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Jiordan Castle

Jiordan Castle is the author of Disappearing Act, a memoir in verse. Her writing appears in The New Yorker, The Rumpus, The Millions, and elsewhere, including the anthologies Best New Poets (2024) and What My Father and I Donâ€™t Talk About. She received her MFA in poetry from Hunter College and now lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their dog.

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Jiordan Castle

Feb 24, 2025

Love, Grief, and the Search for Postpartum Healing: A Conversation with Shayne Terry

For me, the process of essay play involves a lot of making things visible that were invisible, which often means circling back to show what else was there.

Fiction, Rumpus Original

Jiordan Castle

Jan 30, 2023

Rumpus Original Fiction: Career Day

It was too late for Lucy to be whatever she wanted. All she could do was be herself.

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