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Joanne Jacobson trained as an academic but has written personal narrative for the last twenty years—and a native Midwesterner who has lived in New York City for three decades. A widely published essayist, she is the author of three books: a scholarly monograph on the politics of letter-writing; a memoir on growing up Jewish in suburbia; and, most recently, a collection of essays that puts into dialogue with one another two chronic illnesses, her mother’s lung disease and her own rare blood disorder. At the heart of everything she writes is her concern with the precious resources that language brings to human resiliency.

She has taught at the University of Iowa, the University of Angers (France), Middlebury College, and at Yeshiva University ...more

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	Every Last Breath: A Memoir of Two Illnesses 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunger Artist: A Suburban Childhood 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Authority and Alliance in the Letters of Henry Adams 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022: A Commemorative Notebook Gift With 120 Wide Ruled Pages Sized 8.5" X 11" 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022: A Commemorative Notebook Gift With 120 College Ruled Pages Sized 6" X 9" 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Notebook: A Platinum Jubilee Corgi Commemorative Gift With 120 Wide Ruled Pages and Sized At 7" X 10" 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great River Review, Fall / Winter 2011 by Gerald Stern, Stuart Friebert, Victoria Sprow-Kelly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Universality and History: Foundations of Core: Selected Papers from the Sixth Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses by Don Thompson (Editor), David Neidorf (Contributor), Peter T. Koper (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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