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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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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 13/10/2026
Rawdog your book. No outlines, no writing schedule, no clue what’s next
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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 5h
“A novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it.” —Randall Jarrell
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 5h
Nature’s paintbrush
A fall maple leaf that looks like it’s been painted red, yellow, and orange with watercolor
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 7h
This hits very hard 👀
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 7h
Oh, this hits so hard!! Thanks for writing it 💙
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 8h
😂 Of course Gatorade is chäln
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 8h
Will never look at these the same way again after reading The Ship of Death. Thanks @bleakhousing.bsky.social 😅☠️ Now everyone go get the book and drink the chäln!
Gatorade zero lined up in a vending machine. The liquid inside the bottles is milky white.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 12h
Good morning #5amWritersClub. My feline writing assistants made sure I got up to be with you.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Beaming so much goodness your way. I hope the migraine clears very soon!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good morning, #5amWritersClub. I'm either here or dreaming I am. Happy writing, everyone.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Moishe loves the writing life 🐾🖤
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I want! 😂 Maybe a holiday gift for myself….
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Forgot the alt text: closeup of the bottom of a white cat’s foot, showing off his paw pad and toe beans! The top of little head and his ears can be seen in the background. There are sun rays coming through the window above him.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Toe beans and sun beams 🐾☀️
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Gorgeous!! 😍
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nice!! Congrats!!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh yay!! Back at you ❤️
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Perimenopause is out to get my writing. Nothing to do but dance I guess.
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Widows Bay Tv Show
Alt: Patricia on Widow's Bay is dancing in a mostly empty room of a mostly empty restaurant while a coworker DJs in the corner.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😆
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Later today my kid is coming home from college for the first time and I can't wait!
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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So excited to have these AMAZING writers on board to judge in 2027!
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anne Carson. Yes. Just absolutely, yes.
THE PARIS REVIEW

INTERVIEWER
In the writing world, particularly in and around M.F.A. programs, there's a lot of discussion around things like "character" and "perspective," the mechanics of narrative. Do you think about
"craft" in these terms?

CARSON
Never. I don't think about it. I think people should just quit that stuff. Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So much wisdom about the creative process from Docter in this ep: "I think that's an essential part of the creative process that you're discovering this thing. If you knew exactly what you wanted from the beginning, for one, I don't think it would be very good, but it wouldn't be very interesting."
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Joe Grant...the head of story on Dumbo...said, yeah, everything is brilliant until you have to tell it to somebody else." Oof. Yes. From Pete Docter on Mike Birbiglia's Working it Out podcast.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Right, yes, that too! :)
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't hate it! I love hearing when writers get good news! Congrats, and hope you're celebrating :)
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ah right! It all seems like Reddit to my GenX brain, lol. I can tell that you're familiar with the genre! They're so good. My huz is the big gamer in the house, so I'm gonna pass the book along to him when I'm done!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have to say I'm duly impressed with how good the fake Reddit posts are that I've read so far in The Ship of Death
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All you have to do to become a successful writer is follow JT's simple three-step plan!
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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s my book’s birthday! 🎂
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Kathryne Lentes @paperphoenixink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is because (paraphrased from an old boss) while our end product is books, the publishing *business* is actually safeguarding and upholding the concept of Intellectual Property. Which, spoiler alert: we want!
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Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paz is a hero. Do Paz a solid by getting more Paz in your life with an excellent book that happens to be by Paz.
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PaAAAAAAAAH!!!z Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GENDER/QUEER LONGING! GET YOUR GENDER/QUEER LONGING!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
hahahaha!! Thank youououou!!!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
I really liked this book! #booksky
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks so much for reading and sharing! 💙
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh! Free shipping TODAY on gender/queer longing! bookshop.org/p/books/endp...
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Endpapers
It's 2003, and artist Dawn Levit is stuck. A bookbinder who works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she spends all day repairing old books but hasn't created anything of her own in years--and with no...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks for your service! I've been a little out of touch and am excited to get to know these books!
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The theme of this morning's writing session turned out to be "blow it all up."
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The challenge is on! I’ve never been able to keep an indoor plant alive, but @marshallhopkins.bsky.social gave me this lovely cactus that may have belonged to @mjmcgandy.bsky.social (?) and promised me I can do right by it. We’re still getting to know each other but so far so good!
A lovely cactus in a pot on a windowsill
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Late for #5amWritersClub on a Monday morning
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Stay Cool
Alt: Michelle Pfeiffer as a Pink Lady in Grease 2. Along with 3 other Pink Ladies behind her, she's dancing toward the camera, away from a line of school buses. She's wearing sunglasses and looking like she knows she's cool.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m 11 pages in so far and HOOKED
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Am I ready for @bleakhousing.bsky.social?? I’m a little terrified and very excited to find out!
A hand holding a copy of The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler. It features an illustration of a ghost with a mask and horns rising from a deck of cards
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He played it ALL THE TIME. (But full disclosure, he's always loved math.)
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Holly Pelesky @hollypelesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
omg you guys no one will let this woman merge at school drop off the systems are all collapsing
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like all sense has abandoned us
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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