Jennifer Ruden

About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Writer/Teacher/Mom/Pain in the Ass
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Introduction Balancing writing feverishly with feverishly avoiding writing. I also teach people (mainly inmates and the not- yet- convicted) how to read.
Interests Accumulating children, stories, dust, debt, and unfinished novels.
Favorite Movies Clueless, Fargo and esoteric documentaries.
Favorite Music Old "skool" rap. Anything offensive.
Favorite Books Too many to list but here's some authors I like: Toni Morrison, William Trevor, Adam Johnson, Michael Chabon, Richard Wright, Louise Edrich, Sherman Alexie, Flannery O'Connor, Stephanie Vaughn, Tobias Wolf, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gogol, Lois Lowry, James Baldwin, James Alan McPherson, Mary Gaitskill, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, William S Burroughs, Ambrose Bierce, Angela Carter, Judy Blume.

What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?

Is anything truly random?