Morten Høi Jensen

Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish-American writer. His latest book, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of ‘The Magic Mountain,’ is available from Yale University Press.

Article

The Electric Prose of Martin Amis

Remembering the comic force and electric prose of the late Martin Amis, a true writer’s writer.

By Morten Høi Jensen

June 30, 2023

Literature

Death and Dying

Article

There Will Be Blogs

Why preserve for posterity, or at all, what is by definition scarcely meant to endure beyond the moment?

By Morten Høi Jensen

January 11, 2022

Books

Technology

LGBTQ issues

Article

The Gentle Light That Vanishes and Returns

Against the epic forces of history, the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski emphasized little privacies.

By Morten Høi Jensen

April 10, 2021

Poetry

War and Peace

Social Justice

Article

Without God or Reason

Two new collections of Albert Camus’ work reveal the foundations of his future writing.

By Morten Høi Jensen

January 1, 2021

Nonfiction

Philosophy

Article

What Might Have Been

Often, we ask ourselves not just who we are, but who we might have been. Fiction can help us explore answers to that question.

By Morten Høi Jensen

July 15, 2020

Literature

Fiction

Books