Je Banach
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Original Yale Writers Workshop Faculty|Writings: The Paris Review, Granta, TIME, The Atlantic, Story, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Electric Lit etc.|Author of 100+ guides to world literature for PRH, S&S, HMH, HC, GA📚 "Doesn't look sick" https://linktr.ee/jebanach
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! The holidays are a wonderful time, but they can also be difficult for a lot of people. Be kind to yourselves and to others. Make the holidays what you want them to be or what you need them to be this year. And share lots of love—tell the people you love that you love them.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! The holidays are a wonderful time, but they can also be difficult for a lot of people. Be kind to yourselves and to others. Make the holidays what you want them to be or what you need them to be this year. And share lots of love—tell the people you love that you love them.
This doesn’t just feel like a different time. It feels like an entirely different life, doesn’t it?
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This doesn’t just feel like a different time. It feels like an entirely different life, doesn’t it?
Hope everyone got lots of treats today!
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hope everyone got lots of treats today!
Scenes from our fall adventures today
October 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Scenes from our fall adventures today
Pumpkin patch day 🎃
(I love a grey fall day.)
(I love a grey fall day.)
October 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Pumpkin patch day 🎃
(I love a grey fall day.)
(I love a grey fall day.)
October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month, and tonight at 10:15 pm EST Niagara Falls will be lit up in blue to bring attention to what is a prevalent and devastating but still very misunderstood and under-researched suite of health conditions. I live with it. www.niagarafallslive.com/niagara_fall...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month, and tonight at 10:15 pm EST Niagara Falls will be lit up in blue to bring attention to what is a prevalent and devastating but still very misunderstood and under-researched suite of health conditions. I live with it. www.niagarafallslive.com/niagara_fall...
I tried taking photos of the gorgeous sunset tonight and this is what was on my photo reel when I went back to check the photos…
September 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I tried taking photos of the gorgeous sunset tonight and this is what was on my photo reel when I went back to check the photos…
Pastoral scenes from our drive today
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Pastoral scenes from our drive today
Jia Tolentino’s New Yorker article reminded me that I met Elizabeth Gilbert once—at her parents’ Xmas tree farm. (Got my trees there for years.) It was after she’d written The Last American Man. I bought a copy, and she wrapped up my tree. Orange-scented needles. Neither of us knew what lay ahead.
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Jia Tolentino’s New Yorker article reminded me that I met Elizabeth Gilbert once—at her parents’ Xmas tree farm. (Got my trees there for years.) It was after she’d written The Last American Man. I bought a copy, and she wrapped up my tree. Orange-scented needles. Neither of us knew what lay ahead.
Thanks to my wheelchair and my favorite guy I was able to go for a stroll (emphasis on ~roll~) at the river trail for the first time in several years. I haven’t been back since my ability to stand and walk became impaired. A bald eagle flew by. It was great to be back. A very moving experience. ❤️
September 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks to my wheelchair and my favorite guy I was able to go for a stroll (emphasis on ~roll~) at the river trail for the first time in several years. I haven’t been back since my ability to stand and walk became impaired. A bald eagle flew by. It was great to be back. A very moving experience. ❤️
Surprised Shawn with lasagna and miniature iced chocolate Bundt cakes for our anniversary. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Do something nice for yourself or someone else. ❤️
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Surprised Shawn with lasagna and miniature iced chocolate Bundt cakes for our anniversary. Hope everyone has a nice weekend. Do something nice for yourself or someone else. ❤️
There’s a special place in heaven for editors who immediately read and respond to what you send them. 🙏
September 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
There’s a special place in heaven for editors who immediately read and respond to what you send them. 🙏
Salon day. It’s been a long while.
(I’m smiling. I swear.)
(I’m smiling. I swear.)
August 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Salon day. It’s been a long while.
(I’m smiling. I swear.)
(I’m smiling. I swear.)
A fun package arrived today. Looking forward to reading this one.
August 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A fun package arrived today. Looking forward to reading this one.
Well, since I can’t contain my excitement, I’ll tell you that I had the best birthday weekend of my life. Shawn took me…here…to look at rings! 💍 😱 (He said it was ok to share—We’re just looking! Nothing happened yet!) It was also my first wheelchair outing. Thurs we did bookstore & ice cream cake.
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Well, since I can’t contain my excitement, I’ll tell you that I had the best birthday weekend of my life. Shawn took me…here…to look at rings! 💍 😱 (He said it was ok to share—We’re just looking! Nothing happened yet!) It was also my first wheelchair outing. Thurs we did bookstore & ice cream cake.
Last call for book recs!
Shawn is taking me on a bookstore date, so please send your book recommendations! (There are a few books I’m looking forward to but they’re not out yet.)
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Last call for book recs!
Writing is what makes you a writer.
Saw a post recently about what makes someone a "serious" writer. It included studying writing at university, partaking in multi-day workshops, attending conferences, attending awards ceremonies.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
August 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Writing is what makes you a writer.
For my 1st birthday present I scored an apptmt with my electrophysiologist…on my birthday. “We have an apptmt tomorrow…or next year,” they said. So I’ll be spending part of tomorrow with my electrophysiologist, like all the girls do. And this weekend I’ll be going on my 1st outing in my wheelchair.
August 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For my 1st birthday present I scored an apptmt with my electrophysiologist…on my birthday. “We have an apptmt tomorrow…or next year,” they said. So I’ll be spending part of tomorrow with my electrophysiologist, like all the girls do. And this weekend I’ll be going on my 1st outing in my wheelchair.
Shawn is taking me on a bookstore date, so please send your book recommendations! (There are a few books I’m looking forward to but they’re not out yet.)
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Shawn is taking me on a bookstore date, so please send your book recommendations! (There are a few books I’m looking forward to but they’re not out yet.)