Sisters: An Anthology

Sisters: An Anthology

Sunday, April 24, 2011

In Memoriam: Jeanne Leiby


Sending our deepest condolences to Jeanne Leiby's family, friends, and the folks at The Southern Review and LSU. Yesterday heard someone singing, "Cupid, pull back your bow, and let your arrow go..." — and I thought of Jeannie writing about her passion for archery on Facebook. I can't absorb her death, so am reading her stories, remembering conversations, and picturing her shooting arrows.

Take the day and spin it hard, so it shoots sparks for my friend who died young, mid-sentence, mid kick-ass, keeping the literary world fresh, poignant, and sustaining. As she was/is. Bow taut, arrow released.

—Jan Freeman