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Leslie Jamison

@lsjamison

Not here anymore. Find me at IG: @lesliesierrajamison
Brooklyn, NY lesliejamison.com Joined January 2013
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Leslie Jamison @lsjamison
In this week's New Yorker, an excerpt from SPLINTERS.
I brought everything I could to this story. Here it is.
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www.newyorker.com The Birth of My Daughter, the Death of My Marriage 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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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/magazine/2025/…
www.newyorker.com The Pain of Perfectionism 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.
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www.vqronline.org Dark Ride to the Source 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...