Jen Selk – Page 7 – this is everything

You may ask yourself, how did I get here?

BABY | Elizabeth Murray was born on a Sunday. She came into the world just after six am, weighing around six and a half pounds. And at this very moment, she is nearing six months old. (Now we are ...

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Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp, review

REIVEW | Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp | Picador. Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp is a novel. This may surprise you, since Crosley is famous for her essays. The Clasp is also the first thing ...

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35 weeks and all’s well

PREGNANCY | Hey yo. So let’s start right off with the good stuff: I’m officially 35 weeks along and my evil spawn continues to marinate. After the whole saga with being hospitalized, ...

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Birthdays all around

BLOG | It’s my birthday. I am 35 years old today. Jen Selk is 35. THE BLOG jenselk.com IS TEN. Believe it! We are both sailing into our twilight years, Internet people. We are riding the ...

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This is how fat I am

BODY POLITICS | What’s the first thing you noticed? This is how fat I am. Or rather, this is how fat I was three years ago, on my wedding day. I’ve been both significantly smaller and ...

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The New Bohemians book review

DESIGN TOME | The New Bohemians book review | Justina Blakeney | Abrams Books. I wanted to like The New Bohemians a lot more than I did. Look, Justina Blakeney is great. Her aesthetic is great. ...

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Beauty’s religion

Let’s go Rome! For those of you who don’t know, I am off to England and Italy tomorrow for three weeks of social and quasi-religious fulfilment. (Read: seeing friends, drinking cider, and buying ...

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We could lay our heads down or be forever sleepless

First off, a note to the slowpokes: the Weekly Scoop story mentioned in my last post has already been replaced by the current week’s issue, so you missed the boat. HOWEVER, I will probably post a ...

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Backbeat, the word is on the street

Another one of my Weekly Scoop stories hit newsstands this week. It’s about Paris Hilton and how she’s, like, so totally over, you know? The issue is dated Feb. 6, 2006 and features the ...

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There’s something about you that really reminds me of money

Working at ION is a kick so far. These pieces aren’t my best work, but now that I have some freelancers on board to do the heavy lifting, this whole editor bag should only get better. Epiphany: ...

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Mind is a razor blade

So as usual, I’m not getting on board on the ground floor, but at least I’m in the loop. In the space of 2 hours, I received three emails AND read a blog post all singing the praises of the Sony ...

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And my destination, makes it worth the while

Considering my job (and maybe for all writers), it’s extremely bizarre to experience a week in which you are both prolific and totally unproductive at the very same time. I spent the past few ...

The Write Cup

MIPP Double Finalist

Fourscore

Poetry weekend no. 23

Qwerty 51: Post & Beam

You may ask yourself, how did I get here?

Sloane Crosley’s The Clasp, review

35 weeks and all’s well

Birthdays all around

This is how fat I am

The New Bohemians book review

Beauty’s religion

We could lay our heads down or be forever sleepless

Backbeat, the word is on the street

There’s something about you that really reminds me of money

Mind is a razor blade

And my destination, makes it worth the while