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Jen Knox

Jen Knox

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Jen Knox is a Fiction Editor at Our Stories Literary Journal, and worksas a freelance writer, editor, and writing tutor. She grew up in Ohio,and lives in Texas, where she is currently working on a novel entitled"Absurd Hunger."

Gimme-Jimmy

Gimme-Jimmy

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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">JamesAlexander’s nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully.<span>  </span>Imagine Jimmy’s concern when he discoveredthat every time he said the word “Gimme”, his hand grew larger. <span> </span>Jimmy was happy to discover that when he waspolite and said “Please” and “Thank you”, his hand began to shrink.<span>  </span>He started practicing his new “Polite Rule”and found out that it was much more fun to share.<span style="color:#000000;"></span></font></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span> </p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span>

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<p><strong><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">REVIEWS</span></em></strong><strong></strong></p><p></p> <p>Jen Knox is an exceptionally gifted storyteller, who can take the events of the past and craft them invariably into engaging and compelling narratives.</p> <p><strong>--Phillip Lopate, Author of </strong><em><strong>Notes on Sontag</strong></em><strong></strong></p><p></p> <p><br /> This true tale of grit, survival and eventual rebirth of the psyche is engaging and inspirational, even to a small-town girl like me.</p> <p><strong>--Gretchen A. Phillips, Pearson Education</strong><strong></strong></p><p></p> <p>With her unique voice, Jen tells the poignant, yet raw, story of her journey to adulthood, living on the streets as a runaway and her ultimate struggle to establish her own identity as a woman who truly values herself. This is one of those books that lingers long after the last page.</p> <p><strong>--Heather McIntosh, author of <em>Small Animals First</em></strong><strong></strong></p><p></p> <p>Jen’s a runner, a runaway. Following in the footsteps of her great grandmother, Glory, who defiantly set out on her own near the same young age, and finding commonalities of mental illnesses among the women in her family, Jen must’ve realized her course was set out for her organically. </p> <p>In the writing of <em>Musical Chairs</em>, a memoir blatant and unapologetic, Jen attempts to make sense of herself within the larger family history.  Yet, for all of the similarities Jen discovered between herself and Glory, there is at least one difference: Glory ran away from family, while Jen’s running brought the both of them back.</p> <p><strong>--Jennifer Lynne Roberts, playwright and writer, author of <em>Beekeeper</em> and <em>Book of Taos</em></strong><strong></strong></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p>