Kelly Thompson
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- 49 Writers
- A Country Boy Can Surmise
- andrewjshields
- Astrology, Monthly Horoscopes, Weekly Horoscopes, Planet Waves by Eric Francis, Daily Astrology Blog, Photography
- emerging visions
- Emerging Writers Network
- KellyBlog
- La Belette Rouge
- Mark Doty
- Paul Lisicky
- Progressive Alaska
- Something Sacred gestation pages
- The Fair Light Review
- ⠿Musings⠿
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | writer, licensed clinical social worker |
| Location | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Introduction | Kelly Thompson is currently working on a memoir, the story of one woman's journey of single teenage motherhood and out of her family's fundamentalist cult. Persistence in the face of poverty, silence, and erasure ends in identity and power for the narrator and her descendants. Kelly's work has been published or anthologized in BOMB, LARB, VIDA Review, Guernica, Electric Literature, Entropy, Fatal Flaw, Oh Comely, The Rattling Wall, Dove Tales, The Rumpus, Proximity, The Writing Disorder, Witchcraft, Manifest Station, 49 Writers, Coachella Review, Lady Liberty Lit, and other literary journals. She is also the curator for the highly regarded 'Voices on Addiction' column at The Rumpus. Kelly lives in Denver, Colorado in the sunshine of the spirit. You can follow her on Twitter @stareenite. |
| Interests | reading, writing, psychology, human behavior, sociology, human rights, painting, art, linguistics, philosophy, mythology, astrology, spirituality, literature, zen, yoga, Appalachia, folk music, kayaking, trees, sunshine |
| Favorite Movies | The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Sophie's Choice, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Evita, Requiem for a Dream, The Abyss |
| Favorite Music | Kelly loves music and it is music that has given her an "ear" for writing. She grew up surrounded by the folk music of Appalachia and its instruments, the guitar, banjo, fiddle, and piano. She worked as a disc jockey from 1976 to 1992 at radio stations across the front range of Colorado with a brief stint in Alabama. Her music tastes are varied but lately run to the singer-songwriter genre and acoustic ballads. |
| Favorite Books | Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch, The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld, Map of the World by Jane Hamilton, The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner, The God of Small Things, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, For the Time Being by Annie Dillard, The Writing Life by Annie Dillard, Mister God, This Is Anna by Flynn, Nectar Through a Sieve, The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz, Daybook by Anne Truitt, Long Quiet Highway by Natalie Goldberg, The Girl With A Pearl Earring, Letters to A Young Poet by Marie Rainier Rilke, Letters on Cezanne by Rilke, The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Drama of the Gifted Child by Ann Miller, The Meaning of It All by Richard P. Feynman, Consilience by Edward O. Wilson, Love and Living by Thomas Merton, Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagal, Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith, The Coal Tattoo by Silas House, Parchment of Leaves by Silas House, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, On Agate Hill by Lee Smith, Beluga Days by Nancy Lord, so many more... |
You forgot your mom's birthday! What can you make out of super glue and olive pits?
A jewlery box for the heart.