Posts by Jillian Luft

April 20, 2026 | Nonfiction

Dottie After Dark

Jillian Luft

I’m in the habit of befriending slightly older women. Maternal figures leading bohemian lives within suburban parameters. Seekers abandoned in childhood by dead(beat) moms. Motherless daughters can sniff out other motherless daughters. We wear our stale deprivation like a discontinued perfume.

 

February 24, 2025 | Interview

“Always Fucking with the Rules” - A Conversation with Victoria Brooks

Jillian Luft

For months, I kept two words in my phone’s Notes app: “Victoria Brooks.” I’d hastily typed in the name during a lunch with writer, Jack Skelley, in Los Feliz. He promised I’d be a fan of her work.

June 30, 2023 | Nonfiction

The Choke-n-Puke

Jillian Luft

I’m fascinated by the heart's struggle to remain content with any one thing—even when there are no other choices within permissible reach—but I'd like to stop experiencing it firsthand.

May 26, 2023 |

Fast Casual

Jillian Luft

He puts down his High Life. His pale hand drifts across the table toward mine

January 4, 2021 | Nonfiction

Club Tabu

Jillian Luft

We lost my dad somewhere under the blacklights of Club Tabu.