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Dr. Kellie D. Brown

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Professor of Music, violinist, conductor, writer, poet, Holocaust researcher, UMC lay minister kelliedbrown.com

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · May 30

I have a new poem out this week in On Gaia Literary Magazine. "Totem" was a difficult poem to write and to release into the world as it speaks to painful childhood moments that I was good at masking with a smile.
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Photo of me as a kid, holding my violin, smiling, with a taxidermied squirrel behind me

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 52m

Not a promising start for the student who emailed me questions about the music history research paper they are working on and misspelled the composer's name throughout.

#Academicsky

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 2d

Some reflections on my childhood love of Halloween and on the gift that music teachers give us.

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Spooky Soundtrack

Childhood Reflections on Halloween

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 8d

For the 1st time, I hosted an online co-writing session for my music history students who are working on a research paper. I scheduled it during the usual meeting time. It went really well. I might offer a voluntary evening session as well. Always looking for new pedagogical tools. #Academicsky

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 9d

I just read these two fabulous short stories: "Prayer in the Furnace" by Paul Klay and "Ordinary Sins" by Kirstin Valdez Quade. There is great commentary on them and other Catholic literary works in Brent Little's Art and Imagination.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 11d

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 14d

My publisher is having a sale. So, it would be a great time to pick up a copy or two of The Sound Hope. It's only 68 days until Christmas. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-...

The Sound of Hope - McFarland

The Sound of Hope Music as Solace, Resistance and Salvation During the Holocaust and World War II Kellie D. Brown 978-1-4766-7056-0 978-1-4766-3994-9

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 15d

I'm sorry you're dealing with this right now. It's so hard. I get triggered so often and it hits my PTSD and causes pain too.

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 19d

I refuse to accept that she is gone. Damn it

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 19d

I. Can't. 😭

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 21d

Lake Junaluska is looking particularly Impressionistic tonight.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 23d

We can't afford to lose people who are shining a light.

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 23d

We can't lose Dolly.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 27d

Same

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 27d

Saddened to hear of the death of the great Dame Patricia Routledge. Thank you for the laughs and great characters. Keep answering that slimline phone, Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet).

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 27d

Grateful and delighted for my micro essay "Anthurium" published by Libre to receive a nomination for Best of the Net. You can read it here.
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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 27d

One of the reasons that art endures is because it has timeless messages that continue to speak to us. The prints of Kollwitz and their meanings about the dangers of hate are as relevant today as ever. I hope you find meaning in reading about these prints.

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Seed for Sowing Should Not Be Milled

The Art of Käthe Kollwitz

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 24

thank you

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 24

100%

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 24

I'm excited to have my poem "Memento Mori" published this week by Phil Lit. It's a slightly creepy poem about pianos and metronomes. Enjoy, and please read the entire wonderful issue at simplebooklet.com/phillitfall2...

Memento mori

left right, click clack
marks the metronome.
hands once young,
now foxed and lined
keep time on keys
of black and white.
mind the pendulum
for entrance then exit.
keep in time, ceaseless.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 23

I fell prey to one of the oldest scams: I'll get gas in the morning.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 23

If you watched this in church youth group, I hope, like me, that you have a good therapist.

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 23

Cue the song, "We wish we'd all been ready."

Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 23

I saw enough films in youth group to be a good target for this joke.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · Sep 21

I love that and the entire poem.