Jennifer Rubin

One day you star writing a book. 6 years later you finish. Give up on an agent and self publish. And then the former Manhattan Borough President holds up your book and praises it at city council meeting. #iamwriting #writing

What I love about a favorite childhood memory is that its meaning can change over time as more living happens. The recordings I made of my grandma singing Yiddish folksongs 40 years ago were called into service when my mom was in the hospital last year. tinyurl.com/ycxzr8v9

The Moth GrandSlam at @barrymorelive is Oct 14th. Ten of Madison's best storytellers. Hosted by WI poet laureate @dashakelly. Music by Yorel Lashley. Get your tickets before they are gone. Tickets are on sale here: barrymorelive.com/event/moth-mad…

Jennifer Esperanza shares a story w/ @rubinjen & Takeyla Benton about what happened when she tried to pull one over on her mother and discusses what it took to get the story in shape for telling it in front of an audience. isthmus.com/news/community…

@christi_clancy Mother country radicals- so interesting

Any podcast recommendations for my 18-hr road-trip?

No time like the present to subscribe to this fun local storytelling podcast I co-host with Takeyla Benton.

Hey - that's me telling on @TheMoth telling a story about the time I proposed to my boyfriend. It involves communal singing, a leather jacket and a practical friend (and 9 potential answers.)

@amyhanauer @SenWarren

Am I a plant? You decide! Thank you @SenWarren for your fierce advocacy on taxes AND for making me laugh.

@JimmyGootz @soloyochapin @UW_Odyssey I am still thinking about the stories and graduation speeches from yesterday.

@soloyochapin @JimmyGootz @UW_Odyssey So glad these men had the chance to learn from you both. I know if more people had the chance to hear the stories these 10 men told about their lives - they would feel much less comfortable with how incarcerated a state WI is.

BUILD BRIDGES NOT WALLS for the last 7 years I built bridges by sharing my immigration stories. This past 4 weeks I joined @rubinjen , @JimmyGootz and @UW_Odyssey build bridges by participating on their educational program at Racine Correctional Center. nestorgomezstoryteller.com/contact.htmle

A story I told at @TheMoth is on their radio hour this week. It features driving through a snowstorm to buy an engagement leather jacket, Burma Shave cards, a Rom Com, a very practical friend, a marriage proposal & a suprising answer. themoth.org/stories/a-dece…

@GDRPempress I often think about the pure pleasure I feel when a headache lifts. It’s like I have a whole new jaunty view in life

People are not aware enough of the impact that pain in life has. I have cried through migraines since college. I’m on preventive meds but still get hit every once in awhile. When an 18hr one has passed, the next day I feel such a high at being able to live w/o the throb and stab.

@dansaltzstein Living in the UWS in the late 80s. A woman in the neighborhood who was a holocaust survivor and wearer of whit go go boots gave me tips on how to flirt so I could get a first bf - and gifted me the nub of her fav lipstick - & told me to save that for my 2nd husband

Driving through Pittsfield and saw this--looks like Pundit is taking the family business in a new direction @crookedmedia

@LauraDresser9 She certainly ended her graphic representation on a good note

@rubinjen It is beautiful. Also "be a good human".

Had a great time doing an in-person storytelling workshop with Takeyla Benton and Bridge the Divide last night. It was graphically recorded and now I kind of want a graphic representation of everything I say.

My favorite summer work project was working with @LoveWI & @dashakelly & @estebantouma on a prison reentry story series. Everyday people are released from prison & return to communities across the state to rebuild their lives. TikTok about the series 👇🏽👇🏽 tinyurl.com/2d5j4efj

WI has a long history of welcoming people who were forced by war to leave their homes. We are resharing Cheu Vang’s story. He fled Laos after the Vietnam War. Read one person's experience in fleeing a country in the aftermath of war & building a new life. lovewi.com/cheuvang/

Prison education is worth the investment. Glad to have a story from Odyssey Beyond Bars in the prison reentry series I did w/ @dashakelly & @LoveWI. "I had accepted that maybe this is my life. But what if it wasn’t. What if there was more for me?" lovewi.com/jaime/

congrats to @JudyDavidoff and the entire intrepid @isthmus team for getting back in print today. The cover art is perfect. And thanks for including Carmella's story from @LoveWI's series on prison reentry.

WI incarcerates 676 per100,000 people and the barriers they face when released are overwhelming. I produced this @LoveWI series w/ @dashakelly about people who are breaking down the barriers. Link to full series: tinyurl.com/h8kz9ve3 @JustDane4Change, @twoutapp, @UW_Odyssey