Jill Christman
@jillchristman.bsky.social
Author of THE HEART FOLDS EARLY (U Nebraska Press March 1 2026). Editor at RIVER TEETH (riverteethjournal.com) & BEAUTIFUL THINGS: @riverteeth.bsky.social! NEA Prose Fellow. Ball State Professor. Raised by hippies. Kind of witchy. jillchristman.com
Thank you, @heidifettigwriter.bsky.social & @literarymama.bsky.social! Y'all get me.
Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · last mo."Christman wants her audience to understand that 'we never know what we’ll choose in a situation until we’re standing with our noses pressed up against it.'” @heidifettigwriter.bsky.social reviews @jillchristman.bsky.social's memoir, The Heart Folds Early: literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Today--August 1st--is the 5-month birthday of THE HEART FOLDS EARLY! Celebrate with me! “Thoughtfully arranged and beautifully written, THE HEART FOLDS EARLY is a page-turning memoir..."—Heidi Fettig Parton, LITERARY MAMA [https://literarymama.com/issues/july-august-2026]
@literarymama.bsky.social & @heidifettigwriter.bsky.social Thank you from my heart for this review: "Christman sheds some much-needed understanding on the complex optics that accompany later-term abortion decisions... She offers up this story with her whole heart." literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Her Choice to Make: A Review of Jill Christman’s The Heart Folds Early
From the first pages of Jill Christman’s new memoir, The Heart Folds Early, readers know what is at stake. Midway through a much-wanted pregnancy, Christman and her husband learn that their unborn son...
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47 years ago--on July 11, 1979--it all came crashing down. In 2024, I wrote about it for @therumpus.net "We were not afraid of being the unlucky ones to get flattened when the space station reentered. In fact, we dreamed of a central Connecticut crash down...Always and everywhere, we are falling."
I love everything about this 😍 Thank you, Jessica!
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago"[THE HEART FOLDS EARLY] is often painful, but @jillchristman.bsky.social is relatable, tough, and funny—the kind of company you want when the shit hits the fan," writes Jessica Mesman for the @christiancentury.bsky.social. bit.ly/4ymOQtI
I’m always excited to make the University of Nebraska Press news 😊 (I learned something about baseball every time!)
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoNews and Reviews featuring Michael Patrick Cullinane, Teo Rivera-Dundas, @jillchristman.bsky.social, and more!
I was feeling pretty smug about my perfect writing spot in the mountains at the perfect temperature with a delicious cup of coffee, and before I could even put the camera down, a splat of bird shit landed on my hand. So there you have it.
Writing is where I feel the most free. And safe. Not giving that up. As usual, Le Guin knew this. She told us.
Angela Liu@angelaliu.bsky.social · 8mo ago“As a writer…you are the freest person that ever was.” Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.
Oh my goodness! We had such fun, Annmarie! @riverteeth.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social Listen here for some writerly kinship: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The Heart Folds Early with Jill Christman
Podcast Episode · Wild Precious Life · June 16 · 59m
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Annmarie Kelly@annmariekelly.bsky.social · 3mo agoFor anyone searching for the way through an impossible situation, The Heart Folds Early by @jillchristman.bsky.social is for you. Order it through @tombolobooks.bsky.social @prairielights.com or an indie shop near you.
Feeling lucky to have this interview about my new memoir (celebrating her 3 month birthday!) in Brevity with the wonderful @dianegotauthor.bsky.social 💕 @dintywmoore.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 3mo agoNews and Reviews featuring Gbenga Adesina, Jennifer Perrine, @jillchristman.bsky.social, and more!
@ronitplank.bsky.social & I had a great time recording this episode. Leash up a good dog, lace up your sneakers, and give it a listen! (or, you know, stay put, & we'll come to you) @riverteeth.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social ronitplank.com/2026/04/28/l...
Episode 238 ft. Jill Christman
Jill Christman joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about contextualizing a memoir in a post-Roe world, what it means to make a choice as mothers, ending a pregnancy, knowing you will write abou...
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Huge thanks to Molly Lindberg and @synapsisjournal.bsky.social for this amazing review of my new book: "This memoir is a nexus point between the personal and the political." @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social @riverteeth.bsky.social
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago"THE HEART FOLDS EARLY [by @jillchristman.bsky.social] complicates the political story of abortion while providing the specificity of one woman’s experience with grief and motherhood," writes Molly Lindberg for @synapsisjournal.bsky.social. bit.ly/4eCrBEm
Can’t make it to a bookstore but still want to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day? You know we’ve got you covered with free shipping all weekend long 🥳📚
So happy to be on “Pop of Culture” where Jen Blackmer asked great questions and Luke Jones came in with his stellar editing to make us the best versions of our talking selves. The theme? Joy. indianapublicradio.org/popofculture... @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social
S03 E15 - We Find Joy
A memoirist and a musician take us on their journey to joy.
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Thank you, Roz, for sharing. @dianegotauthor.bsky.social led such an amazing conversation, and of course, @dintywmoore.bsky.social has been an important part of my writing life as long as I can remember having one!
Roz Morris@rozmorris.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn writing the hardest choices - @dianegotauthor.bsky.social and @jillchristman.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/the -heart-folds-early/ #writingcommunity #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting #memoir
Truly, one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my work – and I’m hanging onto this feeling ❤️ @riverteeth.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 5mo ago"Many have praised @jillchristman.bsky.social's new book for her ability to find humor amid agony—which is her gift—but I was moved by her message of healing from pain in order 'to love more deeply' which is her superpower," writes Steve Harvey in the Humble Essayist. Get your copy: bit.ly/3OaXxoI
If you’re near Muncie, c’mon down! There will be a cool cake plus all-around bad-assery. @riverteeth.bsky.social @bsuenglish.bsky.social
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 5mo agoJoin @jillchristman.bsky.social tomorrow for the hometown launch of THE HEART FOLDS EARLY at 7:30pm ET. THE HEART FOLDS EARLY is about what it means to make a choice. As mothers, how do we carry life and death in our bodies and survive with our hearts intact? bit.ly/4sfVXzF
Thank you, Assay! So many cnf buddies are in here with me! I forgot to celebrate my book's birthday yesterday, so this is it: the writing exercise at the root (pun intended) of my writing practice and teaching. (Spoiler: it's an actual tooth.) @riverteeth.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social
Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies@assayjournal.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe're excited to have a fresh, bright issue for you! ✨🌸 For Spring 2026 we're delighted to publish @jillchristman.bsky.social and her pedagogical essay "Writing the Tooth" It's a masterful essay and exercise on finding minute details 🦷 Head to assayjournal.com to check out the latest issue!
My train and boat material is sourced from Michael Martone’s classes lo those many years ago, and the concept of TACKING has grown into some of my best advice for writing the hard stuff. @riverteeth.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social
University of Nebraska Press@univnebpress.bsky.social · 5mo ago“I can’t tell you what your difficult material is,” I tell my students, “but you know. And if you don’t know you know, you have an inkling. Your body is trying to tell you," shares @jillchristman.bsky.social, author of THE HEART FOLDS EARLY, with @writersdigest.bsky.social. bit.ly/4d8ew53
That’s what I’m talking about!
Aaron Black@aaronblack.bsky.social · 5mo agoBruce Springsteen is currently playing to a #NoKings crowd of over 200,000 people in Saint Paul Minnesota right now! Trump is using government to hurt people who disagree. That is what kings do to scare others. We will not be scared. We will not be silent.
If you're in range of Indiana Public Radio & you're FAST, you can catch the tail of my interview with J.R. Jamison of The Facing Project on reproductive justice and love and humor and writing and my strange obsession with HPTs. Hurry! @npr.org play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
The Facing Project
J.R. Jamison is joined by author and educator Jill Christman to discuss her new memoir, The Heart Folds Early, a story of transformation through tragedy, and an examination of the ways in which great ...
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I feel so lucky to have had this conversation with @nglipson.bsky.social & can't wait to her read at tonight's IN PRINT FESTIVAL! "I’ve never met a secret or a silence that helped anyone. . ." nicolegraevlipson.com/campaigns/vi...
Thinkers Who Mother: March 2026
Welcome to the Women’s History Month edition of Thinkers Who Mother—and now strap yourselves in because this won’t be entirely cheery.
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✨🗣️River Teeth wants to say a huge congratulations to contributor Angela Pelster on her forthcoming book release –– The Evolution of Fire: Essays on Crisis and Becoming –– this April with Milkweed Editions. Congratulations Angela! #Essays #BookRelease #BookRecs
