Jenny Harrington Lill’s project for the 2025 Jack Straw Writers Program is a memoir about her late son, Ewan, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2018.  In her conversation with curator Kathleen Alcalá, they discuss Jenny’s writing style, her scientific background as a cell biologist, and her essay titled “How to Write a Eulogy For a 10-Year-Old.” “I am not asking for anyone’s pity, or to feel sorry for me. Just to be seen. I’m asking for space to hold. I’m asking for my child to be remembered. And I’m asking for myself to be remembered. And that’s a huge ask. When others do it well on the page, it feels like a larger community, like a movement. . . . Sadness is as real as any other emotion. ”

Music by Greg Kramer, produced in part through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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