June Gervais
  • Home
  • About June
  • Novel
  • Praise for JOBS FOR GIRLS
  • Events
  • Speaking
  • Contact
November 2, 2018
The Spectacle & The Light (Center, Part 6)

The Spectacle & The Light (Center, Part 6)

NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. Never done it! Going to try it. For six weeks now, I’ve been creating these little meditations on how to return to center when we’re distressed, dispersed and distracted. Writing fiction is a centering practice for me. I start to feel weird and cranky when I’m not doing it. Which is …

October 26, 2018
The Question in the Notebook (Center, Part 5)

The Question in the Notebook (Center, Part 5)

In eleven days, an election. You know, just a little run-of-the-mill, things-have-been-pretty chill-up-in-here election. (In seriousness: If you wanted a quick primer on the specific things at stake in the midterms, I liked this handy 5-point summary from Vox.) By the way, this is #5 in a series called Center. I’m writing this for you if «•» the news …

October 19, 2018
Space in the Space (Center, Part 4)

Space in the Space (Center, Part 4)

At the end of this post, I’m going to take you to the beach. It’s a beautiful beach, too… …and I, for one, will be glad to get there. We all need something to look forward to. So there’s my promise: Beach trip. Very soon. In order to get there, though, first I need to tell …

October 12, 2018
Scuba Jetpack in the Kitchen (Center Part 3)

Scuba Jetpack in the Kitchen (Center Part 3)

What—another rough news week? (Gosh, I am shocked, shocked.) So it turns out we’ve got twelve years to get serious about climate change. In other words: My little boy just started pre-K, and by the time he reaches tenth grade, we need some serious environmental come-to-Jesus. Everybody registered to vote? ℘℘℘ On the subject of listening …

October 5, 2018
Clue in the Envelope (Center, Part 2)

Clue in the Envelope (Center, Part 2)

Continued from last week: A series of posts called Center. I’m writing this for you if «•» the news makes you feel like your sleeves are on fire «•» your life circumstances yank you in 72 directions «•» you are dispersed, distracted and distressed. «•» I’m there, too.These meditations have emerged from about a year of seeking a return to center, the …

September 28, 2018
Fire in the Labyrinth (Center, Part 1)

Fire in the Labyrinth (Center, Part 1)

For you who are feeling distracted, drained off, distressed, dispersed.    Tough news day, yes? (I’m writing this on Sept. 28, 2018—the day after the Senate testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh—but it feels like that could describe a lot of news days.) Tough news day. In which I found myself thinking, again: What can I …

September 13, 2018
Beg, Steal or Borrow (Song Series #19)

Beg, Steal or Borrow (Song Series #19)

These are the last days of summer, whatever the schoolbuses, candle stores, and Pumpkin Ales may tell you. Don’t be rushed by the makers of seasonal markers: This is the liminal space of crickets and figs ripening. The ripening, too, of summer musings into autumn doings. Interesting things happen in middle-times. Liminal spaces are an …

August 10, 2018
What Should We Have Done?

What Should We Have Done?

Excerpts from my review of Alice Mattison’s new novel Conscience, just published in Consequence Magazine.  Consider: A man sets his baby on the sidewalk, walks a short distance away, and sets himself on fire. Does the fact that he’s brought his child to his self-immolation prove he is out of his mind? Or is he …

March 2, 2018
the juicy details

the juicy details

If I’ve been posting seldomly, it’s because I’ve been living muchly. Expect some posts soon with juicy details on the following: Lady tattooers and bizarre coincidences. I’ve been overhauling my novel again. It’s about a young woman aspiring to become a tattoo artist in the mid-1980s, when there were few women in the field. Recently …

November 1, 2017
Tossed in with Flannery

Tossed in with Flannery

  My essay “How to Survive the Apocalypse” is out today in the print issue of Image Journal. It’s a fun/serious look at apocalyptic fiction. (Literary fiction. Not the Left Behind series.) Specifically: the excellent novels The Pinch by Steve Stern (Graywolf Press) This Is Why I Came by Mary Rakow (Counterpoint Press), and When the English Fall by David Williams (Algonquin Books). And from …

Posts navigation

Newer Posts
Older Posts
© 2023 June Gervais