I write essays, criticism, and reportage, often at the intersection of art, science, and history. I was a nonfiction major at Columbia University and am an alum of the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing. From 2021 to 2023 I was an online editor at The New York Review of Books. I’m writing a book, HOW TO LIVE: THE FILMS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

I am represented by Elias Altman at Massie McQuilkin & Altman, and you can reach me directly at lucymjakub[at]gmail.com. I live in Brooklyn and spend summers in Downeast Maine, where I grew up.