Jeanne Schinto

Biography

Jeanne Schinto is the author of three books, including Huddle Fever: Living in the Immigrant City (Knopf, 1995). Currently she is a regular contributor to Maine Antique Digest, covering auctions and antiques shows in the Boston area. Her freelance articles and essays have been published in DoubleTake, Atlantic Monthly, Gastronomica, and many literary magazines, including VQR, over the past few years. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts, with her horologist husband, Bob Frishman.

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ESSAYS / Winter 2002

Postcard Picasso

By Jeanne Schinto

I used to have a reproduction of John Singer Sargent’s El Jaleo hanging on my wall. Its colors weren’t as vivid as those of the original. The dramatic lighting effects created on the canvas by Sargent were largely absent from the repro. And...

Spring 1991

Cautionary Verses for Children

By Jeanne Schinto
Autumn 1992

The House Nun: A Tale

By Jeanne Schinto
Spring 1996

The Lover of Libraries

By Jeanne Schinto