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Author Archives: Jessica
For Passover During a Pandemic
Nevertheless This time is sacred for the good or bad it could become but isn’t yet. For the 4 a.m. phone that doesn’t ring but might. Ma nishtana ha’laila ha’zeh mi-kol ha’leilot? Why is this night different than all other … Continue reading
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Love & Animals Tour, #1: Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Well, the first stop of our tour–the Palm Beach Poetry Festival–gave us a little more excitement than we'd bargained… Posted by Jessica Jacobs on Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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2017 Rooster’s Revenge 30K: (More Reflection than) Race Report
5:30 Sunday morning found me huddled at the kitchen table beneath the room’s only source of light, sipping tea and reading the Book of Isaiah. The fact that this is the most geriatric sentence on record (at least, on my record) … Continue reading
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Yamacraw 50K 2017: Race Report & Reflections
As much of my writing these days tends to either originate from mid-run ruminations or grapple with running directly, I figured it would be kosher to include a race report on our writing blog (and Nickole was kind enough to … Continue reading
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (at AWP)
Just past the Marriott’s doors, I asked a valet, “Which way to the river?” “What river?” he responded. I asked two more hotel employees and heard the same question. The river that bears your city’s name, I thought, but just … Continue reading
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“everything blooming bows down in the rain”
–from “Heavy Summer Rain,” Jane Kenyon After six glorious weeks in Asheville, we spent six days back in Little Rock, which was just enough time to see friends, figure out how to pack the suitcase equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife (three months … Continue reading
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things to remember
After nearly a month in Asheville–the many tromps through the woods, the heavy late day rains, reading nearly a book a day, writing new poems (!), and meeting all of these wonderful new friends (and even a little salsa dancing thrown … Continue reading
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Marie Ponsot and my return to writing
In my early twenties, with a shiny new degree and a recent string of restaurant gigs where people said things like, “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean,” I decided that a big-kid office job was my … Continue reading
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