Grief Beyond Control with Jennifer Lang

Jennifer Lang is currently living in Tel Aviv. On this episode she reads from her memoir: Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature, and shares about her daily/weekly life living in the current war. She’s grieving for the state of the world, the world we’re giving our children. She describes what life is like for her and her family, living with fear, reading the names of fallen soldiers daily. She shares how they are volunteering weekly at farms since many of the foreign workers have left the country and farmers need help. She talks thoughtfully about the duality of feeling unsafe along with still living her normal, pre-war life, going out for coffee, having dinner with friends. As days wear on, war is being normalized for Jennifer, her family, and so many. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer Lang lives in Tel Aviv, where she runs Israel Writer Studio. Her prize-winning essays appear in Baltimore Review, Under the Sun, Midway Journal, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an Assistant Editor at Brevity. She runs Israel Writers Studio and practices/teaches yoga. Her award-winning Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature will be followed by Landed: A yogi's memoir in pieces & poses (10/15/2024) both with Vine Leaves Press.   Thank you for listening to this most important conversation. Coffee, Grief and Gratitude is a created by Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson, a mom/daughter duo who talk about grief. Join us Jan 22 at Noon Pacific for our free writing workshop on zoom. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkce-gqD4uGNOS_ERdmsbgsXPVFmclgh9G Join our 30 day writing course at https://writeyourgriefout.thinkific.com You can find us on Facebook at Coffee and Grief. Please join their private Facebook page: Coffee and Grief Community where you can also learn more about the five readers on this recording. You can also email Anne and Maria at: [email protected] Anne’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, a memoir of loss and love, is just out. You can buy it wherever you get your books. The Kindle version is on sale for the next two weeks. Please review THE FIFTH CHAMBER on Amazon and Goodreads. No matter where you bought your copy, you can review it on those sites. Thank you huge for taking the time.