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Roadtrippin Blog

Roadtrippin

Right after my last post, back in March, I made the difficult decision to move…

Jen LambertJuly 1, 2013

The Stigma and the Whore Blog

The Stigma and the Whore

Tonight, at my daughter’s volleyball practice, I stood in the school hallway catching up with…

Jen LambertMarch 30, 2013

A Welcoming. An Amputation. Blog

A Welcoming. An Amputation.

Tonight, I am tired. I haven’t seen my husband in weeks, and the weight of…

Jen LambertMarch 29, 2013

Dinner for the Dying Poems

Dinner for the Dying

  When the boy comes inside with blood on his ripe hands and a quiver…

Jen LambertOctober 18, 2012

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship Blog

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship

The days are sliding into one another, and I’m having a hard time keeping track…

Jen LambertOctober 18, 2012

Digging for Purpose Blog

Digging for Purpose

Tonight, as I’m writing this residency application letter, I’m trying my hardest to be eloquent…

Jen LambertMarch 20, 2012

Mustaches, Divorce, and Invisibility Blog

Mustaches, Divorce, and Invisibility

AWP 2012. This year I came home from Chicago with a four-day hangover, a twitching…

Jen LambertMarch 6, 2012

We Welcome the First Few Ladybugs Poems

We Welcome the First Few Ladybugs

We scoop them from sills, eager to let them crawl the terrain of our cupped…

Jen LambertMarch 6, 2012

The Little Thief Poems

The Little Thief

I recall the day she tore through me, squalling anger long into the tiny night.…

Jen LambertAugust 31, 2011

Greece and Other Musings, Part 1 Blog

Greece and Other Musings, Part 1

In Athens there are orange trees growing out of the sidewalks. Americans warned me about…

Jen LambertAugust 30, 2011