Jilly Gagnon
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Notable Chicago: 4/21–4/27
Friday 4/21: Women & Children First welcomes Kay Ulanday Barrett for the Chicago launch party for their poetry collection, When the Chant Comes. Kay will be joined by H. Melt, Francesca Royster, and Darien R. Wendell. 7:30 p.m., free. Sunday 4/23:…
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Notable Los Angeles: 11/14–11/20
Monday 11/14: Donna Kaz discusses and signs Un/Masked: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Jilly Gagnon engages with an interactive reading of Choose Your Own Misery: The Holidays. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.…
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The Worthwhile Relationship in Collaborative Writing
Writing is most often thought of as a solitary activity, and writers know the hazards of too many captains steering the ship of a single piece. At The Toast, Jilly Gagnon considers the ups and downs of working with a writing partner…
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Writing Even Though You Can’t Make A Living Off It
The best things on my CV—the ones I almost want to use comic sans for, just so they’ll stand out—haven’t paid me. In an essay for The Toast, Jilly Gagnon lays bare the realities of the writing life: handling 3,128…
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FUNNY WOMEN #71: My Attempts at Sexting
My boyfriend recently informed me that I might be approaching this “sexting” trend wrong. I’m not sure if I agree.
