Jacqueline Alnes shares 10 pieces that examine sports and mental health.
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Home Cooking: A Reading List
“In the following essays, writers interrogate the complicated pasts of place through food, express nostalgia for long-gone homes, and find belonging by sharing meals.”
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“I wanted to be someone else”: A Reading List about Con Artists, Grifters, and Imposters
Jacqueline Alnes brings us eight stories about those who live to deceive.
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Home Again, Home Again: A Reading List
Eight stories that explore the theme, “home.”
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I Believe Her: A Reading List
Eight pieces about women fighting to be seen and heard.
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From the Sidelines: A Reading List on the Need for Female Coaches
Nine stories examining the lack of and dire need for more women coaches in sport.
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What Remains
As she recalls a trip to Peru, the body of a mummified girl sacrificed for the safety of the Incans over 500 years ago, and the frustrating neurological condition that steals her memory and strength, Jacqueline Alnes mines the topography of female identity and the stereotypes that erode our self image.
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Never Again: A Reading List About School Shooting Survivors
Jacqueline Alnes shares her own school shooting story, along with five stories on how events like Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, and Parkland have impacted individuals, families, and communities.
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The Need for Distance: Jaclyn Gilbert on Writing and Running
For author Jaclyn Gilbert, revising her writing is much like doing the same running loops over and over, to the point where she doesn’t have to think about where she’s going anymore.
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On Being an Ill Woman: A Reading List of Doctors’ Dismissal and Disbelief
Eight stories of being ill and being dismissed by the medical establishment.
