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Let me stop trying to be fun
Fellow parents, does anyone else feel a bit trampled by this long-ass summer?
Sep 2
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Jean
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August 2025
I, myself, am not real enough
A maple syrup farmer was looking for an apartment in Manhattan so that he could reinvent himself as a writer.
Aug 19
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Jean
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I actually used to be a travel editor at Conde Nast
M started throwing up in the last ten minutes of our flight home from Scotland.
Aug 11
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Jean
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July 2025
Now, I could think about some new things
Hannah, who I never met, was the person most on my mind before my hysterectomy.
Jul 7
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Jean
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May 2025
In Writing Live with Jean Hannah Edelstein
A recording from Jean and Hattie Crisell's live video
May 13
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Jean
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Hattie Crisell
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48:06
How nice to try writing it down
I’m writing a novel now.
May 8
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Jean
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April 2025
If we ever see him, there will be hell to pay
TW for podiatry chat
Apr 30
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Jean
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No one would ever give less than a five-star review to a newborn baby
It’s common, in the world of publishing, to compare the act of publishing of a book to the act of giving birth to a baby.
Apr 8
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Jean
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March 2025
[by throwing ham]
dedicated to Sophie Heawood, whose newsletter you should read
Mar 24
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Jean
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(un-humble? I'm American now)
A few weeks ago I took a day off from work and went to the city to record the audio book for BREASTS, a task that I found arduous and unpleasant…
Mar 6
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Jean
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January 2025
[our society]
It was a week of milestones.
Jan 20
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Jean
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Why? It's OK to wear an ugly sweater
In the coffee shop this morning the atmosphere of relief was palpable, everyone back in their boring old pleasant lives, usual coffee orders, typing…
Jan 2
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Jean
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