Jess Arndt’s LARGE ANIMALS is one of 2017’s Best Fiction Books So Far, according to the Chicago Review of Books, as well as one of 6 Poetry and Prose Collections Feminists Should Read This Summer, according to Ms. Magazine. Maggie Nelson interviewed and introduced Jess for Poets & Writers’ First Fiction 2017 feature, included in the July/August issue. Zyzzyva reviewed LARGE ANIMALS, calling it “startling” and “vivid.”