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My Review of Zoë Ferraris's third Katya Hijazi novel

If you haven't read Ferraris's novels, beginning with Finding Nouf, you are in for a treat. Start with the first book to get acquainted with lab tech Katya Hijazi who works in the female section of the Jeddah coroner's office. Ferraris lived for a while in Saudi Arabia, and her novels give us a complex, close up view of a culture that remains largely hidden from view (yes, some of it under burqas!) except for news about wealth, oil and the politics of the Middle East. John Kenyon at Grift…See More

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Jane Hammons replied to the discussion 'SheWriMo: She Writes November Writing Challenge, NOVEMBER 1ST'

"My goal was 1000 on the novel but I blogged instead and wrote a news piece for my departments website. Came in at 850 . . ."

Nov 2, 2011

Jane Hammons commented on the blog post 'SheWriMo: Join the She Writes November Writing Challenge!'

"I'm shooting for 1000. Nanowrimo started without me yesterday because I just couldn't get to it after work. But I've got the goal for today and am excited about starting a new novel. Or a new something--whatever it turns out to be."

Nov 2, 2011

Jane Hammons left a comment for Member News

"The W Word is Not the F Word, my review of Granta Magazine's "The F Word" issue (the "feminism" issue Summer 2011) just went live at Luna Park Review."

Nov 2, 2011

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Who I am:: I teach writing at UC Berkeley where I am the recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2011 I received a Derringer Award for Best Flash Story from the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and a very long time ago, I received an Academy of American Poets award.

Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:: http://www.redroom.com/member/jane
http://twitter.com/JHammons
http://www.fictionaut.com/users/jane-hammons

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: The Maternal is Political, editor Shari Macdonald Strong, Seal Press 2008
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer, ed. Robert Swartwood (W. W. Norton & Company, Nov. 2010)

My writing is:: Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Journalism, Blog Posts

My professional associations:: The Authors Guild
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Listed in Poets & Writers Directory
UC-AFT
Short Mystery Fiction Society

I found out about She Writes from:: Twitter

Writing Included in Anthologies

My essay "Mothering in Real Time" is included in The Maternal is Political (Seal Press 2008, edited by Shari MacDonald Strong)

I have a piece of hint fiction, "The Land With No Air," in Hint Fiction (W. W. Norton, ed. Robert Swartwood)

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My Review of Zoë Ferraris's third Katya Hijazi novel

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Lighting Out for the Territory

Posted on July 16, 2011 at 7:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I began a blog that I named Lighting Out for the Territory, using Huck Finn's expression for escaping to the West to suggest the setting of the novel. My first post is about the historic Japanese-American greenhouses in Richmond, California. Abandoned when Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 and… Continue

Reacquainting Myself with Ana Mendieta

Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:12am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I follow bookslut.com on Twitter and saw the tweet about their first book raffle on Facebook. I’m always up for the opportunity to win a free book, so I followed the link, and was excited to see that all I had to do was enter the name of a female artist overlooked by popular culture to enter the drawing for Who is Ana Mendieta? By…

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Lydia Davis on Translating Flaubert

Posted on April 23, 2011 at 10:55am 0 Comments 0 Likes

When I saw that Lydia Davis would be reading in San Francisco, I immediately bought a ticket. I didn’t pay much attention to the fact that the event was sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation. I was just excited about seeing Lydia Davis. As a friend and I drove over the Bay Bridge to hear her, we hoped that she would read some of her own work. But by the time Lydia Davis began talking about the process of… Continue

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At 5:36am on October 27, 2010, Editors Picks said…: Hey there Jane,
Your post is featured for this week's Editor's Picks!
Check it out here and let us know what you think.
Keep writing!
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At 4:42pm on June 13, 2010, Jill Starishevsky said…: Hi Jane,

I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when you have some time.

Thanks in advance.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/talking-kids-sexual-abuse-10255396

Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com

At 1:51pm on June 7, 2010, Dewi L. Faulkner said…: Hi Jane! Not sure how to respond to your message! :/ I went ahead and RSVPd to the SF event. Let's get in touch as the event draws closer. I would love to see you there!