Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

Jennifer Givhan on Monstrous Mothers, Headless Women, and Writing Symbolic Horror

The author of The Sleeping Sisters analyzes the tale of the girl with the green ribbon

By Jennifer Givhan | August 18, 2026

In Borderlands of Truth and Silence: Jennifer Givhan on Writing Mexicali Magical Realism

In Borderlands of Truth and Silence: Jennifer Givhan on Writing Mexicali Magical Realism

The Author of "Salt Bones" Takes on Motherhood, Inherited Trauma, and Erasure

By Jennifer Givhan | July 29, 2025

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

Jennifer Givhan: Becoming the Bruja My Ancestors Needed

On brujería and slaying demons on the page.

By Jennifer Givhan | October 5, 2022

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