Life of JEM: My Life In The Inland Empire

A BLOG ABOUT THE ZANY CHILDHOOD AND ADULT ADVENTURES OF A GIRL FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE WHO MOVED OUT OF THE INLAND EMPIRE ONLY TO END UP BACK IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

On being Roger Ebert

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If I could I would be a movie critic I heard an interview with Roger Ebert He gets up in the morning has his coffee and bagel Watches a ...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Last Time I Saw You

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The last time I saw you you were in your casket. A mortician went over you with makeup. You didn't look like you. The last time I r...

Sunday, March 24, 2013

A Literary Life

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I am reading Carolyn See's book on writing "Making A Literary Life" and it is bringing to mind my life thus far. Have I lived...

Friday, March 8, 2013

The Quest for Morrissey

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I have begun a quest. A quest to interview my idol Morrissey. If you have read my blog for long, you well know that I am obsessed with Mo...

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Yesterday

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One of my favorite Beatles songs is "Yesterday". Although I was always more of a Lennon fan, there is something about this McCart...

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Chair

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My mouth is numb. Drool spills out of the corner of my mouth while my husband stands over me with a drill in his hand. "Raise your h...

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The Year

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I have decided that I want to live the life of a writer, at least for a year. Some things you just know and recently, I have had the overwh...

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About Me

Juanita E. Mantz (JEM): JEM's life story is the stuff that memoirs are made of. JEM went from punk rock high school dropout to corporate lawyer to rock star deputy public defender and nonfiction writer. JEM's stories, blog and video podcast document her journey so take a look! Her YA memoir, "Tales of an Inland Empire Girl", is available via Los Nietos Press (and through all national retailers). Her book tells the poignant story of her chaotic YA life growing up in the IE. Her chapbook, "Portrait of a Deputy Public Defender, or how I became a punk rock lawyer", was also released in Aug 2021 by Bamboo Darts Press. JEM is married to her wonderful husband Adrian who is a dentist. They have two Shih Tzus, Frodo and Chewbaca (Chewie to his friends). Her work has been published in Aljazeera, The Acentos Review, The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour, Entropy, As/Us, Inlandia, & Mutha magazine, among others. Go to her author website for more info at https://juanitaemantz.com. JEM is in the creative writing MFA low residency program at UNO. She has presented at AWP, Beyond Baroque and the UCR Punk Conference.

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