Courtney Zoffness

Nov 27, 2023 | memoirland.substack.com | Iris Kim |Courtney Zoffness |Theodore Wheeler |Alain de Botton

Welcome to Memoir Land—a newsletter edited by , now featuring three verticals:Memoir Monday, a weekly curation of the best personal essays from around the web brought to you by Narratively, The Rumpus,  Granta, Guernica, Oldster Magazine, Literary Hub, Orion Magazine, The Walrus, and Electric Literature. Below is this week’s curation. First Person Singular, featuring original personal essays. Recently I published “Cleaning Instructions” by Audrey Ferber, guest edited by . A new essay is coming soon.

Nov 14, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Courtney Zoffness

Skip to content essays Nobody will say how much death is too much death [On October 7, 2023, members of the Islamist militant group Hamas, who governs the Gaza Strip, launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,400 people and capturing roughly 240 hostages. In retaliation, the Israeli government, helmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declared war on Hamas. Israel’s retaliation campaign has killed an estimated 11,000 Palestinian civilians so far, at least 4,200 of whom are children....

Jul 31, 2023 | social.cat | Courtney Zoffness

Courtney Zoffness és una figura emergent de la no-ficció nord-americana. És escriptora, mare, filla, amiga i dona. I aquestes són les mirades que l’autora projecta sobre el món, amb les quals pren el pols del nostre temps. L’afició del seu fill per les disfresses de policia la porten a parlar de la brutalitat policial. Els quadres d’ansietat que patia de nena la porten a parlar de l’angoixa i la por sobre les quals s’alça la societat nord-americana.

Jul 26, 2023 | thebeliever.net | Courtney Zoffness

Courtney Zoffness I first encountered Julie Otsuka—the author and her work—in northwest Pennsylvania in 2009. I had a one-year visiting assistant professorship in fiction at Allegheny College, and Otsuka came through to give a reading.