KC Kirkley

Writer, editor, and teacher. Purveyor of disconcerting fiction. Blogger of unnecessary reviews @

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I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies, and music with all of you.

First up, here are some of the books I read and enjoyed this year. Let me know which books I should check out in 2023.

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@CuriouslyEmily If you weigh the same as a duck, you're made of wood and therefore a witch. Logically.

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Just finished reading #suchafunage by @kileyreid. Excellent book. Here'smy hot take: Briar Chamberlain is one of my favorite characters in a long time. Love what Reid did with that kid. And listen...it's really hard to get a three-year-old's voice right, harder than it looks.

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@rmmckenny The Committed, by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Great follow-up to The Sympathizer.

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I love that my kids love each other. #siblinglove #ProudDad

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Here is a seagull.

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Now #amreading Such a Fun Age by @kileyreid. I love me some satire, so this should be enjoyable.

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I may be late to the party, but now #amreading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.

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I need one of these!

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First book I finished reading in 2022: The Committed, Viet Thanh Nguyen's follow-up to The Sympathizer. Wry, unsettling, hilarious, and scornful. If you read The Sympathizer, read this. If not, go read The Sympathizer. #amreading #BookRecommendations

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"Yes: it's a harsh form, the short story. Harsh as a joke, a song, a note from the gallows." --George Saunders #amwriting #amreading
#ShortStoryChallenge2022

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Participating in the #shortstorychallenge2022 for the first time. My assignment is Genre: Action/Adventure, Subject: "make-or-break", Character: Step-mother. If you're familiar with my writing, you know...this genre assignment will truly be a challenge for me.

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@Notagoth Same...Action/Adventure will either stretch me or break me. Either way, it's probably a win for my writing and a loss for the contest. I'll take it. #shortstorychallenge2022

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Saying goodbye to 2021 in style @ Mendocino.

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A selectively edited video shared on Twitter by Sen. Ted Cruz leaves the false impression President Biden wants to confiscate all guns. https://t.co/aBhSmnYAc7

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This first sentence in Brian Dillon's "Sensibility as Structure" (the introductory essay in his book Suppose a Sentence) is 2 and a half pages of wow. #amreading #amwriting #greatsentences

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Let me get this straight: In the 1950s, corporate taxes accounted for 35 percent of all federal revenue. Now, they account for 7 percent. Yet Republicans still think corporations pay too much in taxes?

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"I define a saint as a person who behaves decently in an indecent society." --Kurt Vonnegut (as quoted in Suzanne McConnell's *Pity the Reader*). #kurtvonnegut #amwriting #pitythereader #amreading #suzannemcconnell

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GOP: break your Keurig, burn your Nikes, don’t watch CNN, MLB, NBA, NFL, or NASCAR, don’t shop at Walmart, Target, Kohl’s, Nordstrom, or Macy’s, don’t drink Pepsi or Starbucks, don’t watch HBO or Netflix and don’t eat Oreos.

Also GOP: let’s talk about how cancel culture is bad