Laura Kipnis’ LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION received a wave of positive press following its publication. Sophia Nguyen of The Washington Post writes: “Readers who crave that warm feeling of being taken into someone’s confidence will also find a lot to like in Laura Kipnis’ LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION… Kipnis’ intellectual restlessness is what makes her so fun to read.” David Mikics reviewed the book for Tablet, praising: “LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION is shot through with Kipnis’ ample comic talent. As a satirist and commiserator she has few equals these days.” Chicago Tribune featured the book in a Valentine’s Day column examining the difficulty of romantic commitments: “LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION [is] a new social study by Kipnis, longtime professor and bomb thrower (metaphorically) at Northwestern…Kipnis offers a cloistered world in which, at least, we recognize both, the painful and the enlightened.” Lastly, Kipnis sat down for interviews with Lit Hub, The Colin McEnroe Show, and The Unspeakable Podcast. Pantheon published the book on February 8, 2022.