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Kelly Mustian

@kellymustian.bsky.social
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Author of the USA TODAY bestseller THE GIRLS IN THE STILT HOUSE and THE RIVER KNOWS YOUR NAME. Lover of trees, mountains, and rivers. kellymustian.com

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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There's at least someone home. I'm an author who closed my Twitter account years ago, but there's an account there now impersonating me in order to scam my readers and emerging writers, complete with phony emails opened in my name. It's a nightmare.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
No adequate words
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My gluten allergy has never made me feel more bereft than at this moment. That is magnificent!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Exactly!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Happy Hanukah, Peter!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
From INDIVISIBLE by @danaleman.bsky.social
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"Why do you say I’m dying when I am reading, holding the hand of an author I know like a lover though they died years before I was born?" -- @catemarvin.bsky.social, "The Death of the Humanities" www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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The Death of the Humanities
Why do you say I’m dying when I am reading, holding the hand of an author I know like a lover though they died years before I was born?
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
While a golden ballroom goes up at the White House.
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Reasons to be Cheerful @reasonstobecheerful.world · 20/10/2025
Author Barbara Kingsolver has opened a recovery facility with royalties from her novel “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis. The home offers a supportive place for people to stay while learning to live without drugs. reasonstobecheerful.world/appalachia-o...
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I see it!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I don’t have an X/Twitter account. Someone there is impersonating me, offering writing advice and inviting DMs. Those posts are complete fiction.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Going back to Baton Rouge for the fabulous Louisiana Book Festival along with a stellar lineup of other authors. Will revisit my twenties in south Louisiana and say hello to the river—my old best friend. 💙
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Thanks for reading and posting!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
And freedoms keep falling away . . .
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W. Ralph Eubanks @wralpheubanks.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“Mississippi’s law, by contrast [with UKLaw], would block everyone from accessing the site—teens and adults—unless they hand over sensitive information, and once they do, the law in Mississippi requires Bluesky to keep track of which users are children.” mississippitoday.org/2025/08/25/b...
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Bluesky blocks access in Mississippi, citing free speech and privacy concerns - Mississippi Today
Social media app Bluesky is blocked for Mississippians over a state law passed in 2024 requiring users of websites and other digital services to verify their age.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/08/2025
The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Ha! Same mentality as a would-be despot blithely watching a performance of Les Mis without a clue.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Girls in the Stilt House (The Girls from the Lake House?) is out today in Romania. Am wondering what those readers will think of this Southern Gothic story.
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Once again, @hubcitypress.bsky.social is looking for experienced readers for paid manuscript reading this fall—both fiction & nonfiction. You'd be the first eyes on submissions and help us decide what requires a closer look. Email relevant experience to jobs@hubcity.org. DM with questions.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Definitely not the best, but I'm always a sucker for Mr. Skeffington.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but one day you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.
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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 24/06/2025
In addition to throwing 16 million people off their healthcare, cutting food assistance for 2 million hungry kids, and slashing taxes for billionaires, the Republican budget bill would punish states that adopt AI regulations at any point over the next decade.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
There’s so much backstory underlying this poem. One of my favorites, especially for that reason.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
From INDIVISIBLE by @danaleman.bsky.social
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Colum McCann: "The big lie is writers actually know what they're going to do and they set out to do. They realise that afterwards, after they've struggled and like sat there and shaped and reshaped and tried to put some story together."
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Having to ask homeowners for permission to take things out of their houses would kill the theft industry.
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Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My god. I think this is the best thing I’ve ever read on the art of trying to get life down on paper. From Cannery Row by John Steinbeck.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I'd go for a mountain cabin porch on a rainy day rather than poolside, but it's fun to see The River Knows Your Name in some good company here. www.bookbub.com/blog/new-boo...
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33 Absorbing New Books to Read by the Pool
From enthralling thrillers to charming tales of friendship, there’s something here for everyone.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/05/2025
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
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Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1...
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
And on it goes . . . www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump abruptly fires librarian of Congress in latest purge of government
Carla Hayden, first woman and first African American to hold post, dismissed in terse email on Thursday night
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congrats, Pamela!
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Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Seriously, folks, do not feel bad about ferociously hustling your stuff right now. It's needed, it's necessary, it's valuable. There's enough room for everybody, and there's nobody that can do the thing you're doing the way you're doing it. Keep on.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This is a gem of a podcast featuring authors with ties to Appalachia. Much thanks to Eliot Parker and Authors on the Air for inviting me!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Love the podcast and so enjoyed talking with you, Eliot. Thanks for inviting me!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thank you!
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Adrianna Amari @4aamari.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
April’s silvering touch
across wide expanse of still winter marshland, almost green but not yet so close, a sky of grey and silver and light moves from here to there and back again above and below…arms thrown wide, one close ripple evidencing a reminding touch, a finger of our spring, of life
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Lovely review. Thank you!
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
💜
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Truth
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
How is anyone okay with this? We are living in Wonderland.
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Kelly Mustian @kellymustian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Always a fun time at The Back Room. Come chat with us on Sunday, April 6th! @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social #alkajoshi #nitaprose @elisehooper.bsky.social @peter23.bsky.social
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Goodnight. Månesskinn (Moonlight), Harald Sohlberg, 1907.
Full moon and moonlight reflected on water, painting.
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W. Ralph Eubanks @wralpheubanks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Legal action is already underway against Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, and other AI companies for using pirated books. If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California without needing to take any immediate action…”
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