This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Posts Tagged: Lori Jakiela
Notable Online: 5/3–5/9
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When Straightforward Stories Aren’t Enough
Brittany Hailer shares a list of books to celebrate her debut, THE ANIMAL YOU’LL SURELY BECOME.
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In a poignant essay for Electric Literature, memoirist Lori Jakiela (Belief is it’s Own Kind of Truth, Maybe) looks back on the time she spent working the church kitchen on bingo nights, and what it taught her about life and writing: Empathy, like writing, can be about kindness or it can be an aggressive act, […]
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