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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, an Atlantic senior editor, began her association with the magazine in 2002, shortly after graduating from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. An early highlight of her Atlantic career was a visit with Harold Bloom, during which the renowned literary critic addressed her as "my little bear."

In January 2006, Jennie joined the Atlantic staff full time. She currently oversees a number of different areas -- producing the online edition of the magazine and its special features, editing TheAtlantic.com's National channel, and creating original videos for the website.

Before coming to The Atlantic, Jennie was senior editor of Moment, a national magazine founded by Elie Wiesel, where she remains a contributing editor. Her writing has also appeared in The Chicago Tribune and in the book The Kindness of Strangers, a Lonely Planet travel writing anthology.

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Mississippi Melodies

By Jennie Rothenberg Gritz

Oct 1 2007, 7:10 PM ET Comment

In Twain's Wake by Wayne Curtis
The Atlantic, November 2007

"I stopped by the Delta Cultural Center and chatted with 'Sunshine' Sonny Payne, who's been hosting the King Biscuit Time blues radio show for 56 years. At the Malco Theater, I heard James 'Super Chikan' Johnson put on a terrific show using handmade guitars. At Bubba's Blues Corner record shop, ... Bubba Sullivan, took me outside to point out the curtained windows of a former nightclub where Robert Johnson used to play and an auditorium where Elvis once set local teenagers swooning. This moribund town is happily occupied by a host of spirits....."   &nbsp


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