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Liz Kellebrew

@lizkellebrew.com
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Author of CLOISTERED, THE RIVER PEOPLE, and WATER SIGNS. She/they. Poetry, essays, fiction. My opinions are my own. lizkellebrew.com

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 24/09/2026
CLOISTERED (Unsolicited Press) is seven months old, and I’m offering writing prompts that reflect my own process of authoring the book. Because readers make the best writers. lizkellebrew.substack.com/p/behind-the...
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 30/08/2026
Clarion West is hosting some incredible conversations with authors and scientists / astronauts / doctors that bridge the worlds of science and sci-fi. Many events free or <$10, in Seattle or virtual options. #booksky www.clarionwest.org/2026/08/07/2...
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2026 Deep Dive Conversation Series
Clarion West is pleased to announce the 2026 Deep Dive Series, placing an author of speculative fiction in a moderated conversation with a scientist or other expert in subject matter relevant to the…
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 30/08/2026
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders) is among my personal top 10 books of all time. Read it 3 times, will read it again, will watch the heck out of this movie when it comes out #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/08/2026
"When a work lacks resonance, it is because it lacks vulnerability. It takes humility, not ego, to be a great writer." -Julia Cameron
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 21/08/2026
I think all of Paul Yoon's books are devastatingly beautiful, but ETNA is really hitting me in the feels. Wow #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 20/08/2026
"Every road is lonely. Every road, holy. The only error is not walking forth." -Joy Sullivan, "Culpable," INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAVELING WEST
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/07/2026
Every book written is an offering on the Altar of the Unknown Reader.
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 11/07/2026
Check out this bookfair next weekend! 3-6 PM Sun. July 19 at Milwaukie Taproom. The best small presses in the Portland, OR area will be there. #Portland #booksky #beer
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 04/07/2026
Drink + book pairing: THE STAINED GLASS MUSTANG (Tim Bryant) and apple juice on the rocks. (Cinderella cup not included) #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 28/06/2026
Book + food pairing: BEST OFFER WINS (Marisa Kashino) with pinot noir and Oreos. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 21/06/2026
Book + food pairing: PEPPERLEAF (by Ross McMeekin) and Daphne's cherries. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 20/06/2026
"This is the secret power of poetry. Little engines of sound urging us on, telling us we are not alone, because we can't be; we are connected to the readers and writers of poetry." -Ada Limon
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 11/06/2026
Book + food pairing: THERE IS NO ANTI MEMETICS DIVISION (QNTM), with no fresh Bartlett pears. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 11/06/2026
THE STAINED GLASS MUSTANG by Tim Bryant was such a great read. A love story about love in all of its various forms. An underdog story, a transformation story, a story that boldly channels both the heights and depths of the human experience. #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Stained Glass Mustang
Check out The Stained Glass Mustang - <strong>What if your shot at redemption came painted across the hood of a car?</strong></p>John Williams had it all-until one drunk drive left his career and repu...
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 02/06/2026
Tomorrow, I'll be at Hugo House reading a story from an upcoming anthology. Hope to see you there!
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 31/05/2026
Food + book pairing: CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX (Jordy Rosenberg) and chocolate. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 30/05/2026
Went to Powell's on Hawthorne for the first time earlier this month and spent a happy hour browsing the stacks. Powell's has really set the model for indie bookstores that stand the test of time: it's about curation AND community. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 27/05/2026
Hey there, I'll be reading in Seattle next Weds. 6/3 at Hugo House! Taking votes for whether to read from my latest book or an upcoming anthology. Details here, including a livestream link if you can't make it in person: www.arielbasom.com/collections
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Collections — Ariel Basom
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 24/05/2026
Food + book pairing: HOMEBOUND (Portia Elan) with complimentary popcorn and hot cocoa at the tire store. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/05/2026
Food + book pairing: THE UNIVERSE IN VERSE (Maria Popova) and seedless red grapes #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/05/2026
PEPPERLEAF is finally here! You all are gonna love it. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 11/05/2026
In which I discuss my writing process, literary roots, and what I'm working on next: Where Connection Breaks: An Interview with Liz Kellebrew open.substack.com/pub/unsolici... #writers
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Where Connection Breaks: An Interview with Liz Kellebrew
Liz Kellebrew writes at the intersection of imagination and embodiment—where the natural world, isolation, and interior life blur into something stranger and more luminous.
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 11/05/2026
"Afloat in a churning, unpredictable ocean, the only true bulwark against destruction was attention. Attention to the boat, to the sea. Attention to the storying." - Portia Elan, HOMEBOUND #booksky #quotes
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 03/05/2026
Took myself on a walk to the bookstore yesterday!
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 28/04/2026
Part Two of Authors in Conversation - Liz Kellebrew and @anneleighparrish.bsky.social #BookSky lizkellebrew.substack.com/p/authors-in...
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 27/04/2026
There are about 70% more US bookstores now than there were in 2020. 😍 www.fastcompany.com/91529634/ind...
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Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon
After 20 years of declining numbers, indie booksellers in the U.S. have come ‘roaring back,’ says Andy Hunter.
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 26/04/2026
CLOISTERED is officially out in the world. If you'd like to read it, you can buy it here: bookshop.org/p/books/cloi... Your support means more than you know. 💛
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 23/04/2026
As someone who grew up in the rural Pacific Northwest, Rebecca Bornstein's "Love Poem to Taco Bell" resonates with me. poets.org/poem/love-po...
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Love Poem to Taco Bell
Full-on, no bullshit, no irony, yes Taco Bell / where I can almost always pull together the
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 20/04/2026
The kindest reviews are starting to come in for CLOISTERED and I am blown away. "What do you call stories that lift off from reality and startle you into recognition? Fearless. Enduring. Sublime." Thank you, @anneleighparrish.bsky.social!
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 15/04/2026
Today's mood: this poem by Arielle Herbert. poets.org/poem/our-boo...
Quote from Arielle Herbert: "Go on, enjoy it. Rain, flowers, time on earth."
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 14/04/2026
Mary Oliver documentary coming to PBS in August. Looks good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7bf...
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | Official Trailer | American Masters | PBS
YouTube video by American Masters PBS
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 13/04/2026
If you'd like to support my book, here are 4 things you can do in under 30 seconds: • Like this post • Share a photo • Tell a friend • Leave a review: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Cloistered
Award-winning author Liz Kellebrew debuts a short story…
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 10/04/2026
"In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us." -Mary Oliver Photo by Rishabh Mathew on Unsplash
Photo of flame, by Rishabh Mathew on Unsplash
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 10/04/2026
Winner of Best Music Video at the Indie Short Film Festival just happens to be from one of my favorite bands, Starflyer 59. Welcome to 909. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWAX...
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Starflyer 59 - 909 | Short Film
YouTube video by Velvet Blue Music
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 07/04/2026
Shout out to @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social, which has published three of my books so far (and a fourth is coming in 2027). I am so grateful and honored by their belief in my work and their dedication to aesthetics and craft. Thankful for indie presses today and always!
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 05/04/2026
"The best use of literature bends not toward the narrow and the absolute but to the extravagant and the possible." -Mary Oliver
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 04/04/2026
"You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at." -W. H. Auden
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 27/03/2026
My book's mood in pictures: sacrificial cleavers, tiger time portals, desert lightning, and all-seeing egg eyes. You can order CLOISTERED anywhere books are sold, including here: bookshop.org/p/books/cloi... #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 23/03/2026
"...this is bigger than books. It is thinking, as well as reading, that is cool again. The novel under the arm is just the lapel pin of the brainiac." -Jess Cartner-Morley www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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We are living in a period of political anti-intellectualism. But in pop culture, clever is the new cool
At the very moment Trump’s rambling speeches and meme–fied inanity threaten to overwhelm us, fashion, music and film are moving in the opposite direction
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/03/2026
At Half Price Books in Lynnwood, WA, in the poetry section between Keats and Kichloo, you can get a screaming deal on a stealth-signed copy of my book, WATER SIGNS. Ferocious nature poems with soul. #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/03/2026
Like most of my books, I revised CLOISTERED 3-4 times before submission. The first draft had been easy, something fun to do after work. Sometimes, though, I wondered if it would be worth revising, if it was too weird to find a home. I'm happy that I kept at it in the end! #writing #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 16/03/2026
I grew up on Tillamook cheese. It is indeed superior 🧀
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 14/03/2026
I wrote CLOISTERED because I needed to tell the truth about what it's like to be in a body with a mind in a universe of absurdities. It's immersive & cinematic, alternately isolating and comforting. #booksky www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/clois...
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CLOISTERED — Unsolicited Press
Award-winning author Liz Kellebrew debuts a short story collection of Mobius strip plots and shapeshifting points of view, where isolation amplifies connection and Ouroboros rules a reality stranger t...
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 14/03/2026
I was honored to write a blurb for PEPPERLEAF. One of the best books I've read this year! #booksky
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 14/03/2026
Love these lines from "Petrichor," a poem by Reginald Dwayne Betts. poets.org/poem/petrichor
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 08/03/2026
A sentence from CLOISTERED that still hits home for me. In today's world, it's OK to sheet cake. Happy Women's Day Eve. ☮️ 🍰
Quote: "she bought a chocolate sheet cake at the 24-hour QFC and ate the whole thing at the light rail station" From Cloistered, by Liz Kellebrew
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 02/03/2026
I interviewed Anne Leigh Parrish about her stunning book of poems, THE BANISHED AND THE DEAD. Out Mar. 10. lizkellebrew.substack.com/p/author-int... #booksky
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Author Interview: Anne Leigh Parrish
The author discusses her new poetry collection, The Banished and the Dead
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 01/03/2026
People ask what my book is about. At its core, it's about solitude. If you've ever felt lonely, isolated, or just different, this one's for you. www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/clois...
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 01/03/2026
The first writing could be 40,000 years older than we thought, and demonstrates the link between art and the written word. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Patterns on mammoth tusks help to retell history of writing
Scientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects.
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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 23/02/2026
@anneleighparrish.bsky.social interviewed me, and we discussed the impact of constraints, cinema, borders, and quantum physics on the making of CLOISTERED. Thanks for the lovely interview, Anne! anneleighparrish.substack.com/p/cloistered...
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Cloistered, by Liz Kellebrew
A Flash Fiction Collection
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