Presentation & Signing: No Offense: A memoir in essays by Jackie Domenus

All are welcome to join for a book event with Jackie Domenus presenting her newest book, NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS

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Hope to see you there!

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About the Book:

When Jackie “came out” in 2014, right as the Trump era was revving up, she began paying closer attention to the inappropriate questions, uncomfortable reactions, and pointed assumptions about sexuality and gender she was witnessing and now experiencing firsthand. NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS takes a magnifying glass to subtle moments that many people don’t recognize as homophobic or transphobic, exploring the impact of microaggressions on LGBTQ+ folks. Blending personal essay and cultural critique, the collection confronts society’s representation of and reactions to queerness at poignant moments in Jackie’s life, from wedding planning to OBGYN appointments to the Pulse Nightclub Massacre, and beyond. Revealing the complex and tender moments that sculpted their identity from a tomboy adolescence to gender exploration as an adult, NO OFFENSEanalyzes the loaded conversations queer and trans folks face every day on topics like labels, haircuts, Halloween costumes, and more.

About the Author:

Jackie Domenus (she/they) is a queer writer from South Jersey. Their first book, NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS, will be published with ELJ Editions in 2025. A 2021 Tin House Winter Workshop graduate, Jackie’s essays have appeared in The Offing Mag, The Normal School, Pidgeonholes, Foglifter Journal, Variant Lit, Entropy, Watershed Review, Wig-Wag, Philadelphia Stories, HerStry, Not Deer Mag, and Bullshit Lit’s Second Anthology. Their poetry has appeared in Hooligan Mag and Giving Room Mag. Her short story “Mirror Image” published in So To Speak, as well as her essay “Two Truths and a Lie” published in Identity Theory, were both nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Jackie has formerly served as a publishing assistant at Guernica Magazine, an associate editor for Glassworks Magazine, and a contest coordinator for Philadelphia Stories. In early 2024, Jackie was a resident at Sundress Academy for the Arts. She earned her MA in Writing from Rowan University, where she also earned her BA in English. Jackie has taught through the Rutgers University Cooper Street Writing Workshops program, Barrelhouse, Blue Stoop, Hippocamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, and more. They work as the Program Director for Fellowships at Mid Atlantic Arts.

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