
Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is author of The Glow and a senior editor at LitHub. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. She earned an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a bachelor's degree from Columbia University.
President-Elect Biden Is So Much More Than ‘The Guy Who Isn’t Trump’
President-elect Joe Biden has the power to prove early skepticism wrong, using the rotten carcass of the last four years to fertilize a radical new country.

I’m Finally Giving Up on America’s Broken Health-Care System—And I’m Moving to Canada
Moving to Canada requires organization, luck, and money. As someone who needs insulin to live, it's recklessly irresponsible not to at least consider it.

I’m Going To Try To Stay Alive If Only To Spite My Insurance Company
At $1,230 each month, the cost of living with diabetes is high, particularly when every call with my insurance company is a fight for my life.
