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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 31/05/2026

Food + book pairing: CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX (Jordy Rosenberg) and chocolate. #booksky

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 21/02/2026

Ada Limón reminding us how love, attention, and creativity are all connected.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 17/02/2026

Today is the day! CLOISTERED is out, and if you've ever wanted to know what goes into writing a book, here's a look at how I wrote this one. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/lizkelle...

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 14/02/2026

Currently enjoying THE BANISHED AND THE DEAD, Anne Leigh Parrish's stunning new poetry collection. Anne has graciously agreed to an interview that I'll be posting soon! @anneleighparrish.bsky.social #BookSky

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 10/02/2026

"Now I understand my purpose," Hekla declared. "I'm to ensure that this love survives in whatever world is yet to come, however broken it turns out to be." Savoring Ryan Boudinot's BROKEN UTOPIA this chilly winter evening. #BookSky

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 07/02/2026

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson Photo by Jael Rodriguez on Unsplash

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 06/02/2026

Today's woodland walk, with moss the greenest of greens after our recent rain.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 02/02/2026

January's favorite reads: 📚 BEAUTYLAND - Marie-Helene Bertino 📚 PEPPERLEAF - Ross McMeekin (read an ARC, cover TBD)

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 01/02/2026

I'll be reading from CLOISTERED Weds., Feb. 4 at 5:30 PM PST. You can listen to the livestream on YouTube or IG (Literary Nights with Unsolicited Press). www.youtube.com/@unsolicited...

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 31/01/2026

Found burnt sci-fi pages at Ravenna Park in Seattle today. Wonder what the story is.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 24/01/2026

Recently went to the BIRDBRAINS poetry anthology launch to see my friend Joannie Stangeland read, among others. C&P Coffee in West Seattle was packed, standing room only when I arrived. It's a lovely book. www.ravenchronicles.org/books/birdbr...

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 10/01/2026

With CLOISTERED, I wanted to write something immersive & cinematic. Something that slipped between 3rd person limited viewpoints of people & animals like a camera in a film. Where universal truths & intimate details hold equal space on the page. Out 2/17: www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/clois...

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 30/12/2025

Reasons to go to Dordlofva Coffee in Seattle: - No charge for plant-based milk - REAL matcha, properly whisked - Swedish pastries + ice cream - Unlike Starbucks, centrally located in Fremont - Next to a bookstore and record shop

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 29/12/2025

Looking back at books read this year, I can tell my busiest months from months where I took vacation. #GoodreadsYearInBooks

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 23/12/2025

Out of all the holiday gifts I could have received, this AI-generated ad attempting to sell me ketchup popsicles is by far the most entertaining.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 16/12/2025

Life is great and good and fascinating and eternal, and if you dwell so much on yourself and flounder and fluff about, you miss the mighty eternal current that is life. -Etty Hillesum Photo by Susan Wilkinson on Unsplash

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 08/12/2025

If you saw this sign in a bookstore, would you say something or no?

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 05/12/2025

My Spotify Wrapped top listens for the year. TIL "bubblegrunge" is a thing.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 22/11/2025

Now available for pre-order: CLOISTERED, my short story collection of Mobius strip plots and shapeshifting points of view. For fans of Clarice Lispector and Can Xue. asterismbooks.com/product/cloi...

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 05/11/2025

I'm reading from THE RIVER PEOPLE at Hugo House in Seattle tomorrow, Nov. 5, at 6:30. It's free but we're asked to dress up and bring some donations for the food drive to support our local food bank. SNAP might not be helping our neighbors this month, but we can.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 31/10/2025

Third Place Books in Ravenna still has some copies of THE RIVER PEOPLE on the shelf. It's my hybrid creative nonfiction / historical fiction / memoir / found poetry novel based on a true story of PNW migration.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 17/10/2025

I'll be reading from THE RIVER PEOPLE at Hugo House in Seattle Nov. 5. Come say hi! www.arielbasom.com/collections

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 05/09/2025

Scene cards for the fourth (and hopefully final) revision of my WIP novel. I decided the work needed more character development, including some new scenes. This is working much better than scrolling up and down in a Word doc or laying 100+ pages out on the floor.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 04/09/2025

"It was a time when the future could have been anything, been anywhere. It was so open that it could actually crush her." -from "Office Hours," Ling Ma Photo by Eugene Triguba on Unsplash

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 02/09/2025

"Art should be a nail in the eye, a spike in the flesh, gravel in the shoe." -Ai Weiwei Photo by Ioana Cristiana on Unsplash

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 30/08/2025

"Stupefied by the light, we leafed through that great book of the holiday, in which the pages were ablaze with splendour, their sickly sweet pulp, deep within, made from golden pears." - from "August," Bruno Schulz Photo by @kent_pilcher on Unsplash

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 21/08/2025

Katie at @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social designed this incredible cover for CLOISTERED, my upcoming flash fiction collection. She's created three book covers for me so far and does a beautiful job every time. Can't wait to see the finished book next February!

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 18/07/2025

"A night in July! What can be likened to it? ....Shall I compare it to the core of an enormous black rose, covering us with the dreams of hundreds of velvety petals? The night winds blow open its fluffy center, and in its scented depth we can see the stars looking down on us." -Bruno Schulz

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 15/06/2025

For No Kings day - an Eduardo H. Galeano quote I ran across in my old scrapbook.

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Liz Kellebrew @lizkellebrew.com · 07/06/2025

Heat wave this weekend and I've got the perfect escape planned

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