I’m a writer-editor from Chicago who currently lives in Brooklyn. I used to work at The Outline (RIP) and Pitchfork and Spin, and have contributed to publications such as The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, and GQ. Right now, I’m a senior editor at The Atlantic, working mostly on the culture desk. If you’d like to work together, or just get in touch, feel free to email me at jgordon [at] theatlantic [dot] com. Here is my Twitter. Here is my Instagram. Here is my newsletter, aka my other blog.

I also wrote a novel called See Friendship that’ll be out in winter 2025. You can learn more about it here. For that book, I’m represented by Kirby Kim at Janklow & Nesbit.

Here is a photo of me from college when my cerebellum was inflamed and I spent most of my days on my side watching Criminal Minds and reading magazines.

Here is a more recent photo taken of me:

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