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A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection | Reading Writers

A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection | Reading Writers

Update: 2025-12-06
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Charlotte delves into Ecclesiastes through the work of liberation theologist Elsa Támez (When the Horizons Close) before Jo shares some of Pierre Guyotat’s horny, rapturous literary memoir, Idiocy. Icon of many RW conversations past, the thoughtful Jackie Ess then joins to discuss Tolstoy’s crank-inflected final novel, Resurrection.


Jackie Ess is the author of a novel called Darryl, and more recently of a long short-story length chapbook called Eugene. 


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Charlotte Shane’s most recent book is An Honest Woman. Her essay newsletter, Meant For You, can be subscribed to or read online for free, and her social media handle is @charoshane.  


Jo Livingstone is a writer who teaches at Pratt Institute. 

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A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection | Reading Writers

A Certain Mistake: Jackie Ess on Tolstoy’s Resurrection | Reading Writers

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