Leta McCollough Seletzky
@letaseletzky.com
Director, Low Res MFA in Creative Writing at U. of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe | 2022 NEA Literature Fellow | Author | Lawyer | Strictly my opinions
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I’m re-reading my book THE KNEELING MAN—this time with the realization that it’s as much about gun violence as anything else.
From beginning to end (including, of course, Dr. King’s assassination), it’s a story about the degree to which the social order is maintained at the barrel of a gun
From beginning to end (including, of course, Dr. King’s assassination), it’s a story about the degree to which the social order is maintained at the barrel of a gun
My kids are playing with a VR headset while I’m translating text from a Russian art book to English with my phone.
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
My kids are playing with a VR headset while I’m translating text from a Russian art book to English with my phone.
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
I know the Apple Genius Bar hates to see me coming 🥴
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I know the Apple Genius Bar hates to see me coming 🥴
You know what? I can boo AND vote
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You know what? I can boo AND vote
Any Dem who lacks guts and a sense of urgency needs to be voted out at the first opportunity
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Any Dem who lacks guts and a sense of urgency needs to be voted out at the first opportunity
I’m going to start calling that crew the Wizard of Oz Dems because they have no brain, heart, or courage
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m going to start calling that crew the Wizard of Oz Dems because they have no brain, heart, or courage
The WAY legacy media will platform a discussion blaming women for men’s problems, but not one about how blaming women for men’s problems is one of men’s problems
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The WAY legacy media will platform a discussion blaming women for men’s problems, but not one about how blaming women for men’s problems is one of men’s problems
I’d like to thank the California Bar Exam for saving the profession from a certain somebody who studied via ChatGPT
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I’d like to thank the California Bar Exam for saving the profession from a certain somebody who studied via ChatGPT
One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Just got a spam text asking “Hey, is this Steve?” and I was so tempted to go on an aggressively irritating roleplay adventure this evening:
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just got a spam text asking “Hey, is this Steve?” and I was so tempted to go on an aggressively irritating roleplay adventure this evening:
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
Now it’s “feminine vices” that may be ruining the workplace, NYT? Like the “vice” of not having a penis? 😂
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Now it’s “feminine vices” that may be ruining the workplace, NYT? Like the “vice” of not having a penis? 😂
I’m at the point where I want to cancel the 10 free articles
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’m at the point where I want to cancel the 10 free articles
OPINION | The NYT is Ruining the Zeitgeist
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
OPINION | The NYT is Ruining the Zeitgeist
My life improved immediately when I realized that everything you engage with requires an energy exchange
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My life improved immediately when I realized that everything you engage with requires an energy exchange
I just visited trumpcard dot gov, and yet I STILL felt compelled to double-check that it’s real. (It is) 😬
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I just visited trumpcard dot gov, and yet I STILL felt compelled to double-check that it’s real. (It is) 😬
I don’t think he did as well on those cognitive tests as he says, y’all
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I don’t think he did as well on those cognitive tests as he says, y’all
That was more than an election—it was an exorcism
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
That was more than an election—it was an exorcism
A coast-to-coast rejection of a political movement if ever there was one 💯
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
A coast-to-coast rejection of a political movement if ever there was one 💯
Savoring the victories and preparing to savor the crashouts 😅
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Savoring the victories and preparing to savor the crashouts 😅
At the rate things are going with people losing access to healthcare, we’re going to need orgs like Doctors Without Borders to help, and I’m not even kidding
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
At the rate things are going with people losing access to healthcare, we’re going to need orgs like Doctors Without Borders to help, and I’m not even kidding
AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE TOMORROW NIGHT, I WILL IMPOSE A 100% SIDE EYE ON ANYONE MOVING TO TEXAS FROM NYC
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE TOMORROW NIGHT, I WILL IMPOSE A 100% SIDE EYE ON ANYONE MOVING TO TEXAS FROM NYC
For all the concern over the centuries about the government impeding the free expression and exchange of ideas, I’d say private corporations are also doing a pretty good job of it.
(And yes, I already know the First Amenment doesn’t bind them so don’t @ me lol)
(And yes, I already know the First Amenment doesn’t bind them so don’t @ me lol)
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
For all the concern over the centuries about the government impeding the free expression and exchange of ideas, I’d say private corporations are also doing a pretty good job of it.
(And yes, I already know the First Amenment doesn’t bind them so don’t @ me lol)
(And yes, I already know the First Amenment doesn’t bind them so don’t @ me lol)
Lord, is this You? 👀✝️
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Lord, is this You? 👀✝️
A “moderate” stance in the face of hate is complicity
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A “moderate” stance in the face of hate is complicity
Spying for the Allied forces isn’t easy, but somebody’s got to do it
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Spying for the Allied forces isn’t easy, but somebody’s got to do it