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August 12, 2024

What might gender look like written beyond the blurring of a male-female binary— Lars Horn Voice of the Fish My ungendered snippets. Because narrative never...

A new Sarah Manguso novel, Liars. About a woman who stays and the promises he never keeps. And why couldn’t i see this myself for a year. Reading this makes...

Why Hello There

There’s too many words in my head lately. Thinking about how my heart has been ripped out. She (but perhaps “she” would be “they” if they were around) never...

Meet the New Newsletter!!!

Well hello there. I finally finished exporting and importing my information from substack to buttondown. AND you didn't have to do anything! Although perhaps...

At least Virgo season is over

November 27, 2023

Honest Question

October 29, 2023

but my self-worth depends on it

Love, Loss, and Literature

October 28, 2023

always the oxford comma

August 20, 2023

I’ll be moving soon, from NJ to… another state. So I’ll be leaving my job at my library. Everyone knew this is going to happen; I have my Master’s now and...

Productivity Notes

I bullet journal. Or, at least I do my version of it. I don’t use it every day, nor do I remember to create monthly/weekly spreads. I used to use it more...

Once Upon a Time

I meant to write about how I felt lovely and beautiful at my sister’s wedding. I meant to write about lesbian bars and flirting and making jokes about how we...

Miley, Taylor, Madonna

February 19, 2023

When in Doubt, Do the Dishes

February 12, 2023

Or make a playlist

But Not a Real Green Dress;

January 15, 2023

The Coffee Isn't Even Bitter

January 11, 2023

I don’t like resolutions. They end up being promises you can’t keep, either to yourself or to others. Because truths change. Personal truths. Or, you finally...

Don't Stop Believing

September 16, 2022

My problem is that I get distracted. I start to read something and then get excited over a mentioned book and then search that out and forget about the...

It all returns to nothing

Welcome back to another edition of Salt Pepper Kelly, with your host, ME. Kelly. Not salt nor pepper.

I can never spell "pigeons" on the first try

February 25, 2022

Hello and Welcome back to my newsletter. Hope all is well with you in this world that seems to be a dumpster fire. I hate February.It’s too short and...

An Occasional Newsletter

January 30, 2022

To be honest, I get overwhelmed with all the things I want to do. Like my art! And my Sesame Street Lego set! And reading books! And doing anything in a...

In Where Your Narrator Is Quarantined;

December 24, 2021

or, Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta Eta Kappa Lambda Mu Nu Xi Omicron

In Where Your Fearless Narrator Writes

December 12, 2021

Or, Hello World

December 12, 2021

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