Jessica McCaughey is a writer, editor, and teacher living in Arlington, Virginia. More →
Lose weight.
Relax more.
Walk.
Read more classic literature.
Get eight hours of sleep a night…
Each year, I resolve to do almost the exact same things. Occasionally one sticks (“apply to and quit your job for an MFA program”), but more often, they don’t (“go to the gym four…
I submitted my final grades for my GW students yesterday. This followed my favorite part of the class (the class being a University Writing course titled “Telling True Stories: Truth and Memory in Creative Nonfiction”), a week of readings in which my students read and discuss their process and decisions…
Read more →This flash nonfiction piece appeared in the December 2012 issue of The Citron Review.…
Read more →I was so very excited to have this piece appear in The Boston Globe’s wonderful Sunday magazine this past September (2012).…
Read more →Instead of making excuses for the lack of consistency on this blog (The crazy number of classes I teach! The grading! Friday Night Lights on Netflix! Sorry, these are not even good excuses…), I will simply jump right in and say that I have had some good publication news lately…
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