“It’s art. High, heart-thumping, unforgettable art. I was shaken by this book, but I was also made more wholly human.”—Tim O’Brien
“What Mennonite Girls Are Good For is a singular achievement.”—Mary Gaitskill
What Mennonite Girls Are Good For
John Simmons Iowa Short Fiction Award, University of Iowa Press, 2025.
Jennifer Sears is the author of What Mennonite Girls Are Good For. She has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation of the Arts, and the 2024 NeMLA Fiction Book Award. Her stories and essays have been cited in Best American Essays, Best American Short Stories, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. She is associate professor of English and creative writing at City Tech / City University of New York. She lives in Brooklyn
