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A Woman Called Mother

 
 
“My mother passed unexpectedly in 2016. She was brilliant and hysterically funny but also suffered a lot. In A Woman Called Mother, I share the stories and scenes I collected from our time together, and also the stories and scenes I’ve been collecting from my present perspective since becoming a mother myself.”
— JLK
 
 
 
Visiting My Mother at the Sunrise Inn

I wrote this piece years ago, when my mother was still alive, and when I used to document our time together, to try and make sense of things.

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Jessica KaneJanuary 24, 2022
On The Side of The Survivors
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Jessica KaneJanuary 17, 2022
You Can't Get Mad at the Dead or How Loss Gave Me A New Perspective
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Jessica KaneJanuary 10, 2022
A List of Things that Kept Me Up Last Night
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Jessica KaneJanuary 3, 2022
An Old Conversation with My Mother
 

A old conversation with my mother, who remembered the time she accidentally destroyed my favorite doll.

 
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Jessica KaneDecember 27, 2021
The Messiness of Judging
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A piece about how it’s really impossible to judge anyone because it’s impossible to understand the whole story of what’s going on.

Jessica KaneDecember 20, 2021
Filling the Urn Necklace
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Jessica KaneDecember 13, 2021
To Be Happy…

17 minutes inside the mind of a tired and isolated mother-of-a-toddler.

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Jessica KaneDecember 6, 2021
Conversation with my mother at 3 a.m. on her birthday, after I was crying and asking for a sign that she was here with me (Copy)
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Jessica KaneNovember 28, 2021
My Mother in the Big City of Paranoids

This story is about the time my paranoid mother became homeless and took a bus to NYC to be with me. It was published by So to Speak Journal: language + feminism + art where it was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. It can be read there at the link below.

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Jessica KaneNovember 22, 2021
The First Time I Used My Voice For Myself (or, how I dealt with the pain of giving birth)
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Jessica KaneNovember 15, 2021
Passing Through
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Jessica KaneNovember 8, 2021
On The Anniversary of My Mother’s Passing
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Jessica KaneNovember 1, 2021
Conversation with my Mother on Halloween
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Jessica KaneOctober 25, 2021
The Heart of Cruella de Vil
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Jessica KaneOctober 18, 2021
Horror Movies
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Jessica KaneOctober 11, 2021
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