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Jennifer Savran Kelly

@jsavrankelly.bsky.social
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Debut novel ENDPAPERS (Algonquin 2023), writer, cat person, #AuthorsAgainstBookBans, #5amWritersClub, production editor at Cornell University Press, she/they | jennifersavrankelly.com

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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 13h
My writing candle this morning. I’m sure it’s not a metaphor or anything . . .
An orange, fox-shaped candle glowing eerily in the dark. The head is partially melted and the bottom half of the body is obscured in darkness
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 14h
PEN America and @flfreedomread.bsky.social are warning that a new Department of Education directive could turn Florida’s already troubling book censorship into a “dragnet” expanding book removals from school libraries and classrooms. pen.org/press-releas...
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New Florida State Education Directive Threatens to Expand Book Removals in Schools
(MIAMI) — PEN America and the Florida Freedom to Read Project expressed alarm today over a new Department of Education directive that could turn the state’s already troubling book censorship into a “d...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 16h
Look, I'm all for women of any age wearing whatever the hell they want, but for goodness sake, one of the most profound pleasures of aging has been giving into the comfort of flat shoes.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 17h
This is the face of someone who wants me to stop scribbling in my notebook to feed her 😻
A brown tabby cat looking forlorn. She’s sitting on the arm of a couch staring at me with big eyes.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I got feedback on an essay from a friend, full of helpful constructive notes, and it felt so encouraging to find this at the end. When you're reading a friend's work, don't forget to say Bravo! They worked hard 💙
Detail of a manuscript. Above the word "End" the word "Bravo" is handwritten, followed by an exclamation point.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you ask a room of college graduates if they know someone who was raped in college, every single person would need to raise their hand. Some of us know more than one. I walked in Take Back the Night marches on my campus in the 1990s. In all these years, women have never taken back the night.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Recovering from flu and COVID shots, listening to the rain with Moishe, and reading. Not bad for a fall Sunday 🖤 🍁
A cow kitty snuggled on a lap on a couch
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Small but mighty haul from my local nonprofit indie Buffalo Street Books. Can’t wait to read @vanjonack.bsky.social and Madeleine Moss! Both covers coincidentally by the talented @kglyder.bsky.social!
Two books lying next to each other on top of a wooden stool. On the left is Out of Body, a story collection by Chris Vanjonack. On the right is a novel titled Mistranslation, by Madeleine Moss. 
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
News! Since it’s officially fall, I’ll be offering my absolute favorite workshop again this November - because i firmly believe the gothic season starts AFTER the spooky season. Join me, tell your friends, November is goth month!
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The Modern Gothic: Making Haunted Fictions for the 21st Century
We'll study the conventions of the gothic story, look at modern ghost stories by writers like Brian Evenson and Carmen Maria Machado and others.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ironically, I think one of the most beautiful things about writing is that we spend so much time (and joy and frustration and sadness and euphoria) alone, putting our hearts on the page, and then the world says nah and we get depressed and then we can't wait to start again on some new thing.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pets are so funny. Like, I have a little fuzzy guy in my house just looking for a snuggle.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I did it! I'm doing it!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh wow, this font is simply gorgeous. Look at the lowercase italic "w." And the sans serifs are quite the lookers too 😍 fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/the-fr...
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Freight Display Pro Fonts | Explore Freight Display Pro font family |…
The Freight Collection is an integrated family of stylistically diverse typefaces that work together — or separately — to enhance any design project.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just met with my writing support group and it’s the best! I highly recommend gathering (online or IRL) with some fellow artists on a regular basis just to chat about your challenges and triumphs—and how to be creative against all odds right now 💜
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I thought I was losing my mind this morning when I heard someone on BBC News Hour say that Clavicular has been accused of having sex with a girl without her consent. You mean "raped"? Yes, you mean "raped," BBC. Anyway, glad to see the whole world hasn't gone crazy.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This week, every time I've opened the doc to work on revisions for my WIP, I've distracted myself with something else out of fear and then finally started working a few minutes before my writing time was up. I'm holding myself accountable for digging right in tomorrow morning!
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026
IT IS TIME. buff.ly/pykYN6f
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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just applied for something, which feels like an act of hope and defiance in this crazy timeline
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/09/2026
Tonight, Jewish New Yorkers mark the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the peak of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, and an opportunity for profound reflection.
 
For those fasting — tzom kal, may your fast be easy and meaningful. 
 
And to all who observe, G'mar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year to come.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just send an audio text like some kind of gen z'er
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Betty White as Rose Nylund: Hello Phone Call
Alt: Betty White as Rose Nylund in Golden Girls: With a worried expression, she lifts the receiver from a phone on the wall and says, "Hello?"
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/09/2026
“Hit Me Baby Wittgenstein” “Camus Feel the Love Tonight?” “Get the Party Sartred” buff.ly/yyYpr8D
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The Canon of Philosophy Student Karaoke Songs
“Total Eclipse of Descartes” “Don’t You (Foucault About Me)” “U Kant Touch This” “Hit Me Baby Wittgenstein” “Camus Feel the Love Tonight?” Ocotber 14, 2019 S...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I spent a good part of the morning procrastinating because I was scared I didn't know where to start with my revisions, but now I'm in the groove and it's already time to stop. Boo!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm working on a story collection for the 1st time & having trouble focusing. If you've written one, did you finish & edit one story at a time or move back & forth among them? When I choose one, I fear I'm abandoning others & losing momentum. When I move around, I feel like I'm not getting anywhere.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I just have resting luncheon face.
Closeup of a book page with the highlighted phrase: She put on her luncheon face.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was talking to a writer friend about the not-always-intentional pause I've been taking from my writing practice. She said that there are times when you have a lot to say and you MUST say it all. And then the time comes when you need to pause to listen more closely and experience life 💚
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is the second thing I've read by @vanjonack.bsky.social in the past few years—an essay and a short story—and both have blown me away. I can't wait to get my hands on more of this writer's work! electricliterature.com/going-up-by-...
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This Anonymous Caller Is Not a Metaphor for Her Despair - Electric Literature
“Going Up” from OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is no such thing as an apolitical artist, writer, or musician.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of doing research for a story I’m writing, I’ve been watching a reel of a single popcorn heating up on IG.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I made two more bookmark books for gifts. I’m obsessed!
Two bookmarks that are also books. The one on the left has a collage of three photos. The top photo is a dog balancing on a light post, the one in the middle is a man holding up a very heavy clock, and the one on the bottom is a car attached to the underside of a roof at a gas station. The bookmark on the left is a collage of two illustrations. On top is a woman looking over her shoulder. She has a black bob with bangs and tattoos, and she’s smoking a cigarette. Beneath her is a cropped whale that says, “Enjoy a whale of a good time”
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Kyle Winkler @bleakhousing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I love it when you're writing a scene, and suddenly a character appears or says something that YOU DID NOT PLAN AND WOULD NORMALLY NOT ALLOW, but it happens, and then it changes the whole book for the next 20 pages. How does that happen? These characters are real! How do they not have agency?! Gah
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dobbs was an absolutely disgusting & reprehensible attack by the Supreme Court on women's health & lives, & now, sadly, we have the facts to show it. How many more deaths will we allow the Supreme Court to cause?
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And suddenly my recent desire to binge the XFiles for the first time makes a lot more sense… www.them.us/entertainmen...
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Gillian Anderson Shares That She Is Pansexual
​This isn’t the first time the actress has talked about her sexual orientation, but it marks a move toward a specific term.
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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Me as a reader: Anthologies are awesome! Nothing beats a really good anthology. There should be more anthologies. Me as an editor: Anthologies are evil. Anthologies drink the blood of their enemies. Anthologies killed my entire family.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Finally feel seen at work
An email preview that begins: Dear XXX
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes, fuck AI and all that, but the real threat to my writing is the NYT puzzles
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
And here they are! Bookmarks that are also books! I like the one with the birdcage better 🦜
Two bookmarks standing up on a workbench. The one on the left has a collage of blue and yellow daisies, a photograph of fountain pen nibs, and a sun and moon. The one on the right has a collage of an illustrated birdcage with a photograph of metal type in the center. 
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Making a glorious mess on my workbench—all to make two bookmarks 😬
A workbench covered in magazine scraps, paper scraps, rulers, and other tools
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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sleep when the novel sleeps.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Judy Blume, V.C. Andrews, Sweet Valley High, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Mad Magazine
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Remember the Epstein Files? So far, only about half the files have been released — and a potential cover-up by the Trump regime continues to generate bipartisan political action. Here's what you should know. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-epst…
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Paz Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trying to get someone to slide THE SHAMSHINE BLIND into Milei’s hands so that he’ll start funding science in the hope of Torment Nexus-ing the world into recognizing the Malvinas as Argentine
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Night night
Close-up of a cow kitty with sleepy eyes, snuggled on a blanket A cow kitty snuggled on the back of a couch on a blanket. His back paws are hanging down toward the camera in the foreground 
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Because Labor Day is coming up, here's your reminder that you can (and should) grill ramen. This recipe is delicious! caramelizedopinions.blogspot.com/2007/06/intr...
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Introducing: Grilled Ramen
Tis the season to grill, but it is always the season to eat cheap noodles. So, I have devised a frugal recipe for your grilling pleasure....
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