
Jeanie Riess
@jeanriess
A writer from New Orleans. Loves oil-packed tuna. “I’m exaggerating so you can get to know me faster.”
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Thankful to Lost Bayou Ramblers for thinking about the connection between culture and place and for talking to me about it for The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

This NYT Magazine story ostensibly about California but actually all of humanity is the best thing I've read in so long! nytimes.com/2022/01/03/mag…

wow I can't get enough of this project Sheila Heti The New York Times nytimes.com/interactive/20…



Thank you to our Spring Issue contributors! They made this special 30th anniversary issue possible. Pre-order: ow.ly/Fwjr50Il6KT Diane Roberts @AllisonBraden Jeanie Riess Verónica Mangú Dávila Ellis 🍌 Kristen Arnett Didi Jackson Major Jackson Charles Ramsay McCrory Rebecca Bengal Imani Perry



“I will have to tell her how complicated it was. To hate all of humanity, to hate ourselves, but to love people, to live each other.” This by Jeanie Riess is exactly the kind of thing I love to read and write. Elliptical. Uncertain of many things. Certain of others. Oxford American






The OA is honored to receive a grant from the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, supported by the Mellon Foundation (Mellon Foundation) & administered by Academy of American Poets, CLMP,& National Book Foundation. This grant allows us to pursue our mission of exploring the South’s complexity & vitality. Thank you!





Hi! I'm looking for stories (and pics) of the JCC Sock Hops, for an essay! If you have sweaty memories of listening to DJ Jubilee, standing in line for a pickle, worrying about juvenile hall bc your parents were late, etc, please DM or email me at [email protected]!