@jacjemc

Jac Jemc is the author of EMPTY THEATRE, FALSE BINGO & THE GRIP OF IT (MCD/FSG Originals), MY ONLY WIFE & A DIFFERENT BED EVERY TIME (Dzanc). Guggenheim fellow.

 San Diego, CA
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Joined February 2011
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If you missed the @nprweekend broadcast the interview is up on their website, too! ❤️
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I regret to inform you, the left’s memes are getting good.
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Reading The Grip of It by @jacjemc because I spotted it on this picture I shared online. I’ve read most of these, but that one missed me. And now I’m outraged it took this long to find me. That’s that bone-deep-fear kinda writing. Love it.
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This is such a huge honor!!
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California@cwclub15 Mar 2024
The finalists for the 93rd Annual #CaliforniaBookAwards are out! Fiction finalists @DGumbiner @jacjemc Kathryn Ma, Justin Torres & @abe_verghese See full list: commonwealthclub.org/events/…
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That’s what I call mine, too.
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Received some good news today that after Clarion wraps in early August I’ll be on leave until late March. I feel so lucky. My ambitions might be too big, but I feel like I can finish one project and get a solid draft done on two others. 🤞I am going to make the most of this time.
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This week at Clarion!! I’ve been assigning Tochi Onyebuchi’s story “How to Pay Reparations: a Documentary” for a few years now and love this book so hard, so I’m so excited to work with him and learn from him in workshop! 💜
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Week 2 of the Clarion Workshop has been with Alaya Dawn Johnson, someone who’s career I’ve been following since we hosted her for her first book event at Women & Children First in 2008.
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It’s such a pleasure to meet someone you admire so deeply and see her in action being her brilliant, compassionate, funny self for a whole week. Clarion is such a special place to make these sorts of things possible. 💜
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On this date, the American colonies declared their independence. Also on this date, my new monster joke book illustrated by Marc Brown was released.
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"He was not an octogenarian. He also wasn't dead. The woman had hired him to attend the party in a professional capacity, as a Regis Philbin impersonator." Read "Final Answer" by @jacjemc: thediagram.com/23_2/jemc.htm…
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Week 1 of Clarion is underway with Andy Duncan!
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It’s such a privilege to review for @nytbooks. Honestly my whole career has been having low expectations, but going for it anyway, and this is one of those things I never thought I’d be invited to do. This book is a really troubling summer read. You’ll tear through it.
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book recs: "yellow face" by @kuangrf, "the mythmakers" by @keziahweir, "all the sinners bleed" by @blacklionking73, "glassworks" by @OWolfgangSmith, "empty theatre" by @jacjemc, "house woman" by @AdorahNworah, "the late americans" by @blgtylr, & "losing music" by @smalllights
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T.J. Newman’s thriller “Drowning” is one of four debut books on the latest hardcover fiction best-seller list. nyti.ms/3J1qfTg
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Paid subscribers to Short Story, Long get bonus content on all the stories. For instance, I made a list of my five favorite murder houses. You can possibly guess some of them from this collage, and you should be intrigued! Support this beautiful new project! Subscribe!❤️
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Leah: Chain Gang All-Stars by @NK_Adjei and it is blowing my mind. Adam: Oh my gosh, so many! The one I'm enjoying the most is Empty Theatre by @jacjemc which will probably end up as one of my favorites of the year.
Prince William Public Library
@PrinceWmLibrary8 Jun 2023
What are you currently reading? #AskALibrarian #PWPLibraries
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Do we share the same taste in books? 📚 @jacjemc @CAMONGHNE @TheKateDylan @KateJermain @LiselleSambury @nvtran @BloomsburyPub #BookRecommendations #booktok #kirkusreviews
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You know family loves you when they tell you how they would have written your story.
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I am so excited by this new substack SHORT STORY, LONG that @aaron__burch is doing of longer stories! I wrote a story about a murder house and @mcarphil illustrated it so beautifully/creepily. Subscribe! Aaron makes the best things happen! ❤️‍🔥
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