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currently-reading (5)
to-read (93)
literary-fiction (111)
innovative-fiction (48)
fiction-in-translation (40)
great-short-story-collections (39)
nonfiction (24)
memoir (23)
poetry (13)
short-short-fiction (12)
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Jessica Treatauthor profile |
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| gender | female | ||||||
| place of birth | New Brunswick, Canada | ||||||
| website | http://www.jessicatreat.com | ||||||
| genre | Literature & Fiction | ||||||
| influences | not so much influences but writers I love: JM Coetzee, Kazuo Ishiguro, Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Marguerite Duras, Juan Rulfo, Roberto Bolano, Robyn Sarah, Elizabeth Harvor, Patricia Highsmith, Jonathan Baumbach, Brian Evenson, Lydia Davis, Damon Galgut, Julieta Garcia Gonzalez, Leila Aboulela, Barry Yourgrau, Dino Buzzati, Clarice Lispector, Cristina Perri Rossi, Anna Kavan... and many others, beloved all of them. | ||||||
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about this author
I was born in Canada but grew up in New England with a year in Spain. In the 1980's I lived in Mexico City and fell in love...I've been carrying on a love affair with el distrito federal ever since. At present I live in a small town in the Berkshires (Mass). I am a writer, translator, English professor and mother of a teenager, Kai. "Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters," my third collection of stories, is due out from BOA Editions in 2009. I am interested in language, culture, art, & politics. I believe in creating art & community, and think that these forces reinforce one another. I am an active Goodreads member, pleased to be a part of this online community. [p.s. I'm also carrying on a secret affair with John M Coetzee, it'...more |
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upcoming events
event: Wreckage of Reason Book Party & Reading
date: October 03, 2008 07:00PM location: KGB Bar, Manhattan, NY, United States description: Several of us will be reading from the brand-new anthology "Wreckage of Reason: An Anthology of Contemporary XXperimental Prose by Women Writers." Come join us for a great celebration, book party & reading!
event: Wreckage of Reason
date: October 23, 2008 05:00PM location: Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, United States description: Reading from the anthology, 'Wreckage of Reason: Experimental Writing by Women' with Laurie Foos, Roni Natov, Geri DeLuca. books by Jessica Treatcombine editionsavg rating: 4.36 | 39 ratings | 2 distinct works
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Jessica's writing
For my Dad. (Biographies & Memoirs)
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updated 14 days ago, 04:18AM
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written for the occasion of his 8.23.08 memorial service as a public address.
Anna Kavan: A Writer Without an Epoch (Biographies & Memoirs)
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updated 08/02/2008 05:43AM
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Essay on Anna Kavan by my writer-friend Chris O'Connell (all I did was suggest a title). I'm posting it because it deserves to be read by a wide audience--Anna Kavan fan or no--and Chris is not yet a GR member...
"Wild Plums" (Poetry)
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updated 07/23/2008 02:09PM
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recent prose poem, written at Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italia.
"Meeting M." (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 04/26/2008 08:42AM
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relatively new short story, first appeared in the anthology, "The Nine Muses," then the "Boston Fiction Festival Anthology." Will be included in my new collection.
A Very Short Story (which features a cute dog). (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 04/22/2008 11:48AM
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This story is posted for Warren-Walter, Robert Barnett Newman & all other dog lovers on Goodreads.
First published in Gargoyle 51, it will be included in my new collection.
Jessica is currently reading
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CARNIVORACIOUS (ribbon-bound chapbook) by Juliet Cook (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, poetry |
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Girl Gang (ribbon-bound chapbook) by Juliet Cook (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, poetry |
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"As I am currently reading James Wood's How Fiction Works in which he praises E.M. Forester's Aspects of the Novel and I ...more " | |||
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Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin (Hardcover) by Ruth Butler bookshelves: to-read |
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In Between the Sheets
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Matt's
review of W, or the Memory of Childhood:
"My dog has been practically begging me to take him on a walk all day, but I feel as if I've been neglecting to write this review. The thing is...I don't really know how to write it. For regular readers of my reviews, you all know of my adoration o...more " | |||
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The Bone People
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Jessica's videos
quotes by Jessica Treat
"When you fall in love, you fall in love with yourself, when you kill yourself, you kill someone else."
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— Jessica Treat
"Kim's right of course"
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Jessica's favorite quotes
"Be the Change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi
— Mahatma Gandhi
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead
— Margaret Mead
"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."
— Oscar Wilde
— Oscar Wilde
Jessica's groups (recent posts)
True North
— 130 members
— last activity 5 minutes ago
To discuss important issues, book-related and not. To talk about the things that matter most to us, the things that get us up in the morning, the thin...more
Goodreads Feedback
— 1115 members
— last activity 21 minutes ago
This is a place to give feedback about Goodreads. Feature ideas, bugs, or any other suggestion for improvement. The Goodreads staff monitors this gr...more
¡ POETRY !
— 1072 members
— last activity 1 hour, 29 min ago
No pretensions: just poetry.
Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to re...more
Guilty Pleasures
— 369 members
— last activity 13 hours, 0 min ago
Forum for discussing/recommending queer texts, open to the idea that the definition of "queer" is still in process. Interests in all genre...more
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Yes, my good Chairwoman, of course it's the wonderful Shrigley. I'll leave a little Shrigley here for you to enjoy also...
Sorry for the loss of your father. Your writing is very beautiful and loving. :) Take care and you will being my thoughts and prayers.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAIRY!
:)
Dear Chairy,
Happy Birthday!
I hope you are doing something special today with Kai and with other people you love.
xoxo,
Michelle
Thanks! (still wearing my hat)
Nope - it's me at a friend's wedding a few years ago. Speaking of birthdays, I know of another Leo birthday that is coming up...Got any special plans?
hey, bellsbear here, delete your membership to my "group", I don't know what I was thinking when I made it. Thank you though, it meant a lot to have someone willing to join the peices of crap I call my life.
Oh, Chairy... I cannot wait until Feb. to meet more of you mini-am people... What a riot! We will tear up the town!
Thanks, Chairy, my fellow Leo.
Words Without Borders
online magazine for international literature
August 2008 newsletter, just out:
http://www.wordswithoutborders...
RE: My Current Avatar
I don't know what it is exactly. I discovered it by entering "disturbing art" in Google Image Search, and naturally it was love at first sight... I know you love it, too.
Glad you're back Chairy...
Extra pussy?
I am in!!
(Happy weekend, Chairy!)
Hello, Treat!
Wanna have a tryst?
I can't wait, I can't wait for books in the mail, OH YEAH! (I did a little dance, did you see it?)
How goes it to day. Is your internal clock little bit closer to eastern time? And how WAS writing in Italy? Do you feel wildly accomplished? :)
PS. Get some rest (or drink mad amounts of coffee). We gotta get you back on schedule, woman!
xo
I'm home, too. In NC. But I shall be in Wilmington, DE very soon for wedding festivities! Well, in a couple weeks anyway--August 16th.
Your birthday is soon!!!!!!!!!!
Chairy, are you home yet?
Hi Treaty!
I miss you! Have you been having fun with all the sexxy Italian men who enjoy devouring American women??
I agree with Comrade, you are missed.
love ,
Mimi
Dearest Woman of Chairs:
I thought you'd forgotten all of your North American friends... tossed us aside for some swarthy Italian smooth talker! Alas, I have not received a postcard from you yet, but now that you've alerted me, I'll be sure to ambush the mail carrier and accuse of him of some sort of wrongdoing. I very much look forward to finding some evidence of your continued existence in my mailbox... Hope all is well. You are missed!
Comrade D.
Oh, and also I was thinking about your call for submissions for literary letters and had an idea -- not sure of the form it would take, but here's the thing: I was thinking (as I often do) about all the possible responses to an email I received -- which in this case was a one-liner, not overtly provocative -- and stretching the imagination from the blandest to the most shocking response. What about a bunch of Possible Responses? I think it might work. For instance, someone writes you and says "You forgot to take your map home last night." It sounds innocent enough, but the imagination reels, no?
Yes, my good Chairwoman, of course it's the wonderful Shrigley. I'll leave a little Shrigley here for you to enjoy also...
Sorry for the loss of your father. Your writing is very beautiful and loving. :) Take care and you will being my thoughts and prayers.
![Photobucket](http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/songgirl7/?action=view¤t=ladybugbirthday.jpg" target="_blank)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAIRY!
:)
Dear Chairy,
Happy Birthday!
I hope you are doing something special today with Kai and with other people you love.
xoxo,
Michelle
Thanks! (still wearing my hat)
Nope - it's me at a friend's wedding a few years ago. Speaking of birthdays, I know of another Leo birthday that is coming up...Got any special plans?
hey, bellsbear here, delete your membership to my "group", I don't know what I was thinking when I made it. Thank you though, it meant a lot to have someone willing to join the peices of crap I call my life.
Oh, Chairy... I cannot wait until Feb. to meet more of you mini-am people... What a riot! We will tear up the town!
Thanks, Chairy, my fellow Leo.
Words Without Borders
online magazine for international literature
August 2008 newsletter, just out:
http://www.wordswithoutborders...
RE: My Current Avatar
I don't know what it is exactly. I discovered it by entering "disturbing art" in Google Image Search, and naturally it was love at first sight... I know you love it, too.
Glad you're back Chairy...
Extra pussy?
I am in!!
(Happy weekend, Chairy!)
Hello, Treat!
Wanna have a tryst?
I can't wait, I can't wait for books in the mail, OH YEAH! (I did a little dance, did you see it?)
How goes it to day. Is your internal clock little bit closer to eastern time? And how WAS writing in Italy? Do you feel wildly accomplished? :)
PS. Get some rest (or drink mad amounts of coffee). We gotta get you back on schedule, woman!
xo
I'm home, too. In NC. But I shall be in Wilmington, DE very soon for wedding festivities! Well, in a couple weeks anyway--August 16th.
Your birthday is soon!!!!!!!!!!
Chairy, are you home yet?
Hi Treaty!I miss you! Have you been having fun with all the sexxy Italian men who enjoy devouring American women??
I agree with Comrade, you are missed.
love ,
Mimi
Dearest Woman of Chairs:
I thought you'd forgotten all of your North American friends... tossed us aside for some swarthy Italian smooth talker! Alas, I have not received a postcard from you yet, but now that you've alerted me, I'll be sure to ambush the mail carrier and accuse of him of some sort of wrongdoing. I very much look forward to finding some evidence of your continued existence in my mailbox... Hope all is well. You are missed!
Comrade D.
Oh, and also I was thinking about your call for submissions for literary letters and had an idea -- not sure of the form it would take, but here's the thing: I was thinking (as I often do) about all the possible responses to an email I received -- which in this case was a one-liner, not overtly provocative -- and stretching the imagination from the blandest to the most shocking response. What about a bunch of Possible Responses? I think it might work. For instance, someone writes you and says "You forgot to take your map home last night." It sounds innocent enough, but the imagination reels, no?