The Long Drive
by Jen Cantwellin 📚 Literature
The Long Drive
About the Substack
Real things, dark things, wishes, and hope. Short essays and poetry about life on the other side of trauma.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Personal Essays, Poetry, and Photography
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Personal Essays, Poetry, and Photography
- My deepest, personal gratitude.
Paid Subscription Plans
- $70 a year
- $7 a month
About Jen Cantwell
I am an adoptive mother of two, a cancer survivor (twice now), and a survivor of a childhood steeped in mental illness. Memoir, essay, photography, and poetry.
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