Jessica James2020 as the Fourth TrimesterLiving through 2020 has reminded me of the first baby postpartum days, when you wonder how much of this is temporary, how much of this is…Dec 31, 20201Dec 31, 20201
Jessica JamesA Visitor in QuarantineThe other day at dawn as I was giving my baby a bottle, my dead dad came to visit me. This hadn’t happened before in the 22 years since…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
Jessica JamesWhat’s Going On?For fourteen years I’ve gone to Atlantic City with a group of girlfriends. You might have heard of us, The Peskies? We go around Halloween…Jan 1, 2020Jan 1, 2020
Jessica JamesMe, too?When I received an envelope bearing the return address “USC Student Health Center Settlement” I made a mental note to come back to it…Aug 3, 2019Aug 3, 2019
Jessica JamesPregnant in Palestine — PostscriptA week after I returned from Palestine, my jet lag was still unbearable. I would sit on the couch after my son was in bed, excited to…Oct 3, 2018Oct 3, 2018
Jessica JamesPostcards from Palestine: The Last NightWhen I woke up to the sunshine beaming in between the curtain slats, it took me a few beats to remember where I was and what had happened…Aug 30, 2018Aug 30, 2018
Jessica JamesPostcards from Palestine: The One Thing You Should Never SayI had been eagerly awaiting our trip to Tel Aviv. I wanted to see the beaches in person, the beaches across the street from the high rises…Aug 17, 2018Aug 17, 2018
Jessica JamesPostcards from Palestine: The Motherless ChildThere is only one direct way to get to Jerusalem from Ramallah, and that is through the notorious Kalandia checkpoint. We first boarded a…Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018
Jessica JamesPostcards from Palestine: The WallThe 5am call from the mosque woke us up but we managed to go back to sleep for a few more hours, sleeping off the four bottles of wine we…Jul 26, 2018Jul 26, 2018
Jessica JamesPostcards from Palestine: TerroristsWaking up the next morning was challenging, but it would have been worse if we weren’t still drunk. After getting back to Ramallah the…Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018
