J HopkinsJul 17, 2023Facing The Blank Canvas: Have the Self Confidence to Tell Your StoryOriginally published in Women Writers, Women's Books, June 7, 2023 https://booksbywomen.org/facing-the-blank-canvas-have-the-self-confide...
Jude HopkinsMar 16, 2022Proximity Magazine's Personal Essay Contest judged by Hanif Abdurraqib. I was 3rd runner-upThe Diagnosis, by Jude Hopkins I woke up feeling Sister’s cool fingers pushing my sticky hair off my forehead. The orange walls, the...
Jude HopkinsAug 31, 2020Personal essay: "School's Over; Lesson Learned" published in The Los Angeles Times July 2013I was driving south on the 405 Freeway to meet my former high school boyfriend at a hotel. I had met up with him a few months earlier at...
Jude HopkinsJul 14, 2020Between Two Worlds: When Desire Lingers After a BreakupPublished in P.S. I Love You, Medium, July 14, 2020 He was married. But I was still in limbo. It was 10 p.m. when I finished teaching my...
Jude HopkinsJun 16, 2019Where Are The Men Who Love Logophiles? Published in the belladonna June 17, 2019Confound It! I once read that Woody Allen learned vocabulary words by keeping lists in his underwear drawer. I’m not quite as obsessive....
Jude HopkinsDec 1, 2014Personal essay: "Parting Gift" published in skirt! magazine Aug. 2012 issueBy Jude Hopkins