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10 Jun

On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In poetry
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On the Occasion of Getting the Results of a Biopsy a poem by Jene’ Jackson I lifted my eyes to the sky after hearing “all clear” at a dreaded follow up To see two hawks circling between contrail X’s hallways
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26 Oct

An Excerpt from The Oat Project

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In process
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JOURNAL 11.21.2012 Last night, I sat with my mom as she struggled through the worst night of pain thus far in her fight with cancer. Her abdomen was sore from throwing up, the morphine was not working well, and her thirst
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23 May

Forest Fires, Drama Queens, and Authenticity

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, process
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This is an excerpt from The Oat Project, from the rock concert chapter. It may or may not make the final version (coming this summer!!!). Enjoy…and now, back to it. It’s like World Wide Wrestling. What is that fake-fighting
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18 May

The Gifts of Empty

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In Jené, process
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The kitchen is where my inner science geek and slapdashing artist get to dirty dance…pure alchemy. Cooking has always given me energy, yes; but it also requires a focus, effort, and sense of play that I haven’t been able to
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08 Apr

Exceptions: The Game of Thrones, March Madness, and I Do Not Watch Television

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In blurting, Jené, process
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I do not watch television. I do not own a tv. If I watch tv, it shall never be in the daytime. If it is in the daytime, it is only because I’m sick. These are my rules. The
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03 Apr

Call Me! It’s California!

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In Jené, process
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T-Mobile thinks I’m in Mexico. Last night, as I arrived at the unexpected gift of two nights in a condo on the beach, my phone pinged. I wondered who might be texting so late and looked to find T-Mobile’s
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01 Apr

An April Fool’s Announcement – Not a Joke

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, Jené, process
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I have learned to avoid announcing my intentions. The following through, the doing, the making good…they seem to hear my words and spiral away, in and out of me, up, down, or into some other dimension. Maybe my dad
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01 Feb

My Mother’s Words to Me, Through Me

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In blurting, Jené, process
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The last week or two, a sort of time warp has wrapped every moment in as intense a grief and dark a depression as just after my mother and sister-in-law died a year and two months ago. It’s as though
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13 Sep

The Dream Life

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, Jené, process
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It just hit me. I’m living my dream life. Do I mean everything is perfect? Nope. That I have all I want? Nay. Then how? Well, it has to do with cooking. When people ask me what I “do,” I
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02 Sep

Struggle as Strength: How NPR’s Story on Education Helped Me Keep Writing

  • By Jené Jackson
  • In book news, Jené, process
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Do you have kids? Students? Family? Friends? Please read or listen to this story I heard on NPR’s Morning Edition today (then share it!). Its core: “For the most part in American culture, intellectual struggle in school children is seen
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