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Meghan Phillips
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former NEA fellow. chapbook ABSTINENCE ONLY (Barrelhouse).
https://meghan-phillips.com/
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update: here's today's behavioral issue that I will have to address with a straight face
picture of handwriting in blue marker which reads "talking about diapers at the rug"
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Zoe Hawk is huge for me
September 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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found this guy at a library book sale! heck yeah!!
Vintage Crime edition of James M. Cain's Double Indemnity
February 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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I mean, it helped!
a hand holding a stack of books in front of a green garage door. the books are True Grit by Charles Portis, Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, Sideways Stories from the Wayside School by Louis Sachar, Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, The Shape of Things to Come by Maud Casey, and Devil House by John Darnielle
February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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friends supporting friends
screenshot of texts reading: Yay baseball I hope they kiss each other this year fingers crossed emoji
February 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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screenshot from Aqua Teen Hunger Force of Master Shake and Meatwad, who is wearing a sweatband, on a tennis court. The caption reads "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this."
January 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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true diner
a teal diner booth with a white mug of coffee and a copy of Hilary Leichter's fantastic novel Temporary
January 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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worth it
hand with snowman nail stickers holding a pretzel dog in a foil wrapper
December 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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I somehow lucked into an ARC of Universal Harvester, which came in a VHS case and is one of my most loved book things
spine of Universal Harvester VHS case Universal Harvester by John Darnielle VHS case cover interior of Universal Harvester VHS case with holographic book cover
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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an incredible self-own
December 4, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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psyching myself up for freezing cold errands with kids by remembering that I'm not a regular mom
meme of Amy Poehler in Mean Girls with text that read, I'm not a regular mom. I'm a blasts "Cortez the Killer" in the Target parking lot mom.
November 30, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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oh gosh bury me on the apple porch
wood paneled porch with wooden bins of apples at the Mennonite market near my house
November 25, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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The Mountain Goats at Phantom Power in Millersville, PA! John Darnielle, absolute earth angel, earnestly singing into a microphone on a purple lit stage. He is in front of a large drumkit, played by Jon Wurster, to his left is Matt Douglas behind a keyboard setup, and to his right is Peter Hughes head bent over his bass.
November 14, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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these are just the some of them 😬 ilovethemsomuch
a whole bunch of calico critters in costumes against blue and white floral wallpaper
November 13, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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but also, look at this lil guy
hand with black painted nails holding a small koala calico critter in a yellow onesie with blue backpack straps
November 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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what fantastic news. that's the kind of lit mag that makes you wish you wrote some little stories.
February 26, 2024 at 3:37 PM