Lu Chekowsky

I think this is what they mean when they talk about “being vulnerable?” Thank you @TaylorByas3 for the genius editing and to @The_Rumpus for your support of my work. It’s been a dream to be in your pages for as long as I can remember.

@autofocuslit @acsottile Thrilled!! ❤️✨

@kaytaybayy @profeldamaria @The_Rumpus @siennazeilinger @IlanaMBean @LoebDavon @poetic_moni Reader @AshlenRenner: Perfectly blending humor & honesty, “Fat Ghost” by @LChekowsky explores the connection of grief & food. In the wake of 3 pandemic years, this is the essay I needed during this toxic bathing suit body season. @The_Rumpus #RumpusEssays therumpus.net/2022/07/19/fat…

@RobbieMaakestad @kaytaybayy @profeldamaria @The_Rumpus @siennazeilinger @IlanaMBean @LoebDavon @poetic_moni @AshlenRenner Thank you @AshlenRenner and @RobbieMaakestad! <3

We're open for essay submissions @The_Rumpus until August 2, so here’s a #RumpusEssays thread where our readers & editors share their favorite recent essays. Give these writers a follow and send your essay our way via @submittable (See guidelines: therumpus.submittable.com/submit)

@NatalieLima09 @vanessapamela Oh, wow! Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤️✨

@vanessapamela Love this one: therumpus.net/2022/07/19/fat…

what are your favorite essays about BODIES? i want to show my students writing that describes the horrifying/joyful/surprising/nightmarish experience of embodiment... which writers are putting the physical act of having a body on the page in a way that makes you say DAMN???

@RobbieMaakestad @TaylorByas3 @The_Rumpus Thank you, @TaylorByas3. I'm so honored to be in such incredible company and that "Fat Ghost" is your pick!

Asst Ed @TaylorByas3: I admire "Ghost" by @LChekowsky because of the balance between the heavy sentimentality of grief, and a sharp and unique mode of self-reflection. This essay moves so easily through its modes and transitions! therumpus.net/2022/07/19/fat… @The_Rumpus #RumpusEssays

@The_Rumpus is open for essay submissions until Feb. 28, so here’s a thread of our editors' & readers' favorite #RumpusEssays from 2022. Give these essays some love, the writers a follow, and send your essay our way via @submittable (See guidelines: therumpus.submittable.com/submit)

@TaylorByas3 @The_Rumpus @poetic_moni I’m just so grateful for all the insights you lead me to — all the ways you helped deepen and expand FAT GOST. Thank you, @TaylorByas3. ✨

I love @The_Rumpus and I’m so honored to have had the chance to edit two of these essays and to work with the incredible @LChekowsky and @poetic_moni! ❤️

@alison222 @superlau77 Oh, that’s so kind. Thank you for reading @alison222 ❤️❤️

Life highlight: being named “essential” by the ultimate arbiter of essential, @superlau77. Thank you, Lauren. ❤️

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@kathale86 Thank you. I see you. ❤️✊🏼

@KeersteeMack Truly unforgettable. 🌸🌸🌸

@LChekowsky You're very welcome, it was my pleasure! And I know what you mean about the smell haha

This is, as they say, extremely my shit. Beauty lil ode to boxing from @LChekowsky

@KeersteeMack @autofocuslit @wwboxnyc @ReeseLynnScott @MendezBoxinggym Thank you!!

@LChekowsky @autofocuslit @wwboxnyc @ReeseLynnScott @MendezBoxinggym Lu it's so good! Hell of an opening line

Thanks to @autofocuslit for giving this piece about my time spent with @wwboxnyc and @ReeseLynnScott @MendezBoxinggym a worthy home. 🥊🥊❤️

@scottbarnhardt Thank you so much, Scott. ❤️

Highly recommend this stunning tribute to ad legend Dan Wieden by my incredibly talented friend @LChekowsky

Thank you for seeing me and this story, @nudd. Grateful beyond measure. ✨

Thank you to @MusebyClio and to @nudd for giving a home to “Just Another Dan Wieden Tribute” — and many thanks to Dan Wieden, the human, who is still somehow able to give me permission to use my one weird, true voice even now that he’s gone. ❤️

@superlau77 @MusebyClio Thank you, Lauren. Forever my consigliere. ❤️

A TRULY ESSENTIAL READ, from genius @LChekowsky in @MusebyClio musebycl.io/musings/just-a…