About Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Jennifer Jordán Schaller is a writer and teacher from Albuquerque. Her work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction; Sonora ReviewBrain, ChildAscentNew Mexico English Journal; and NPR’s This American Life. She also has a forthcoming essay in the next issue of Cutbank. She is working on a longer manuscript, from which she take breaks to develop chapters as stand-alone pieces (like this essay in Mutha Magazine).



Author Archives: Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Against a White Background

July 30th, 2020 | by Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Strangers' questions imply that someone needs to keep watch over me, a Brown lady holding a white baby.


The Fall

February 11th, 2020 | by Jennifer Jordán Schaller

Her tooth, a white pearl, hung by strings. My four-year-old daughter Ruby had been jumping up and down inside the


The Wooden Spoon

April 2nd, 2019 | by Jennifer Jordán Schaller

On more than one occasion, my mother said, “Do not upset me. If I start spanking you, I might not be able to stop. I don’t want to hurt you.”



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