On Sitting in the Dark, the Ways Men Smell, and How You Just Might Find You Get What You Need
It’s a little after 8:30 on an October evening and the rain is lightly falling outside. The drops are tapping the skylight in my living...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Dec 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Queen's Gambit Reminded Me That Creativity is Fragile
I plowed through The Queen’s Gambit this week, the Netflix show that tells the fictional story of Beth Harmon, an orphan with a gift for...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
Giving Up Alcohol Made Everything Better. But Worse. But Better.
My last drink was three years ago today, on the patio at BookBar, in Denver. I was with friends and a mentor from grad school, who was in...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
What Happens Next
It took a while, but I finally found my social-distancing groove. I created a structure for my days and a toolbox of things that help...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Apr 4, 2020
- 4 min
Non-Productivity in the Time of Coronoavirus
I keep coming across the idea with friends and in my social media circle that as writers and artists, or introverts even, we’ve been...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Aug 29, 2019
- 2 min
If You Build It, Ideas Will Come
If you subscribe to this blog you may have noticed I’ve been posting more lately. A friend and I committed to doing so, and so far, we’ve...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Aug 20, 2019
- 3 min
Diet Culture is Coming for the Children
At my cousin’s wedding reception a couple of summers ago, my then nine-year-old niece picked up my wrap and asked me what it was for. I...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Aug 13, 2019
- 2 min
There Is No Finish Line
I saw the movie “Yesterday” this past weekend, about Jack Malik, a struggling musician, who after an accident, learns that he is the only...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Aug 6, 2019
- 2 min
Don't Just Wait. Do Something.
It’s been more than a year a half since I completed my MFA in creative writing. It’s been on my mind lately because my program—the...
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Stephanie Vessely
- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
Can We Stop Using the Terms Pro-Life and Pro-Choice?
I keep seeing this picture in the wake of the passage of the new draconian abortion laws. I stole it from Vox, but it’s properly...
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Stephanie Vessely
- May 11, 2019
- 1 min
Womanhood Does Not Equal Motherhood
Dear Jefferson County public library, I think what you mean is “Celebrate Mothers.” Best, Child-free women literally everywhere
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