“Grief has no timeline.” Before publishing “Carrie Carolyn Coco,” her new book investigating the murder of her friend, author Sarah Gerard joins Leslie Jamison to discuss writing in and through grief 📖 interviewmagazine.com/literature/gri…

Couldn’t agree more! I predict many readers will share this euphoric take by Marlon James

This conversation about art and grief between Sarah Gerard and Leslie Jamison is fantastic. I’ll be reading this again.

Escape the heat @ a Strand Event! 🥵 Mona Eltahawy's Feminist Giant Book Club and @sueshapironet's Secrets of Publishing Panel (virtual) return + christian 's queer poetry reading & Sarah Gerard in conversation w/ Leslie Jamison !! Tickets @ strandbooks.com/events

Come see Leslie Jamison and me tonight at Strand Book Store ❤️❤️❤️

It was an utter joy talking to Leslie Jamison about her memories of Rebecca Godfrey and finishing her friend's novel after her passing. Sad but joyous latimes.com/entertainment-… via Los Angeles Times

After my friend Rebecca Godfrey died, we worked as hard as we could to carry out her vision for this extraordinary novel. PEGGY publishes today. It’s a gift she left us 🖤❤️

Cannot wait to read this

Such a dream come true—I can’t think of a better way to launch the book tour for #FirstintheFamily than sitting inside of the fabulous McNally Jackson’s in SoHo with the inimitable Leslie Jamison. Get your tickets using the link below: mcnallyjackson.com/event/jessica-…

PEGGY is a rare gem, full of the bright beauty you can only see after knowing darkness. That was Rebecca. Such fond memories of talking with her about this book over peach cake in an upstate meadow many summers ago, it’s bittersweet to see it finally arrive in the world 🌸

Adored this memoir by Leslie Jamison - highly recommend. A beautifully written meditation on divorce, love, grief, motherhood as an artist, and more….

I wrote another book ✨It’s about climate grief, the failures of language during our age of climate catastrophe, and the art of memorial. Part of Transit Books UNDELIVERED LECTURE SERIES, it’s out in Feb 2025. Preorder it pls? bookshop.org/p/books/immemo…

“An epic tale told with ferocity and nuance, wit and grace; a tale of freedom as much as a story of imprisonment.” —Leslie Jamison, New York Times–bestselling author of the Empathy Exams In bookstores today. Learn more: bit.ly/3LqSSdc

By which I mean rhyme is a way a poem thinks. The poem’s thoughts are not the poet’s thoughts. Formal restrictions require the poet to acknowledge the poem’s mind and the poem’s self. They do not so much restrict the poet as make space for the poem.

I’d follow Layli Long Soldier’s voice across genres any day. Would follow her to the moon and back. Can’t wait.

While Jenée has another super cute baby, I’ll be answering your questions as Dear Prudence over at Slate! You can read my first week of advice here: slate.com/advice/2024/09…

The honor of a lifetime! Thank you for seeing the value in my American story, and congratulations to all the authors.

Taught an old favorite by Leslie Jamison this week in my grad nonfiction workshop. We looked at how to end essays masterfully.