Lisa Kelly- storyteller, story listener
@lisatothkelly.bsky.social
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
—Nikki Giovanni
—Nikki Giovanni
Somewhere,
over the rainbow is
here
over the rainbow is
here
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Somewhere,
over the rainbow is
here
over the rainbow is
here
Quote for all social justice warriors out there today— “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. “ Audre Lorde
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quote for all social justice warriors out there today— “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. “ Audre Lorde
May 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Got busy with my GoFundMe and got behind. Back to #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
April 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Got busy with my GoFundMe and got behind. Back to #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
Day 29: Favorite Book Cover
City Summer, Country Summer
By
Kiese Laymon
April 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
April 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
April 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
Day 26: A biography everyone should read
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
As told to
Alex Haley
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
April 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
Day 25: A book with a villain I loved
The Lost Memory of Skin
By
Russell Banks
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
April 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
Day 24: A collaboration between 2 or more authors
Picking Cotton:Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
By
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
Ronald Cotton
With Erin Torneo
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
April 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
Days 23: A passage from a book I can recite
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
By
T.S. Eliot
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
April 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
Missed yesterday!
Days 20 and21: A book with an unreliable narrator and a favorite anthology
The Girl on the Train
By
Paula Hawkins
&
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
By
Padraig O Tuama
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
Day 19: An audiobook I liked because of the narrator’s voice.
So many wonderful voices! I know I have featured this book before but honestly it is the best audiobook I have ever heard.
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
By
George Saunders
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
April 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
Day 18: A book I like written by someone who is no longer alive
Maurice
By
E.M. Forster
April 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 15: A book that I have read more than once.
To Kill a Mockingbird
By
Harper Lee
Day 15: A book that I have read more than once.
To Kill a Mockingbird
By
Harper Lee
April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Day 15: A book that I have read more than once.
To Kill a Mockingbird
By
Harper Lee
Day 15: A book that I have read more than once.
To Kill a Mockingbird
By
Harper Lee
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 14: A book that made me cry sad tears
The Enchanted
By
Rene Denfeld
Day 14: A book that made me cry sad tears
The Enchanted
By
Rene Denfeld
April 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 14: A book that made me cry sad tears
The Enchanted
By
Rene Denfeld
Day 14: A book that made me cry sad tears
The Enchanted
By
Rene Denfeld
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 13: A book with a color in the title
Having already posted The Color Purple, I decided to go with this classic from my high school days.
The Scarlet Letter
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Day 13: A book with a color in the title
Having already posted The Color Purple, I decided to go with this classic from my high school days.
The Scarlet Letter
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
April 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 13: A book with a color in the title
Having already posted The Color Purple, I decided to go with this classic from my high school days.
The Scarlet Letter
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Day 13: A book with a color in the title
Having already posted The Color Purple, I decided to go with this classic from my high school days.
The Scarlet Letter
By
Nathaniel Hawthorne
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 12: A popular book I hated
“Hate” is such a strong word, but I do hate putting this book out here on my feed. And it was popular back in the day.
The Bell Curve
By
Richard Herrnstein & Charles Murray
Day 12: A popular book I hated
“Hate” is such a strong word, but I do hate putting this book out here on my feed. And it was popular back in the day.
The Bell Curve
By
Richard Herrnstein & Charles Murray
April 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 12: A popular book I hated
“Hate” is such a strong word, but I do hate putting this book out here on my feed. And it was popular back in the day.
The Bell Curve
By
Richard Herrnstein & Charles Murray
Day 12: A popular book I hated
“Hate” is such a strong word, but I do hate putting this book out here on my feed. And it was popular back in the day.
The Bell Curve
By
Richard Herrnstein & Charles Murray
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 11: Literary characters would like to invite to dinner
Bartleby— just so that I could hear him say “I would prefer not to.” 😉
Bartleby, the Scrivener
By
Herman Melville
Day 11: Literary characters would like to invite to dinner
Bartleby— just so that I could hear him say “I would prefer not to.” 😉
Bartleby, the Scrivener
By
Herman Melville
April 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 11: Literary characters would like to invite to dinner
Bartleby— just so that I could hear him say “I would prefer not to.” 😉
Bartleby, the Scrivener
By
Herman Melville
Day 11: Literary characters would like to invite to dinner
Bartleby— just so that I could hear him say “I would prefer not to.” 😉
Bartleby, the Scrivener
By
Herman Melville
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 10: A Book that made me cry happy tears
The House of Belonging
By
David Whyte
Day 10: A Book that made me cry happy tears
The House of Belonging
By
David Whyte
April 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge
Day 10: A Book that made me cry happy tears
The House of Belonging
By
David Whyte
Day 10: A Book that made me cry happy tears
The House of Belonging
By
David Whyte
#TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something.
Day 30 Surfacing
By
Margaret Atwood
Day 30 Surfacing
By
Margaret Atwood
March 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#TheWriteWomen #booksky : The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day. It has to be a book you’ve read and one you enjoyed or learned something.
Day 30 Surfacing
By
Margaret Atwood
Day 30 Surfacing
By
Margaret Atwood