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Jane Dykema

Jane Dykema’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Guernica, Electric Literature, The Rumpus and elsewhere. She teaches writing at Clark University and Grub Street, and is a Program Coordinator for the Disquiet International Literary Program.

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“All Fours” and Taekwondo Remind Me Who I Am Beyond a Mother

Jan 9 - Jane Dykema
A pregnant man holds his stomach and wears an open white linen shirt.

Every Pregnant Person Walks a Tenuous Tightrope Between Life and Death

Sep 7 - Jane Dykema

Korean Dramas Saved Me From Grieving Alone

Jun 2 - Jane Dykema
Woman's face blurred by movement

Why Do We Find It Suspicious When Women Are in Crisis?

Dec 8 - Jane Dykema

Where Can a Young Black Man Find Belonging in America?

Feb 6 - Jane Dykema
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Jac Jemc Is Living in the Gray Areas

Oct 10 - Jane Dykema
Woman crouched over amidst a pink background

There’s No Surgery for Loneliness

Jul 15 - Jane Dykema

The Yanny/Laurel Illusion Can Teach Us How to Love Ambiguity

May 22 - Jane Dykema

What I Don’t Tell My Students About “The Husband Stitch”

Oct 10 - Jane Dykema

Injury by Proxy: Why “The Handmaid’s Tale” Is So Painful to Watch

Jun 14 - Jane Dykema

Adolescent Obsession and Chris Kraus’s I Love Dick

Jan 16 - Jane Dykema

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