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1 I Write down My Father and Chase Myself Jessie Berry-Porter , 2022 single work prose
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 28-37)
1 If I Were to Draw a Line between Bodies, It Would Look like This Jessie Berry-Porter , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 236 2019;

'Two years ago, two weeks after Christmas, he stops talking to me. ‘Your body has become too depressing to look at.’ One year later he emails to say I’m not to use the word ‘father’ when writing for publication unless a pseudonym is used. He says this after reading a personal essay where the word ‘father’ appears twice.' (Introduction)
1 To Un Fold a Body of Small Talks Jessie Berry-Porter , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 42 2019; (p. 73-80)

'If a person bi"en by a mad dog looks in the mirror, they will see the animal's image reflected there. and ese are not my words, they are Paul the Silentiary's words. A silentiary is an advocate for silence: did Paul occupy a quiet body? I wonder this now but not o!en. When I imagine his words and his mirror, I assume a loud body, something collapsing. Either way, it does not ma"er. I only need to write the body down for it to remember itself.' (Publication abstract)
1 2 Write down the Anorectic Body Jessie Berry-Porter , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , March no. 37 2018; (p. 27, 29-32)
1 The Evolution of a Very Intimate Love Affair as Told by the Object of Desire Jessie Berry-Porter , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 227.5 2017;
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