# Jill Lepore ## **About Jill Lepore** Assistant: Nicholas Trefonides Contact Us: <> Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at *The New Yorker.* A prize-winning professor, she teaches classes in evidence, historical methods, humanistic inquiry, and American history. Much of her scholarship explores absences and asymmetries in the historical record, with a particular emphasis on the history and technology of evidence. As a wide-ranging and prolific essayist, and winner of the PEN prize for the Art of the Essay, Lepore writes about American history, law, literature, and politics. She is the author of many award-winning books, including the international bestseller, [*These Truths: A History of the United States*](http://www.thesetruthsbook.com/) (2018). Her latest book is [*The Deadline*,](/) a collection of essays. *We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution*, a *New York Times* bestseller, was published in 2025. Her next book, *The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State*, will be published in 2026. 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New York: Liveright. Lepore, Jill. 2026. *[We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution](/publications/we-people-history-us-constitution)*. New York: Liveright. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract **From the best-selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U.S. Constitution, for a troubling new era.** The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world—and one of the most difficult to amend. At... ## Newest Interview Download 1 citation download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=1&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3724&&&format=ris) ### 2025 Swisher, Kara, and Jill Lepore. 2025. “[How A ‘Brittle’ Constitution Broke U.S. Politics With Historian Jill Lepore](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-a-brittle-constitution-broke-u-s-politics/id1643307527?i=1000725494745)”. *On With Kara Swisher*. Swisher, Kara, and Jill Lepore. 2025. “[How A ‘Brittle’ Constitution Broke U.S. Politics With Historian Jill Lepore](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-a-brittle-constitution-broke-u-s-politics/id1643307527?i=1000725494745)”. *On With Kara Swisher*. ## Recent Essays Download 3 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=3&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_topics%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_vocabulary_468%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=3595&&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%5B0%5D=magazine_article&additional_filters%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=IN&format=ris) ### 2026 *The New Yorker*. 2026. “[When Bernie Sanders Headed for the Hills](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/bernie-for-burlington-the-rise-of-the-peoples-politician-dan-chiasson-book-review).” *The New Yorker*. 2026. “[When Bernie Sanders Headed for the Hills](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/bernie-for-burlington-the-rise-of-the-peoples-politician-dan-chiasson-book-review).” *The New Yorker*. 2026. “[Living in Tracy Chapman’s House](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/09/living-in-tracy-chapmans-house).” *The New Yorker*. 2026. “[Living in Tracy Chapman’s House](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/09/living-in-tracy-chapmans-house).” - [Cover Story](http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2026-02-09) - [Cover Story](http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2026-02-09) ### 2025 *The New Yorker*. 2025. “[In Case of Emergency](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/a-hundred-classics-to-get-me-through-a-hundred-days-of-trump).” *The New Yorker*. 2025. “[In Case of Emergency](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/05/a-hundred-classics-to-get-me-through-a-hundred-days-of-trump).”