Liz Kellebrew
@lizkellebrew.com
Author of CLOISTERED (Feb. 2026), THE RIVER PEOPLE, and WATER SIGNS. She/they. Poetry, essays, fiction. My opinions are my own. https://lizkellebrew.com/
"Despite Gen Z’s shift away from reading, the habit remains popular among the ultra-wealthy. A survey of more than 100 billionaires found that reading ranks as the top habit that elite achievers have in common."
Reading is power. Embrace it! 📚✊
fortune.com/2026/01/09/g...
Reading is power. Embrace it! 📚✊
fortune.com/2026/01/09/g...
Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates | Fortune
With Gen Z students struggling to read, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as “coddling” the next generation of workers.
fortune.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"Despite Gen Z’s shift away from reading, the habit remains popular among the ultra-wealthy. A survey of more than 100 billionaires found that reading ranks as the top habit that elite achievers have in common."
Reading is power. Embrace it! 📚✊
fortune.com/2026/01/09/g...
Reading is power. Embrace it! 📚✊
fortune.com/2026/01/09/g...
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...
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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...
TIL about the Hawaiian saying, "I ka wā ma mua, ka wā ma hope," which translates to, "The future is in the past."
Basically, you need to know where you're from to know where you're going. I think this is true for societies as well as individuals.
Basically, you need to know where you're from to know where you're going. I think this is true for societies as well as individuals.
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
TIL about the Hawaiian saying, "I ka wā ma mua, ka wā ma hope," which translates to, "The future is in the past."
Basically, you need to know where you're from to know where you're going. I think this is true for societies as well as individuals.
Basically, you need to know where you're from to know where you're going. I think this is true for societies as well as individuals.
‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you –
Ye are many – they are few.’
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Something I've always wanted to do is to tell stories, to remind people that they belong. In a world where people are told their story doesn’t matter, I argue that is very much untrue. Wherever the stories are, that’s where the good stuff is.” -Mychal Threets people.com/why-mychal-t...
Literacy Advocate Mychal Threets Reveals Why He Sees Book Bans as a 'Form of Evil' (Exclusive)
Mychal Threets is opening up about book banning in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE for his debut kids book 'I'm So Happy You're Here.' The viral literacy advocate, known as "Mychal the Librarian" o...
people.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
“Something I've always wanted to do is to tell stories, to remind people that they belong. In a world where people are told their story doesn’t matter, I argue that is very much untrue. Wherever the stories are, that’s where the good stuff is.” -Mychal Threets people.com/why-mychal-t...
Blessed be thy feet, that they may walk this path. -Damien Echols, The Midnight Gospel Ep. 3
January 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Blessed be thy feet, that they may walk this path. -Damien Echols, The Midnight Gospel Ep. 3
1 house, 1 dog, 400 days of shooting and Ben Leonberg makes one of the best movies I saw in 2025. Looking forward to his next film. deadline.com/2026/01/good...
‘Good Boy’ Director Ben Leonberg Reveals Secrets Behind Making A Horror-Thriller Film From The Perspective Of His Family Dog
Ben Leonberg says he worked around his dog Indy's schedule to make the horror-thiller Good Boy
deadline.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
1 house, 1 dog, 400 days of shooting and Ben Leonberg makes one of the best movies I saw in 2025. Looking forward to his next film. deadline.com/2026/01/good...
I am a pacifist. But living by one's values means that sometimes you'll have to fight for them. Not by fighting people. Fighting to share knowledge, to dismantle broken systems and build something better. Preserving connections and saving what's important to you.
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I am a pacifist. But living by one's values means that sometimes you'll have to fight for them. Not by fighting people. Fighting to share knowledge, to dismantle broken systems and build something better. Preserving connections and saving what's important to you.
Editing fiction consists largely of removing anything that is not the voice of the characters. Like a sculptor chipping away anything that is not the sculpture. You also want to be careful not to be too didactic with certain writing "rules" if they interfere with those voices.
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Editing fiction consists largely of removing anything that is not the voice of the characters. Like a sculptor chipping away anything that is not the sculpture. You also want to be careful not to be too didactic with certain writing "rules" if they interfere with those voices.
"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant." - Adobe not helping as I proofread my latest manuscript
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant." - Adobe not helping as I proofread my latest manuscript
In the final stage of polishing ://daughter/talon/ax before the final copy is due to the publisher. I've been hunting down the weasel words. Find and Replace = Seek and Destroy
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
In the final stage of polishing ://daughter/talon/ax before the final copy is due to the publisher. I've been hunting down the weasel words. Find and Replace = Seek and Destroy
Wanna do one thing better than half of Americans next year? Just read 3 books. 📕📗📘https://yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-americans-didnt-read-many-books
December 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wanna do one thing better than half of Americans next year? Just read 3 books. 📕📗📘https://yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-americans-didnt-read-many-books
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
- 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
December 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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
- 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
My favorite movies of 2025, ranked: 🎥🍿
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Death of a Unicorn
4. Mickey 17
5. The Electric State
6. Good Boy
7. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Train Dreams
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Death of a Unicorn
4. Mickey 17
5. The Electric State
6. Good Boy
7. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Train Dreams
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My favorite movies of 2025, ranked: 🎥🍿
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Death of a Unicorn
4. Mickey 17
5. The Electric State
6. Good Boy
7. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Train Dreams
1. Sinners
2. Weapons
3. Death of a Unicorn
4. Mickey 17
5. The Electric State
6. Good Boy
7. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Train Dreams
Looking back at books read this year, I can tell my busiest months from months where I took vacation. #GoodreadsYearInBooks
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Looking back at books read this year, I can tell my busiest months from months where I took vacation. #GoodreadsYearInBooks
"What a River Needs," my essay about smelt, floods, and growing up near the Cowlitz River in Washington State, is now available to read for free in the Catamaran nonfiction archives. static1.squarespace.com/static/50a3e...
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"What a River Needs," my essay about smelt, floods, and growing up near the Cowlitz River in Washington State, is now available to read for free in the Catamaran nonfiction archives. static1.squarespace.com/static/50a3e...
I read 61 books in 2025:
- 39 fiction (3 of these were graphic novels)
- 19 nonfiction (5 of these were self-help)
- 3 poetry collections (and I really should have read more)
- 39 fiction (3 of these were graphic novels)
- 19 nonfiction (5 of these were self-help)
- 3 poetry collections (and I really should have read more)
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I read 61 books in 2025:
- 39 fiction (3 of these were graphic novels)
- 19 nonfiction (5 of these were self-help)
- 3 poetry collections (and I really should have read more)
- 39 fiction (3 of these were graphic novels)
- 19 nonfiction (5 of these were self-help)
- 3 poetry collections (and I really should have read more)
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.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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.
Thank you, CLMP! THE RIVER PEOPLE is on their Members' Most-Celebrated Books of 2025 list. 💛 www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/theri...
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thank you, CLMP! THE RIVER PEOPLE is on their Members' Most-Celebrated Books of 2025 list. 💛 www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/theri...
I am often reading two or three books in parallel. Right now it's Nicola Griffith's MENEWOOD, Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, and Thich Naht Hanh's HOW TO RELAX. The first two are lengthy, the last one shorter but meant to be savored a page or two at a time.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I am often reading two or three books in parallel. Right now it's Nicola Griffith's MENEWOOD, Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, and Thich Naht Hanh's HOW TO RELAX. The first two are lengthy, the last one shorter but meant to be savored a page or two at a time.
Just signed a contract for my fourth book, to be released fall 2027. The speculative literary novel(la) I've been living and breathing for the last 2-1/2 years. 🥹
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Just signed a contract for my fourth book, to be released fall 2027. The speculative literary novel(la) I've been living and breathing for the last 2-1/2 years. 🥹
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
Photo by Susan Wilkinson on Unsplash
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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
Photo by Susan Wilkinson on Unsplash
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. -Carl Jung
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. -M.C. Escher
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. -M.C. Escher
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order. -Carl Jung
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. -M.C. Escher
We adore chaos because we love to produce order. -M.C. Escher
Congrats to the four incredible @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social Year of Womxn authors who made CLMP's Fiction of 2025 list! Raki Kopernik, Adele Evershed, Marianne Villanueva, Mary Ann McGuigan www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
Fiction of 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re excited to share this year-end roundup of novels, novellas, short story collections, and fiction anthologies published in 2025 by independent literary publishers! Read our year-end roundups of n...
www.clmp.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Congrats to the four incredible @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social Year of Womxn authors who made CLMP's Fiction of 2025 list! Raki Kopernik, Adele Evershed, Marianne Villanueva, Mary Ann McGuigan www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
If Shirley Jackson wrote Pacific Northwest noir, it might read something like Lauren Davis's The Nothing, which gets a well-deserved shoutout from CLMP on their Fiction of 2025 list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction... I loved this book!
Fiction of 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re excited to share this year-end roundup of novels, novellas, short story collections, and fiction anthologies published in 2025 by independent literary publishers! Read our year-end roundups of n...
www.clmp.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If Shirley Jackson wrote Pacific Northwest noir, it might read something like Lauren Davis's The Nothing, which gets a well-deserved shoutout from CLMP on their Fiction of 2025 list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction... I loved this book!