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Over the past decade, my essays, interviews, and commentary have appeared in publications that explore art, spirituality, and culture.

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Ask Jeanna | on gemini & sagittarius: the axis of information

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6 things I’ve learned

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The first rule of going out on submission

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Ask Jeanna | on cancer & capricorn: the axis of lineage & legacy

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Things take the time they take

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On artistic effort and endurance in the age of AI

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How to make and defend art during venus rx

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How and why to build a book altar

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3 things i don’t do

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How to walk away from a book

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On the astrology of the guillotine and ai

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On ai, cyborgs, and survival

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A love letter to NYC

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How to not talk to your family about your writing

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What neptune in aries means for you

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What are you supposed to get out of astrology

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How the NYT forced me out of the broom closet

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On creative process

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A writing schedule is not a writing practice

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Up from the grave she arose

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Ask Jeanna | on aries & libra & also the nodes

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Re-thinking creative accomplishments

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Ask Jeanna | on taurus & scorpio: the axis of desire & control

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Ask Jeanna | on spiritual discernment

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Things take the time they take

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How to not talk to your family about your writing

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The first rule of going out on submission

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On artistic effort and endurance in the age of AI

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On creative process

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6 things I’ve learned

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Re-thinking creative accomplishments

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How to walk away from a book

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A writing schedule is not a writing practice

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Up from the grave she arose

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How the NYT forced me out of the broom closet

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How and why to build a book altar

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On ai, cyborgs, and survival

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What neptune in aries means for you

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What are you supposed to get out of astrology

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How to make and defend art during venus rx

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3 things i don’t do

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On the astrology of the guillotine and ai

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A love letter to NYC

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Ask Jeanna | on cancer & capricorn: the axis of lineage & legacy

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Ask Jeanna | on spiritual discernment

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Ask Jeanna | on aries & libra & also the nodes

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Ask Jeanna | on taurus & scorpio: the axis of desire & control

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Ask Jeanna | on gemini & sagittarius: the axis of information

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Publications for other outlets

Essays, interviews, and features published I’ve written for other publications and literary magazines.

These pieces reflect the breadth of my public writing: about faith, feminism, art, and the quiet revolutions of creative life.

“I should hate forever to be a burden to you”: Lessons in Love from Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

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I Didn’t Manage to Publish a Book by 30, and That’s Okay

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How an Astrologer Spends Her Sundays

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Deconstructing Disney: Motherhood and the Taming of Maleficent

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Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas

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Rediscovering Reading After Graduate School Nearly Destroyed It

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A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity

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How on Earth Did Are You The One Get Queer Love So Right?

Elle

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How Stonewall Broke Through Barriers with Love and Resistance

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On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver

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The best (or worst) $20,000 I ever spent: The money to start a small business

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Exile in Paris: On Revolutionary Letters and Quitting Grad School

Off Assignment

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Is Everything Really Copy? Let’s Talk About Memoir and Reality TV

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Birth Chart, Explained

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What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

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After leaving the church, tarot became my salvation

NYLON

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What's Your Author Horoscope?

Electric Literature

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Blowing Up Biblical Womanhood

The Cut

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Jeanna Kadlec: Heretic w/ Maud Newton

Books Are Magic

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THIS QUEER, FEMINIST BOOK DEFINED THE CHILDHOODS OF SO MANY MILLENNIAL WOMEN

NYLON

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Against Perfection in Women’s Media Gabrielle Korn in Conversation with Jeanna Kadlec

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Jeanna Kadlec’s Debut Memoir, Heretic, Is a Harrowing Yet Hopeful Tale of Leaving Evangelicalism

Vogue

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I Let Go of My Faith When I Came Out—But I Still Believe in Jennifer Knapp

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15 Best Astrology Books for Anyone Who Can't Get Enough of the Zodiac

O the Oprah Magazine

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Wherever West Is

Autostraddle

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Ten Questions for Jeanna Kadlec

Poets & Writers

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Leaving the Church to Find Spiritual Nourishment

Electric Literature

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I Found God at Queer Summer Camp

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in Jo's Image

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Charlie’s Angels Was My Queer Awakening

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The 19th Century Lesbian Made for 21st Century Consumption

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"They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church

Salon

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Deconstructing Disney: The Princess Problem of ‘Frozen II’

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A Memoir Isn’t a Self-Help Book

Autostraddle

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Exile in Paris: On Revolutionary Letters and Quitting Grad School

Off Assignment

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What's Your Author Horoscope?

Electric Literature

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What I Write in My Journal is Just for Me (It is Not My Memoir)

LitHub

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in Jo's Image

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Is Everything Really Copy? Let’s Talk About Memoir and Reality TV

Catapult

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Against Perfection in Women’s Media Gabrielle Korn in Conversation with Jeanna Kadlec

LitHub

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I Didn’t Manage to Publish a Book by 30, and That’s Okay

Electric Literature

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After leaving the church, tarot became my salvation

NYLON

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How an Astrologer Spends Her Sundays

New York Times

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What's Your Author Horoscope?

Electric Literature

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Birth Chart, Explained

Allure

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Wherever West Is

Autostraddle

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“I should hate forever to be a burden to you”: Lessons in Love from Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

Catapult

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THIS QUEER, FEMINIST BOOK DEFINED THE CHILDHOODS OF SO MANY MILLENNIAL WOMEN

NYLON

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Charlie’s Angels Was My Queer Awakening

Refinery29

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The best (or worst) $20,000 I ever spent: The money to start a small business

Vox

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A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity

LitHub

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15 Best Astrology Books for Anyone Who Can't Get Enough of the Zodiac

O the Oprah Magazine

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Deconstructing Disney: Motherhood and the Taming of Maleficent

Longreads

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How on Earth Did Are You The One Get Queer Love So Right?

Elle

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The 19th Century Lesbian Made for 21st Century Consumption

Longreads

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Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas

Longreads

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Rediscovering Reading After Graduate School Nearly Destroyed It

LitHub

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After leaving the church, tarot became my salvation

NYLON

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Deconstructing Disney: The Princess Problem of ‘Frozen II’

Longreads

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On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver

LitHub

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Exile in Paris: On Revolutionary Letters and Quitting Grad School

Off Assignment

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I Found God at Queer Summer Camp

Narratively

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I Let Go of My Faith When I Came Out—But I Still Believe in Jennifer Knapp

Catapult

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How Stonewall Broke Through Barriers with Love and Resistance

Hyperallergic

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my podcast

Call Your Coven

Co-hosted with my wife Meg Jones All and our friend Bee Scolnick, where we talk about art, faith, magic, and everything in between.

Selected Podcasts & Radio

Pick the episode you want to listen to or check out the full list of podcasts with me that I've put together for you in the Spotify playlist

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Jeanna Kadlec, author of HERETIC: A Memoir

Exvangelical

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Heretic with Jeanna Kadlec

Hello Universe

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Episode 182: Jeanna Kadlec

The Maris Review

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Jeanna Kadlec: American Heretic

The Control Variable

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Leaving Christianity & Navigating Religious Families as Queer People with Jeanna Kadlec

Living Open with Eryn Johnson

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Jeanna Kadlec: Cosmic Creator

The Witch Wave

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Evangelical Cults and Wedding Night Panic Attacks with Jeanna Kadlec

The Manwhore Podcast: A Sex-Positive Quest

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Astrology, Planetary Transits, and Memes feat. Jeanna Kadlec

Oh, I Like That

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Is There a Reason Why Millennials Are So Obsessed with Astrology?

High Low Brow

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What To Do With the Problematic Past, Pt. 1

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Astrology for Writers with Jeanna Kadlec

Astrology Bytes with Theresa Reed

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Astrology and Creativity with Jeanna Kadlec

Hello Universe

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Heretic: A Memoir

Book features & reviews

Ten Questions for Jeanna Kadlec

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How an Astrologer Spends Her Sundays

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Jeanna Kadlec’s Debut Memoir, Heretic, Is a Harrowing Yet Hopeful Tale of Leaving Evangelicalism

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Jeanna Kadlec Fully Embraces Her ‘Heretic’ Status

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"They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church

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Leaving the Church to Find Spiritual Nourishment

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A Memoir Isn’t a Self-Help Book

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Blowing Up Biblical Womanhood

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