Jean Hey

Jean Hey was a journalist in South Africa before immigrating to the United States. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune, Solstice Literary Magazine, The MacGuffin, and Arrowsmith Journal. She holds a dual-genre MFA in fiction and nonfiction from Bennington College and recently completed a collection of memoiristic essays about immigration and identity.

Articles

Enduring Divides: On Eve Fairbanks’s “The Inheritors”
Jean Hey considers Eve Fairbanks’s “The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning.”
Jean HeyJan 10, 2023
Very Much Alive: On Philip Ó Ceallaigh’s “Trouble”
Jean Hey lands in “Trouble,” the latest short story collection from Philip Ó Ceallaigh.
Jean HeyMar 21, 2022
- Fiction
Insurmountable Divides: On Ethel Rohan’s “In the Event of Contact”
Jean Hey reviews Ethel Rohan’s new story collection “In the Event of Contact,” immigrant tales grounded in a distinctly Irish grit.
Jean HeyJul 15, 2021
- Fiction
Celestial Events: On Rachel Barenbaum’s “A Bend in the Stars”
Jean Hey follows the trajectories of “A Bend in the Stars,” a debut novel by Rachel Barenbaum.
Jean HeyMay 16, 2019
- Fiction
An Account at the Heartbreak Bank: On Maile Meloy’s “Do Not Become Alarmed”
Jean Hey can’t put down “Do Not Become Alarmed,” the latest novel by Maile Meloy.
Jean HeyJul 6, 2017
- Fiction
A Wanderer’s Journey: On Eileen Battersby’s “Teethmarks on My Tongue”
Jean Hey reviews “Teethmarks on My Tongue,” a coming-of-age novel by Eileen Battersby.
Jean HeyMar 8, 2017
- Fiction
A Separation: Sheila Kohler’s “Once We Were Sisters”
Jean Hey looks at Sheila Kohler's new memoir.
Jean HeyFeb 22, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
The Land Down Under
Jean Hey reviews David Francis’s novel "Wedding Bush Road."
Jean HeyDec 17, 2016
- Fiction