Jillian Barnet Writes
by Jillian Barnetin 📚 Literature
Jillian Barnet Writes
About the Substack
Welcome! I'm Jillian, a thriving adoptee, mining the hard parts for truth and beauty. Here you'll find discussions on writing, books, publishing, and the adoptee experience, along with stories of fledgling farming and cute animals.
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- Public posts and once-monthly newsletters
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- My 8-page list of small press and university publishers with links
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About Jillian Barnet
Best-American essayist, Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, teacher of writing, adoptee-rights advocate. NYT, HuffPost, New Letters, Brevity, JAMA, Literary Mama, .... I’m a thriving adoptee mining the hard parts for truth and beauty.
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