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12 Things
Hello internet friends! It’s been a while and I’ve had the urge lately to resurrect the blog, so I thought I’d do an Amber Fillerup style 12 things post. Here’s a few little updates on some things that have happened since I was on here last! 1. Biggest news first—after finding out my thesis was… Continue reading
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First lines of my 10 most widely recommended books (with links)
It is one of my greatest joys in life to be a person people occasionally turn to for book recs. It’s part of the territory for people with CW degrees, I suppose. In making these recommendations, I realized there’s a handful of books that I will typically cycle through when making suggestions, based on what… Continue reading
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16 Books I read in my MFA—Year 2
Literally just a list of books I read in my MFA program this year, with links to IndieBound! Continue reading
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A month of flash fiction–#FlashFloodAprilj
Reading Amelia Gray’s flash fiction burst forth something new in me. It was the accessible kind of fiction that I needed then because it was something I could actually see myself writing. I find that there is something very bolstering about flash fiction. It comes together quickly and more organically and seems to require less… Continue reading
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PLL-The Perfectionists Series Premiere
Can we even believe we’re watching more of this? (But also, I can. I absolutely can.) Because we all move into fully furnished homes when we get off an airplane. Of course it has a creepy basement. “Game design.” Lol. Oh, Mona. We’ve missed you. If you can explain why you left your wife and… Continue reading
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In favor of stalking yourself and calling it literature
So… I’m writing a book. And I guess I’ve been sort of in the middle of writing several books for a while now without even realizing it, but this is the first time I’ve actually for realsies planned from the start that what I’m writing is indeed trying to be a book. And it’s been… Continue reading
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Cry Baby Club: Ridiculous reasons that I’ve cried
Indy Blue posted these fire selfies on Insta and then said on her story, “Comment on my pic the most ridiculous reason you’ve ever cried,” and because we will all do literally anything Indy tells us to do, everyone did. Then she shared a bunch of reasons that she’s cried, along with video and picture evidence,… Continue reading
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The Carrying-On: Continuing to create when you’re feeling silenced.
Another writer asked me the other day if “the misery of writing when the social fabric is unraveling” gets in the way of my creative process. He asked me this because I write things so imbedded in the current cultural climate. I was really struck by this question, mostly because I’ve never really considered my… Continue reading
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Literally just a list of books I’ve read recently (with links)
Originally posted on Tab in Transit: Because I love you and I want you to be happy. So without further ado, here’s a list of all the books I read for school last year with no comments about them. (They’re good, I promise). Short Story Collections Virgin, April Ayers Lawson The New Yorker Stories, Anne Beattie The… Continue reading
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