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Kristen Arnett

Kristen Arnett
Kristen Arnett is a queer fiction and essay writer. She won the 2017 Coil Book Award for her debut short fiction collection, Felt in the Jaw, and was awarded Ninth Letter's 2015 Literary Award in Fiction. Her work has either appeared or is forthcoming at North American Review, The Normal School, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, Guernica, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Volume 1 Brooklyn, Bennington Review, Tin House Flash Fridays/The Guardian, Salon, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, will be published by Tin House Books in Summer 2019. You can find her on twitter here: @Kristen_Arnett


Do You Really Need a Degree to
Be a Librarian?

Kristen Arnett Has Some Career Advice For You
September 12, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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Kristen Arnett: Ain’t No Party Like
a Library Party

There's Something For Everyone at Your Local Library (and If There Isn't, Just Ask)
August 29, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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Buddy, the Library Isn’t a 7-Eleven

A Running Tally of Items People Have Asked for at the Circulation Desk
August 15, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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The Dos and Don’ts of Supporting
Your Local Library

For God's Sake, Do Not Recatalog a Book with Sharpie
August 1, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News

Kristen Arnett Goes in for Some Hardcore Librarianing (Sure, It's a Verb)
July 18, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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Librarians Will Guard Your Privacy
With Their Lives

We Won't Even Narc If You're Watching Porn
June 20, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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My Life is Like a Movie…
Starring Librarians!

Kristen Arnett Comes to Terms with Libraries in Pop Culture
June 6, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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How to Run Storytime Without
Boring Everyone to Death

(Or Suffering a Nervous Breakdown)
May 16, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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For Libraries, the “Customer is Always Right” Might Be Wrong

Kristen Arnett: Hard Lessons Learned from the Front Desk
May 2, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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Essential DIY Tips for Surviving Slashed Library Budgets

Kristen Arnett Finds (Figurative) Gems in the Trash
April 18, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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Are You Pregnant? Can I Have Some Creamer? And Other Questions I Get
at the Library

Kristen Arnett is Back with More Tales from the Library
April 4, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything.

Introducing a New Column by Kristen Arnett
March 21, 2018  By Kristen Arnett
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The Problem With Writing About Florida

"This Isn't Your Place to Write About. It's Barely Mine."
June 28, 2017  By Kristen Arnett
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