Kristi Coulter
@kristicoulter.bsky.social
Author of EXIT INTERVIEW and NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS. Intermittently hapless.
www.kristicoulter.com
www.kristicoulter.com
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Well shit, I've got an outline done, a working title and direction thanks to a class I took with @kristicoulter.bsky.social years ago now.
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Well shit, I've got an outline done, a working title and direction thanks to a class I took with @kristicoulter.bsky.social years ago now.
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So help me god, sometimes I think “Lisa. Lisa Pappademetrio” is the funniest line in cinematic history.
So help me god, sometimes I think “Lisa. Lisa Pappademetrio” is the funniest line in cinematic history.
Mr. Jealousy (1997)
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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So help me god, sometimes I think “Lisa. Lisa Pappademetrio” is the funniest line in cinematic history.
So help me god, sometimes I think “Lisa. Lisa Pappademetrio” is the funniest line in cinematic history.
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Me reading the Harvard letter was an oopsie article
April 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Me reading the Harvard letter was an oopsie article
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Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
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April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
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This Texas bill wouldn't just make it a felony to take a teen out-of-state for an abortion—but to "fund" an out-of-state abortion for a teen.
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
Texas SB2352 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature
Bill Text (2025-03-25) Relating to prohibiting transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. [Referred t...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This Texas bill wouldn't just make it a felony to take a teen out-of-state for an abortion—but to "fund" an out-of-state abortion for a teen.
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
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I've been listening to a semi-obscure Australian band called The Apartments lately. While looking for lyrics (not easy to find!), I came across this incredible piece by Kristi Coulter...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08...
The Sad Boys of Sadcore - The Paris Review
Propping up collapsing men is one of my talents.
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April 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've been listening to a semi-obscure Australian band called The Apartments lately. While looking for lyrics (not easy to find!), I came across this incredible piece by Kristi Coulter...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08...
“Women are equal citizens but we’re not gonna force a big fight to make sure they’re treated that way” is the most on-brand parting gift imaginable from the Democratic Party, 10/10, no notes.
January 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Women are equal citizens but we’re not gonna force a big fight to make sure they’re treated that way” is the most on-brand parting gift imaginable from the Democratic Party, 10/10, no notes.
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Reading @kristicoulter.bsky.social 's book and just got AOL Instant Messenger nails. #aim #nailsky #nailart #nostalgia
January 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reading @kristicoulter.bsky.social 's book and just got AOL Instant Messenger nails. #aim #nailsky #nailart #nostalgia
L.A. Story
Chinatown
Magnolia
Booksmart
Training Day
Chinatown
Magnolia
Booksmart
Training Day
Name five movies that make you think "Los Angeles"
Clueless (1995)
L.A. Story (1991)
The Craft (1996)
Die Hard (1988)
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Clueless (1995)
L.A. Story (1991)
The Craft (1996)
Die Hard (1988)
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
January 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
L.A. Story
Chinatown
Magnolia
Booksmart
Training Day
Chinatown
Magnolia
Booksmart
Training Day
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Foreign scammers now in their fifteenth year of not figuring out that "hello dear" is not how you start a conversation with a stranger on social media.
December 23, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Foreign scammers now in their fifteenth year of not figuring out that "hello dear" is not how you start a conversation with a stranger on social media.
A startlingly clear-eyed update from Matthew Sweet on the aftermath of his stroke.
December 8, 2024 at 2:52 AM
A startlingly clear-eyed update from Matthew Sweet on the aftermath of his stroke.
Look I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, but how in the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is there a TYPO in a #Prada ad and is this what Leonard Cohen meant when he warned of things sliding in all directions.
December 2, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Look I know there’s a lot going on in the world right now, but how in the H-E-double-hockey-sticks is there a TYPO in a #Prada ad and is this what Leonard Cohen meant when he warned of things sliding in all directions.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I asked my daughter if she heard Kendrick Lamar yet and she was like, “I don’t listen to men.”
November 27, 2024 at 7:01 AM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Showed my 7 year-old an Etch-a-sketch and said this is what Daddy played with growing up and this little angel asked me if it was a 'caveman iPad' and I am still in absolute shambles
October 8, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Showed my 7 year-old an Etch-a-sketch and said this is what Daddy played with growing up and this little angel asked me if it was a 'caveman iPad' and I am still in absolute shambles
The new @wussymusic.bsky.social album is my favorite of theirs since Attica!. Absolutely can’t get enough of it.
The past week has been a rough year but you can now listen to the new @wussymusic.bsky.social album, and read my @stereogum.bsky.social interview with them. Maybe put on an episode of "Mannix" while you do. www.stereogum.com/2287317/watc...
Watching '70s TV On Mute With Wussy
Stream new album 'Cincinnati Ohio' a day early and read our interview with the great American rock band.
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November 26, 2024 at 7:54 AM
The new @wussymusic.bsky.social album is my favorite of theirs since Attica!. Absolutely can’t get enough of it.
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After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
November 25, 2024 at 2:25 PM
After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)
It struck me today that 80% of the lines from “Mr. Jones” could be slotted into the VF Cormac McCarthy piece with no one the wiser.
“After a monsoon, the sky is Sistine. To the west, lightning races the tousled embroidery of clouds in pink gilt. Everybody want to pass as cats.”
“After a monsoon, the sky is Sistine. To the west, lightning races the tousled embroidery of clouds in pink gilt. Everybody want to pass as cats.”
November 25, 2024 at 7:04 AM
It struck me today that 80% of the lines from “Mr. Jones” could be slotted into the VF Cormac McCarthy piece with no one the wiser.
“After a monsoon, the sky is Sistine. To the west, lightning races the tousled embroidery of clouds in pink gilt. Everybody want to pass as cats.”
“After a monsoon, the sky is Sistine. To the west, lightning races the tousled embroidery of clouds in pink gilt. Everybody want to pass as cats.”
Here is what’s on my mind: where is TV on the Radio? Can we get those guys back?
November 23, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Here is what’s on my mind: where is TV on the Radio? Can we get those guys back?
True. Would be good to see the @authorsguild.bsky.social negotiate a (better) collective agreement, though.
Something that I think is VERY important to emphasize is, regardless of the size of the offer, HarperCollins is acknowledging they do NOT have the right to use authors work for AI or LLMs without a new license.
“To call this bleak is an understatement.” HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
November 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
True. Would be good to see the @authorsguild.bsky.social negotiate a (better) collective agreement, though.
Loved talking with @estelleserasmus.bsky.social about EXIT INTERVIEW, writing memoir in the present tense, and why I hate hearing people apologize for having big ambitions.
Ambition is NOT a dirty word. Here I speak with @kristicoulter.bsky.social author of EXIT INTERVIEW: The Life & Death of My Ambitious Career and we discuss a lot including why you might want to write in present tense, as Kristi did.
estelleserasmus.com/113-writing-...
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#113 Writing With Ambition Featuring Kristi Coulter - Estelle Erasmus
Estelle Erasmus speaks with author, Kristi Coulter on writing memoir, choosing a tense, what to leave out (and in), how to imbue humor into your work, the difference between scene and summary and more...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Loved talking with @estelleserasmus.bsky.social about EXIT INTERVIEW, writing memoir in the present tense, and why I hate hearing people apologize for having big ambitions.
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a gentle reminder that you don't need to wait to be good enough to write or draw the things you wanna draw
you get better through creating the things you wanna make, not by waiting to become better to make things
you get better through creating the things you wanna make, not by waiting to become better to make things
November 13, 2024 at 2:45 AM
a gentle reminder that you don't need to wait to be good enough to write or draw the things you wanna draw
you get better through creating the things you wanna make, not by waiting to become better to make things
you get better through creating the things you wanna make, not by waiting to become better to make things
1) Wussy
2) the Hang-Ups
3) Taylor Swift
4) Matthew Sweet
5) Destroyer
2) the Hang-Ups
3) Taylor Swift
4) Matthew Sweet
5) Destroyer
Who are 5 artists you have in heavy rotation right now?
1) Able Noise
2) Solange
3) LL Cool J
4) Tex Patrello
5) that one Jandek video on YouTube where he plays with the funk band
1) Able Noise
2) Solange
3) LL Cool J
4) Tex Patrello
5) that one Jandek video on YouTube where he plays with the funk band
Who are 5 artists you have in heavy rotation right now?
1. Jay Rock
2. Young Thug
3. Phantogram
4. Koffee
5. Kane Brown lmao
1. Jay Rock
2. Young Thug
3. Phantogram
4. Koffee
5. Kane Brown lmao
November 16, 2024 at 3:45 AM
1) Wussy
2) the Hang-Ups
3) Taylor Swift
4) Matthew Sweet
5) Destroyer
2) the Hang-Ups
3) Taylor Swift
4) Matthew Sweet
5) Destroyer
Ok WHAT DID SAM DO
November 17, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Ok WHAT DID SAM DO
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In case literally anyone in the tech industry has any wildly radioactive bad news they're trying to bury, now would be the ideal moment, just saying.
November 17, 2023 at 8:59 PM
In case literally anyone in the tech industry has any wildly radioactive bad news they're trying to bury, now would be the ideal moment, just saying.
EXIT INTERVIEW: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY AMBITIOUS CAREER has landed! Available now in hardcover, digital, and audio (read by me!) formats. I really hope you enjoy it.
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Exit Interview
A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This."A unique a...
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September 13, 2023 at 5:59 AM
EXIT INTERVIEW: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY AMBITIOUS CAREER has landed! Available now in hardcover, digital, and audio (read by me!) formats. I really hope you enjoy it.
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...