Jennifer Michael Hecht

Jennifer performed on stage for Seriously Entertaining at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on March 7, 2023, speaking on the evening’s theme, “The Road Ahead.” Watch it below. 

Jennifer Michael Hecht, a historian and poet, is the award-winning and bestselling author of the forthcoming The Wonder Paradox, published March 7, 2023, as well as the histories Doubt, Stay, The Happiness Myth, and The End of the Soul. Her poetry books include Who Said, The Next Ancient World, and Funny. She earned her PhD in history from Columbia University and teaches in New York City.

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