Jen Renninger

A national journal of literature & discussion

Fall 2024 Cover. Illustration by Johanna Goodman.

Jen Renninger is an editorial illustrator who works in collage and painting. Her illustrations have been featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harper’s, and Chronicle Books.

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REPORTING / Spring 2020

No End in Sight

By Lauren Markham , Illustrations by Jen Renninger

What happens when immigrant-rights advocates reach a breaking point?

MEMOIR / Spring 2017

Kodak Moments

By Robin Wasserman , Illustration by Jen Renninger

The summer I turned twenty-six, I stopped taking pictures. This wasn’t just out of character—this was abnegation of character, so foundational was my belief in a photographic clenched fist around the past. I have always been a writer, but I...

ESSAYS / Winter 2016

Total Loss

By Jen Choi , Illustrations by Jen Renninger

Fire does not abide by reason. In its destructive trail, there are empty bank accounts, unreturned voice mails, FedExed checks, hours upon hours of smooth-jazz hold music, fine print written in inscrutable jargon, and the summary Laurie...