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One Page Wednesday – May
Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired.
Our host is the one and only, Emme Lund. The featured reader for May is Jessica E. Johnson.
Emme Lund
Emme Lund’s debut novel The Boy with a Bird in His Chest was longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her work has appeared in Time, Electric Literature, Romper, The Rumpus, and Autostraddle among other venues. Her sophomore novel Run! Run! Run! will be published by Vintage Originals in Spring 2027. She lives in Portland, where she occasionally teaches creative writing at Literary Arts and Portland State University.
Jessica E. Johnson
Jessica E. Johnson (she/they) is the author of the book-length poem Metabolics (Acre Poetry Series), the chapbook In Absolutes We Seek Each Other (New Michigan Press), and the memoir Mettlework (Acre Books). She is interested in inclusive learning environments, knowledge production, radical care, and the relationships between art, friendship, community, and social change. Her poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House, The New Republic, Poetry Northwest, River Teeth, DIAGRAM, The Common, Sixth Finch, and Off Assignment, among others.
Jessica's honors include an Oregon Literary Fellowship and a Best American Essays notable. In Absolutes and Metabolics were finalists for the Oregon Book Award in poetry.
