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Lori Jakiela

LORI JAKIELA is the author of several books, most recently Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe (Autumn House), which received the Saroyan Prize for International Writing from Stanford University. Her author
website is http://lorijakiela.net. 

Your One Phone Call 
by Lori Jakiela 

March 29, 2021 Contributed By: Lori Jakiela

Rorschach ink blot

I am eating Greek salad at Panera when my phone rings. I don’t usually pick up, but it’s been a week since my biopsy and I’m still sore and my right boob is bruised black and yellow and I’ve been waiting days that have stretched on like 600 miles of bad road.   My boob looks […]

Filed Under: Featured Nonfiction, Nonfiction Posted On: March 29, 2021

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