My first book, NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS, will be published with ELJ Editions (@EmergeJournal) in 2025! It blends personal essay and cultural critique to explore the impact of microaggressions against queer and trans folks and I canāt wait to share it with the world!
Yesterday I was crying watching my dog sleep cause I love him so much. My wife is giving birth to a literal human being tomorrow. Wtf?? How will I live???
Very excited to have an essay published in The Queer Love Project! Itās about found family, the hypocrisy of Christianity, andā¦the beach? If you arenāt subscribed to the QLP substack, youāre missing out! queerloveproject.substack.coā¦
For quite some time, itās been a writing goal of mine to have a piece in River Teethās Beautiful Things. Proud to have made it in with this little essay about my mom, whoās still my best friend. riverteethjournal.com/beautiā¦
Iāve got an author questionnaire in the wonderful Memoir Land today! If youāre a CNF writer and youāre not subscribed, you should be. memoirland.substack.com/p/thā¦
Really not grasping the bad reviews and complaints about lack of plot for the new season of The Bear. When the acting is this good and the characters are this endearing, I will watch 900 hours of character development and dialogue and never get bored.
"I am lucky in that the people in my life understand that writing is how I process things and that sometimes, my experience of a moment might be different than theirs, but itās okay for me to write from my perspective."
ā@jackiedwrites
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When @jackiedwrites ācame outā right as the Trump era was revving up, she began paying closer attention to the inappropriate questions, uncomfortable reactions, and pointed assumptions about sexuality and gender she witnessed and experienced firsthand.
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I bumped into a sweet neighbor, a Palestinian American guy I have come to have a chatting-on-the block relationship with, and he told me about an elderly aunt in Gaza and I asked if there was a fund for her I could donate to and he looked at me and said: there's nothing to buy.
Since next yearās AWP panel proposals are due soon, just putting it out there that Iād love to be on one about memoir in essays, queer & trans CNF, hermit crab essays, experimental CNF, small press authors, etc. Hit me up!
Join me and @hippocampusmag tonight at 6pm ET for a reading and discussion about No Offense! You donāt even have to leave your house! Even if you canāt make it tonight, a recording will be sent to folks who registered! hippocampusmagazine.com/evenā¦