Second Time Around For 'Apples and Oranges: My Journey Through Sexual Identity'

Poet Jan Clausen reflects on the changed world from 1999 to 2015, now a critical decade ago

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Aug 20, 2025

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Poet Jan Clausen's portrait and image of her book cover — Jan Clausen & the 2015 edition of Apples & Ornges

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Jan Clausen

Jan Clausen recently completed a new memoir entitled My Great Acceleration. It investigates her personal connection to U.S. empire's environmental and geopolitical crimes. An excerpt is forthcoming in Massachusetts Review.