Julia Halprin Jackson

writer. editor. doodler. er.
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#doodleaday: for the birds

Julia Halprin Jackson April 3, 2015

The weirdest thing about working in a corporate office park is waiting for things to get torn down and rebuilt. We work in a liminal space. At least the birds will be okay.

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#doodles for swans and trees

Julia Halprin Jackson March 24, 2015

The building where I work is surrounded in a sea of construction, which makes the bike ride to work a little more challenging. From my bicycle I can see the way these changes affect the local wildlife.

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From bicycles to [St. Paul and the] broken bones, a week in #doodles

Julia Halprin Jackson March 20, 2015

Today is the first day of spring. As of this week, we have some exciting new developments in the world of Play On Words. That, and I'm finally well enough to bike to work again, which makes my whole body sing.

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#doodleaday: for Duddy

Julia Halprin Jackson March 13, 2015

When a car reaches 100,000 miles, don't you expect confetti to pop out of its tires?

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#doodleaday: nerf launch

Julia Halprin Jackson March 10, 2015

Totally not intended as a phallic symbol, and yet:

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#doodles: rainbows and carnations

Julia Halprin Jackson March 6, 2015

I biked through a rainbow this week. The days are getting longer. In my dreams I travel: to the coast, to Europe, to the moon. 

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#doodleaday: on storms

Julia Halprin Jackson February 6, 2015

A storm is brewing. It is the earliest, most vulnerable time of spring. Sometimes I catch narcissus hiding out behind dumpsters. 

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#2doodles

Julia Halprin Jackson February 5, 2015

February is always a month of memories. Maybe it's because it's so sleepy out. I've been dreaming of Schubert and butterflies.

February 4.

February 5.

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#doodleaday: breathing

Julia Halprin Jackson February 3, 2015

People are not vaccinating their kids. [gulp] There's a storm coming. This weekend we memorialize Amah. Work is...well, it exists, so that's good. This week the main goal is to breathe.

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#doodleaday: which half of half-n-half is the better half?

Julia Halprin Jackson January 22, 2015

Milk fairy, anyone?

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#doodleaday: rejected

Julia Halprin Jackson January 16, 2015

The career of an "aspiring writer" is one of constant hucking: submissions, proposals, essays, yadda yadda. Maybe it's time to stop aspiring. Say: fuck the system. My brain is tired.

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#doodleaday: plants on the windowsill

Julia Halprin Jackson January 15, 2015

Sometimes I envy the plants on the windowsill, though their view isn't the greatest.

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#doodleaday: Bike commute

Julia Halprin Jackson January 14, 2015

First day back on the bike--a new one, at that.

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#doodleaday: Mystery car

Julia Halprin Jackson January 13, 2015

Today's doodle: Spotted on our lunch run: a submerged child's car, stripped and dirty, at the bottom of a steep irrigation ditch. 

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Julia Halprin Jackson

writer. editor. doodler. er.

I write.

I doodle.​

I'm at work on my first book, ​a collection of linked short stories that follows a community of expatriates living on the southern coast of Spain.

I care about stuff. Like curing type 1 diabetes. And marriage equality. And rights for immigrants. And public radio. And espanol. And Frank O'Hara and Jennifer Egan and Federico Garcia Lorca and Tony Kushner. You know, cool stuff.

I make postcards that are also stories.​

Sometimes I read stories and poems out loud.

Sometimes I go to conferences.​

You can find my short stories, essays, poems and flash fictio in a variety of places in print and online. If you Google really hard, you might find the two short radio pieces I produced on a badass NPR affiliate in San Francisco.

​This is where you can go to find out who I am.

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