Leslie Jamison
@lsjamison
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Professional bowerbird. Mother. Writer. Teacher. SPLINTERS Feb ‘24.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2013
In this week's New Yorker, an excerpt from SPLINTERS. I brought everything I could to this story. Here it is. https://t.co/hknJC3wzfj
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Now that I was doing little besides keeping this tiny creature alive, it was impossible to ignore my desire to wander the streets with our baby, in ever-widening loops away from home.
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“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a
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Hard not to experience this as an utter loss of faith in humanity. Stopping this is the only thing that matters. And yet we fail at it every day.
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What a pleasure to fact check this piece! (It was also a form of therapy.) Every perfectionist—active or reformed—should read it. 🌺
A new @NewYorker piece about perfectionism, rug weavers, self-conscious subway reading, messy therapy, & the superego as a "vicious soliloquist w/ an audience of one."
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"According to Hewitt, this is one thing that distinguishes true perfectionism from a mere pursuit of excellence: reaching the goal never helps, whether it’s a top grade, a target weight, or a professional milestone." @lsjamison
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It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
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.@lsjamison considers the idea of perfectionism, which is regarded by many as a form of admirable striving, as she spends time with two professors who have devoted their careers to exploring the trait’s links to depression, eating disorders, and suicide.
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It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
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A new @NewYorker piece about perfectionism, rug weavers, self-conscious subway reading, messy therapy, & the superego as a "vicious soliloquist w/ an audience of one."
newyorker.com
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews, but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes.
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A new essay ❤️🔥 This one was a true joy, and a long time in the living and the making. On Disneyland, photo-mercantalism, churros, putting pressure on our kids to be happy, Space Mountain & the uses of fantasy. https://t.co/H7L4kCXwmM
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Over the course of thirty-six hours, my daughter and I rode with Mr. Toad into the depths of hell, squinted at a bonfire of sewing spindles, choked on hairspray, broke the fourth wall at least...
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Treasure!
Of all the bookshelves in my home, this is my favorite: the books of my former students. Still filling it in. Will keep adding to it for the rest of my days!
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Does @JamiesonWebster want you to have nightmares? At April Second Sundays, the psychoanalyst spoke to novelist Leslie Jamison (@lsjamison) about breathing and dreaming through catastrophe. https://t.co/tu4NgE5YaJ
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Two of my absolute favorite humans ❤️🔥
Bday hoedown for two scribbler beauties born under the same star. Leslie Jamison & Erin Williams popped into mine last night. Look for our girl-gang graffiti tag: #GirlsGoneMild
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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Join us in Toronto on Monday, September 15 at the @ROMtoronto for a flagship literary event with 2025 #WestonInternationalAward laureate, Leslie Jamison. Purchase your tickets now: https://t.co/ptYi5OkXeM Event recording to follow.
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How different the past years might’ve been if @mayawiley was our Mayor. No corruption, pettiness and collaboration with the Trump regime. Just principled, progressive leadership focused on results. I was so honored to receive Maya’s #1 rank endorsement this morning in Harlem.
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Congratulations to 2025 Weston International Award winner Leslie Jamison. “If nonfiction at its best pursues both truth and beauty, this author demonstrates the art of writing out of our lives at the highest level.” —#WestonInternationalAward Canadian jury https://t.co/CBzQRA0euh
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✨Beyond honored✨ All my Canadian farmer ancestors would be thrilled 🍁❤️🔥
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Rewarding excellence in nonfiction writing on the global stage
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❤️🔥⚡️NEW YORKERS PLEASE VOTE! WE NEED ZOHRAN LIKE OXYGEN ⚡️❤️🔥
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@lsjamison has won the 2025 Weston International Award, honoring her extraordinary body of nonfiction work. Her writing redefines the genre through vulnerability, intellect & insight. Congratulations to Leslie! Catch her live in Toronto this fall:
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Meet Noh, or Noah. Yes, we share the same names with others. Yesterday was Noh’s birthday. He celebrated with his father. In the video you see, his father gives him 20 NIS (~5 USD) as a gift. Noh went out in the street this afternoon and was killed in the air strike that killed
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My second book, MOTHER MEDIA, is out in just a few weeks from @mitpress. The book is about the 20th century crisis of the family, and how, from the prison to the commune to the suburban home, psychology and media each transformed our ideas of mothering. https://t.co/NwHKGs3NPR
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From the nursery to the prison, from the clinic to the commune, Mother Media tells the story of how we arrived at our contemporary understanding of what a mo...
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