koty neelis
@phonenotepoetry.bsky.social
Writer, avant garde gardener | Chicago / Austin | blogs, essays, poetry, articles all over the internet. Currently working on a book about the early 2010s and the myth of nostalgia.
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My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
from “Letters to Emma Bowlcut” - Bill Callahan
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
from “Letters to Emma Bowlcut” - Bill Callahan
I love looking at paintings and being reminded of what's human
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I love looking at paintings and being reminded of what's human
if you're deeply stressed can i recommend dance parties at the end of the day, alone or w/ friends? not a cure but it helpsss
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
if you're deeply stressed can i recommend dance parties at the end of the day, alone or w/ friends? not a cure but it helpsss
my friend's uncle, drunk off 4 coors and a shot of whiskey, is trying to convince me to join the air force. sir i used to write listicles about new girl and taco bell for a living.
November 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
my friend's uncle, drunk off 4 coors and a shot of whiskey, is trying to convince me to join the air force. sir i used to write listicles about new girl and taco bell for a living.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
standing in front of your fridge eating out of various mini jars on a sunday night can be so personal
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
standing in front of your fridge eating out of various mini jars on a sunday night can be so personal
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
concerts should stop selling shitty $22 bud lights and start selling peppermint tea, vanilla oat lattes, a humble cappuccino. give the people options!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
concerts should stop selling shitty $22 bud lights and start selling peppermint tea, vanilla oat lattes, a humble cappuccino. give the people options!!
i can't wait to move back to chicago. cozy polish dive bars, biking next to lake michigan, and nothing but existential dread in a cute winter coat
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
i can't wait to move back to chicago. cozy polish dive bars, biking next to lake michigan, and nothing but existential dread in a cute winter coat
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just re-read this essay. stay for the third act.
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
just re-read this essay. stay for the third act.
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How pissed would you be if you were giving a smooch to a frog and it turned into a human man. Oh I gotta deal with this guy now
June 17, 2023 at 11:26 PM
How pissed would you be if you were giving a smooch to a frog and it turned into a human man. Oh I gotta deal with this guy now
back in ann arbor for the first time in years. remembering the joy of being a farm kid coming here as a teen and it was the biggest city i had ever been to. i ate greek food and bought a pair of doc martens for the first time. memories are cute sometimes
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
back in ann arbor for the first time in years. remembering the joy of being a farm kid coming here as a teen and it was the biggest city i had ever been to. i ate greek food and bought a pair of doc martens for the first time. memories are cute sometimes
my favorite brain rot conspiracy theory is that trump is a time traveler
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
my favorite brain rot conspiracy theory is that trump is a time traveler
i've been reading the stoics lately and it's giving me perspective on modern times. basically, log off once in awhile, go on a walk, keep your dignity intact, and don’t take the bait every time the world invites you to rage out about something
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
i've been reading the stoics lately and it's giving me perspective on modern times. basically, log off once in awhile, go on a walk, keep your dignity intact, and don’t take the bait every time the world invites you to rage out about something
back in my midwest hometown watching nora ephron movies and sketching plans for a quarterly snail mail club — a pocket-sized paper world with a tiny newspaper, maps, poems, found fragments, and a small field assignment for noticing the cosmic wonder and tenderness in the world
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
back in my midwest hometown watching nora ephron movies and sketching plans for a quarterly snail mail club — a pocket-sized paper world with a tiny newspaper, maps, poems, found fragments, and a small field assignment for noticing the cosmic wonder and tenderness in the world
A Chicago writer embarks on an experiment for one year—no algorithms, no streaming, no dating apps. Just longing and low-res light, American Apparel dresses, flip phones, bad bangs, meet-cutes, and questionable choices. A novel about burnout, memory, and the myth of going back.
#DVpit #A #F #LitFic
#DVpit #A #F #LitFic
October 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A writer, exhausted by the internet and her own life, embarks on an experiment to live like it’s 2010 again—no apps, no algorithms, just mixtapes, polaroids, meet cutes, & Washed Out on repeat. But she soon learns nostalgia isn’t home—it’s the space between who we were and who we’ve become. #DVpit
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A writer, exhausted by the internet and her own life, embarks on an experiment to live like it’s 2010 again—no apps, no algorithms, just mixtapes, polaroids, meet cutes, & Washed Out on repeat. But she soon learns nostalgia isn’t home—it’s the space between who we were and who we’ve become. #DVpit
taking a waymo to the honky tonk
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
taking a waymo to the honky tonk
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Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Never before in American history has one state's military force been deployed in another state over its objection.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
I say never because the Civil War involved states whose governments legally ceased to exist, their offices vacated by constructive resignation, with no legitimate governors to object.
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Tanehisi Coates writes with a clarity that is rare. This reflection is worth reading.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tanehisi Coates writes with a clarity that is rare. This reflection is worth reading.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
gas station coffee. fresh socks. my library card. butter, salt, heat. just a few things that have saved me on bad days :)
September 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
gas station coffee. fresh socks. my library card. butter, salt, heat. just a few things that have saved me on bad days :)
there are many kinds of ghosts but I promise to be the good kind
September 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
there are many kinds of ghosts but I promise to be the good kind
i turned 40 this year and still act the same as when I was 8 (I just rented a vhs and I have a pizza on the way)
September 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
i turned 40 this year and still act the same as when I was 8 (I just rented a vhs and I have a pizza on the way)