Jessie Lynn McMainsMad As Birds, What Makes Us. Love.Oh, love, oh, girls. What makes us what we are. What changes us and when and how does the transformation take place? I can say that these…13 min read·Mar 29, 2021----
Jessie Lynn McMainsSparrow, Just BarelySo a boy finds a sparrow. So he bends down to look at her tiny tufted body prone on the pavement. So he thinks she’s dead, so he nudges her…2 min read·Mar 19, 2021----
Jessie Lynn McMainsMy only weakness is — well nevermind, nevermind. (New Wave cento)The traffic is waiting. Outside, we’re walking through town. We walk like a ghost, keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat…2 min read·Mar 19, 2021----
Jessie Lynn McMainsHow To Write A Poem1. Most poems come from brilliancy. Hang your brilliancy upside down from a gambrel on a meat pole to skin it.3 min read·Mar 3, 2021----
Jessie Lynn McMainsCento for Still Being in Love After All These YearsDearest husband,3 min read·Feb 14, 2021----
Jessie Lynn McMainsAre You Leaving for the Country?It came on a tape from a faraway friend.3 min read·May 19, 2019----
Jessie Lynn McMainsinMemoir MixtapesWhiskey in the Jarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu5voeIiNxM2 min read·May 8, 2019----
Jessie Lynn McMainsScary Stories for Daring Girls to Tell in the DarkSo there’s this girl. Well, woman — young but not barely-legal, not jailbait — getting ready for a girl’s night out with her besties. She…5 min read·Jan 2, 2019----