Jane Yager
@janewords.bsky.social
Fiction & CNF writer. Recent stories in Gooseberry Pie, Los Angeles Review, Coachella Review, Ekphrastic Review; forthcoming from V&Q Books. Criticism in TLS, Paris Review Daily. Based in Berlin, originally from California, frequently in Poland.
Congratulations, Daniel! This story came out great and Father Terry is hilarious.
February 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Congratulations, Daniel! This story came out great and Father Terry is hilarious.
This was my (late 70s) experience too -- kids a few years older than me were scary/mean as hell, kids a few years younger were totally chill, my own cohort was a mix. The way kids were raised changed RADICALLY from about 1975 to 1990, I think it's really underrated as a social shift of that era.
January 31, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This was my (late 70s) experience too -- kids a few years older than me were scary/mean as hell, kids a few years younger were totally chill, my own cohort was a mix. The way kids were raised changed RADICALLY from about 1975 to 1990, I think it's really underrated as a social shift of that era.
unsettling in a good way!
December 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
unsettling in a good way!
I rewatched it this week too and same! Also felt on the second watch I appreciated more what a great character Delta Slim is. It's just an incredible movie overall.
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I rewatched it this week too and same! Also felt on the second watch I appreciated more what a great character Delta Slim is. It's just an incredible movie overall.
When telling Americans about the year of (legally mandated, in no way contingent on any supervisor's whim) parental leave I received in Germany, one of the most common responses I got was along the lines of "wow, that was so awesome of your boss to give you that! What an inspiring, amazing boss!"
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When telling Americans about the year of (legally mandated, in no way contingent on any supervisor's whim) parental leave I received in Germany, one of the most common responses I got was along the lines of "wow, that was so awesome of your boss to give you that! What an inspiring, amazing boss!"
Congratulations! 🥳
December 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Congratulations! 🥳
Even though there was a moral panic about jazz in the 1920s that was VERY MUCH like the 80s/09s moral panics about rap and heavy metal! I mean, the whole reason US kids had to learn square dancing in school gym class for decades was as counter programming to the "harmful" influence of jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Even though there was a moral panic about jazz in the 1920s that was VERY MUCH like the 80s/09s moral panics about rap and heavy metal! I mean, the whole reason US kids had to learn square dancing in school gym class for decades was as counter programming to the "harmful" influence of jazz.
This reminds me of a study I read about that found what people who hid Jews from the Nazis in WWII had in common, across diff't countries, was that most were people whose neighbors found them disagreeable & mildly unpleasant. Moral courage seems to negatively correlate with likeability.
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This reminds me of a study I read about that found what people who hid Jews from the Nazis in WWII had in common, across diff't countries, was that most were people whose neighbors found them disagreeable & mildly unpleasant. Moral courage seems to negatively correlate with likeability.