Hannah S.E. Jansen

May 28, 2024 | therumpus.net | Hannah S.E. Jansen

“My daughter is backlit by the sun, waving and calling to me, but I’m split—half of me is here on the playground with her, half is in the past with the girl who taught me about negative space.” So begins Kimberly King Parsons’s funny, glittering debut novel, We Were the Universe (Knopf, 2024), which centers on a young mother, Kit, who is struggling with the death of her sister, Julie.

Apr 17, 2024 | thecommononline.org | Hannah S.E. Jansen

By HANNAH JANSEN Rockport, ME Saturday At the laundromat the whir of machines, whorled & busy, the pleasure & difficulty of stillness Waiting, sockless, I aspire to be the cross-legged woman reading a magazine, settled into her corner of time I like her gray braid, the way her skin sings of long days, the tattoo of a flower I can’t name I’d been talking to someone about rushing, or, not rushing Not-rushing We were trying to push back against that feeling of the next thing, the next thing, in...

Aug 31, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Hannah S.E. Jansen

The Piscataquis Regional Food Center (PRFC), too, acts as a food hub. According to the most recent US Census, Maine is the oldest state in the nation. In Piscataquis County, which has a high poverty rate and is extremely rural, it can be especially difficult for seniors, who may not have access to a car or be able to drive, to get food. PRFC’s Farmshare for Homebound Seniors program offers low-income seniors, who are homebound or who have a disability, a free share of fresh, locally grown produce.

Aug 28, 2023 | mainewomenmagazine.com | Hannah S.E. Jansen

Sarah Rines, a Senior Program Manager at MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence and a former board member at the Foundation, is no stranger to the Tri. “This is my eighth Tri for a Cure,” Sarah, who lives in Portland, explained over the phone. Her voice was warm and enthusiastic. “I’m excited to participate. It’s an amazing event both from the standpoint of the community and the funds it raises.