This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Posts Tagged: Leslie Jamison
Notable NYC: 8/24–8/30
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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My Burning Tongue
What price have we paid for our silence?
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Notable NYC: 5/4–5/10
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Intersecting and Diverging Narratives: Talking with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses her forthcoming anthology, WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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Notable NYC: 2/9–2/15
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 1/26–2/1
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Notable Los Angeles: 1/21–1/27
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Heartbreak and Hair Dye: Talking with Amy Feltman
Amy Feltman discusses her debut novel, WILLA & HESPER.
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Notable NYC: 1/5–1/11
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
This world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
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Notable NYC: 9/15–9/21
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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A Séance of a Book: Talking with Allie Rowbottom
Allie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
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Building the Muscle: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
Kristi Coulter discusses her debut essay collection, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS.
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Notable NYC: 8/4–8/10
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Notable NYC: 7/21–7/27
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Voices on Addiction: A Review of The Recovering
As recovering addicts, we must love ourselves back to the source, love our shameful bits and decimations and not just our reconciliations and resurrections.
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Notable NYC: 6/16–6/22
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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This Future Is Here: Talking with Tom McAllister
Tom McAllister discusses his new novel, How to Be Safe, workshops, Twitter, dystopia, and narrative voice.
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Notable Los Angeles: 5/14–5/20
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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Woven from Dreams: A Conversation with Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino discusses her newest collection, Witch Wife, the career she’d have in an alternate universe, and the relationship between reading and writing.
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Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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The Delusion of Objectivity: Talking with Leslie Jamison
Leslie Jamison discusses The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath, understanding that every text is incomplete, and whether motherhood has changed her writing.
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Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
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Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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Strong Island’s Horizon
Whose lives are visible? Whose pain is just? Whose grief is vocal? Such inquiry is not rhetorical.
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What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner
While we can’t promise that 2018 won’t find us facing more political upheaval, we can assure you that there will be great literature to offer moments of escape and inspiration.
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