Archive - Claiming Writerhood

More of the same

Jun 16 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

April 2025

And "On Molting"

Apr 18 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

September 2024

Writing Through Loss: A Workshop

A flash essay and a four week course

Sep 8, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

July 2024

Permanence in the Place We Store Sensation

A year later, on ashes and wind

Jul 18, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

June 2024

The Laws of Time and Physics

I am tangled up in time.

Jun 25, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

April 2024

A Birthday Card

Apr 18, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

February 2024

A Valentine's Day edition

Feb 14, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

January 2024

Giving my gold medal away

Yesterday, I cried in a bookstore in Copenhagen.

Jan 29, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

Normal, Everyday Miracles

My essay about grief

Jan 21, 2024 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

September 2023

A childhood in 9/11's shadow: Did the debris cloud poison me?

My latest piece in the Washington Post

Sep 7, 2023 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

August 2023

Life at Altitude

A letter to my mama

Aug 30, 2023 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

July 2023

Driving In The Rain

on the one month anniversary of my mama's death

Jul 28, 2023 •

Jessica Petrow-Cohen

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