Jeannette Cooperman

In this audio version of her new essay “Not With a Whimper but With a Bang” for the Common Reader, longtime St. Louis journalist Jeannette Cooperman inspects the surreal contrasts between “our quiet, lamp-lit private life” and “the shadows outside our window” in the contemporary world.

It’s been a tough decade for the media business, particularly for outlets disseminating the written word. Publications have shut down across the U.S. Many…

For more than two decades, Jeannette Cooperman has been one of the most insightful and elegant writers chronicling St. Louis. As a staff writer at the…