Writings in the Raw

Even January has its sun

Julia Halprin Jackson January 20, 2011

Proof.

Writing often saves the same purpose as photography. Recording in itself is a vital act. And knowing that, in the depths of winter, there are sunny afternoons out there to be found.

Picture of the Day

Julia Halprin Jackson May 7, 2010

I spotted this while walking up the steps to Gaudi's Park Guell in Barcelona.

Nerd-dom, I embrace thee. Especially in Spain.

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.