book trailer https://www.kristopherjansma.com/about daily 0.75 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/f65eaf7e-2243-4f22-ae46-9dcd84c0a7a6/Jansma_08_02_2022-08.jpg About Photo by Roy Gumpel https://www.kristopherjansma.com/unfinished-business daily 0.75 2024-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/0ca76260-2b7f-4aa9-ad12-c987310f318b/annie-spratt-U_Ff4ohzLSw-unsplash-2048x1366.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature - Make it stand out JAN 11, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1624128518449-UR9G5S2LDLORJ7ONS33P/Aunt_Jos_Scrap-Bag_Volume_5_Little_Women_Advert-768x590.png Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature - Make it stand out Jun 16, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1580486850705-U7CV9XK90HN6S9K2AVBG/3617605885_67766c7ed5_k.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Jan 30, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/4b3e149f-3031-4158-9382-5f9863b4c66f/Superhero.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature - Make it stand out NOV 17, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551982568635-FKA6NNY861OEHX33CXC1/flaubert.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Apr 25, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1554723397868-CMK0U8EC6U11B6M3STLT/cris-dinoto-346886-unsplash.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature APR 5, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983225088-XTWT9N8ZVWMO42CVQWMT/baldwin.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Dec 12, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983418390-H09C47KQP5L5UGEW5CCH/1_dlOe3hLdjaOuXyPOhN2PXw.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Aug 10, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983311745-B2H9U6Z73TV1H7DEJ7NP/lispector.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Oct 30, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1573227054699-1TMEWHZHCJ6ZHCWCGXB0/luggage-3297015_1280.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature OCT 24, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551982318899-FB7VZSXDASJI4GG54AA6/plath.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Feb 5, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983388422-MGSFADWSSE42P8RLPQ73/1_ZV4UA6LbKz0cY4F7ostFdg.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Sep 20, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983051608-YD88PU7UWO639UAKTVL4/nabokov.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Jan 23, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551982425425-82K84L7L1JARV6DBBXF4/ellison.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Jun 19, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551983432513-ND8ROLIACOPQJE8GYBMU/1_OxH_vg2kqxBsCZX8qaktpg.jpeg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature Jul 19, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/1551982789314-YMEFJ0WVCBZK09J2ZROD/4815205740_f5be704a14_b.jpg Unfinished Business @ Electric Literature https://www.kristopherjansma.com/classroomresources daily 0.75 2024-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c76f14fe4afe930fba5cc8f/c96be1fe-85d4-41fe-9915-a827117056a5/Fail+Like+a+Genius.png Classroom Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.