Leah Vincent, who now goes by Jericho Vincent, is the author of Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood and the co-author of Legends of the Talmud, a collection of illustrated children’s stories. They have lectured on sexual assault, trauma, and Judaism at colleges, organizations, and synagogues across the country. Their essays have appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Cut, the Daily Beast, Mask Magazine, the Forward, and the Rumpus. The first member of their family to go to college, Jericho was a Pforzheimer Fellow at Harvard, where they earned a master’s degree in public policy. Named to the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36, they have organized numerous initiatives advocating for reform in the ultra-Orthodox community, including co-producing the nationally-profiled It Gets Besser Project. They live in Brooklyn with their partner and collaborator, Ben Ash Blum.
"Vincent doesn't sensationalize what happened to her; she's more
concerned with writing about he she reclaimed what belonged to her
all along -- freedom, agency, self-sufficiency. This is what
separates her tale from most...Orthodox memoirs: it's as thoughtful
and heroic as it is gripping and tragic...It's the finest example
of this sort of memoir yet." —Flavorwire
"Wrenching ... Her book should be read, not just as a warning of
the very real dangers of the world, but also of the price to be
paid when, in the name of religion, people forget humanity." —The
Wall Street Journal
"A sometimes-sweet, sometimes-harrowing memoir by a smart,
passionate ultra-Orthodox girl. . . . engrossing and so
thoughtfully written, and never mocks the traditions and values of
a culture that few of us can fully comprehend." —People.com
"Painfully raw." —Susannah Cahalan, New York Post
"Gripping. . . . Readers will appreciate Vincent's uncensored
honesty in sharing the horrors of her past." —The Washington
Post
"Compulsively readable." —Bookpage
"Never before has rebellion been so sweetly rendered. And never—not
since the memoirs of Mary Karr—has the connection between
self-destruction and family dysfunction been so tangible and
clear." —Koren Zailckas, bestselling author of Smashed and Mother,
Mother
"Cut Me Loose brims with a girl’s longing, and shines with a
woman’s insight." —Christa Parravani, author of Her
"Gutsy, smart, and incredibly difficult to put down." —Wendy
Lawless, author of Chanel Bonfire
"Vincent's story is full of despair, of longing, of trying to find
a place for herself amid a world that doesn't allow girls to be
their whole yearning selves. The reader cheers for her when she
finally escapes the prisons built by the various institutions she
grew up with." —Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of
Promiscuity
"The voice Vincent has claimed is unflinchingly honest and
incisive. It has already begun to resound on behalf of others who
struggle to escape abuse and oppression." —Anouk Markovits, author
of I Am Forbidden
"Vincent’s writing brims with tension, insight, and longing."
—Margaux Fragoso, author of Tiger, Tiger
"Leah Vincent shares a harrowing journey that will speak to all
children fleeing intolerance, who struggle to be seen and accepted
on their own terms." —Julie Metz, bestselling author of Perfection
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