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Jaclyn Gilbert

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Born

in Reno, NV, The United States

Website

https://www.jaclyngilbert.com/

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Genre

Fiction, Sports, Contemporary

Member Since

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Jaclyn Gilbert received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and BA from Yale University. She is the recipient of a research fellowship from the New York Public Library, a contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has led writing workshops at the Valhalla Correctional Facility, the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and Curious-on-Hudson in Dobbs Ferry. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and Weimaraner, Phin. Late Air (Little A, 2018) is her first novel. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jaclyn Gilbert I read poetry, listen to the radio, or run...a lot! For poetry, I love anything by Sharon Olds, Kevin Young, and Elizabeth Bishop---and Jack Gilbert (…moreI read poetry, listen to the radio, or run...a lot! For poetry, I love anything by Sharon Olds, Kevin Young, and Elizabeth Bishop---and Jack Gilbert (no relation!). Poetry helps me consider small details, moments, and rhythms that can say more than a whole scene or chapter sometimes--especially when I feel stuck trying to compress time around a character's arc. I run almost every day to let the sensory, impressionistic nature of a running loop mix with what I'm working on, hopeful this experience might incite new ideas and opportunities by the time I return to my desk. Mixing up my running loops helps too--I go everywhere from Central Park and East River Park through upper & lower Manhattan, to Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Rockefeller Park in Westchester. Same goes for travel...when I am on trains (usually above ground on the Metro North), I like to listen to the radio and watch places slip by through those hours. I often free-write during this time, when my mind is in transit and propelled by a lack of stasis. I like to search for narrative out of this flux. (less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Jaclyn Gilbert The freedom to follow your imagination into depths you did not know were possible. love the process of becoming obsessed with a particular idea: a que…moreThe freedom to follow your imagination into depths you did not know were possible. love the process of becoming obsessed with a particular idea: a question that I have to research (to a point of no return) and interrogate through constant drafting and revising so that the merging of that process/experience can let me see the original idea completely anew. I love that writing is so much about self-discovery; even when you think you are writing about something "other" & unknown, the writing always brings you back to the mystery of yourself and human life as a whole.(less)

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