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Kristin Houlihan, Writer

@kristinwrites.bsky.social

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Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS Sufferer. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. Cofounder of #CripCoop. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @whirligiglit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · Feb 9

Who would like to buy my book today?

$0.99 in ebook
$3.46 in audio
$4.99 in paperback

29 micropoems about family, motherhood, and chronic illness

#BookSky

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Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose

Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose - Kindle edition by Houlihan, Kristin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lift the Mask: a short collection of poetry and lyrical prose.

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 13m

😆 for real

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 14m

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 1h

Just what you always wanted! Lol. We’re having a warriors themed bday party for the third year in a row…

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, I’ll check out the ingredients list

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I left out a lot of no-gos — I also can’t do avocado or fish. I can do a very small amount of prep myself but even grab and go typically needs to be brought to me in the morning

Might delete my post bc I’m starting to think I asked a truly impossible question!

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

(My dietary limitations are extensive and absurd. MCAS sucks)

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

Haven’t been able to tolerate hot beverages in years unfortunately. I miss miss coffee and tea! But I immediately sweat, very uncomfortably.

And grilled cheese is delicious! There just isn’t always someone available to make it for me

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

I’ll need to read the ingredients again — most of them unfortunately have corn, I think. Or gums. I don’t do well with gums (tho that’s starting to improve if I don’t overdo it). Perhaps just chocolate milk.

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

I was gonna say — if not an Obgyn, a pelvic floor physical therapist can!

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you so much.

And so true - life La burdens get a little lighter if we allow ourselves to be vulnerable

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you!

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 17h

Late post for #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk

From my book, Lift the Mask, and the piece its title was taken from (this is a photo of the page from the paperback)

#Ubiquity

Normalize the
#ubiquity of brokenness.
Enlighten all to the
universality of struggle.
Lift the mask worn
by the apparently whole.
Each broken soul
will then find solace
in knowing it's
not alone.

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 17h

to do. Overall an interesting look into a culture very different from mine while also being a look at womanhood in general #BookSky

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 17h

Book 84 of 2025 - Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi — 2025 winner of the Booker Prize. I wouldn’t have picked this up otherwise and I didn’t enjoy every story but I’m glad I read it. The final story is 🔥 and with the translators note really pulls together what she was trying

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 17h

I have a wishlist from one of my kids with items started by how desired they are — like, “LEGO set ⭐️⭐️” or “warrior cats figures x and y ⭐️x10” and it cracks me up but is also… really helpful and illuminating.

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 20h

it out as I go

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Oh interesting. So today I haven’t eat nearly as much as I usually do (which honestly isn’t that much to begin with). Grilled cheese went fine. Salad went fine. Rice cakes with Nutella on top made me nauseous for hours. I wasn’t sure if what I eat is related to the nausea or what. I guess I’ll sort

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 23h

Can I ask what happens if you eat greasy food?

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good one, you should go get it! (I have it) #BookSky

T Guzman @tguzman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, my chapbook is half off over at @stanchion.bsky.social! Here's a little excerpt for your Friday listen.

T Guzman @tguzman.bsky.social · 3d

Ever wonder how to get a ghost mom? Give this little excerpt from my chapbook a listen.

If you like what you hear, GHOST MOM is 50% off right now at @stanchion.bsky.social! 👻
youtu.be/ymbok0v9oSw?...

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

It is 71 and sunny - gorgeous outside! And my kids are mad that I sent them out to the backyard 🤪

(It’s small. And paved. Was awesome when my oldest was 8 but now my youngest is 7 — not quite enough space for them to move around. But it’s outside.)

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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 1d

“If we assume, conservatively, that it takes 12 to 15 years to develop acceptable therapeutics for Long COVID, and then another 18 years for them to reach clinical practice, people my age — and yours — will have passed before they get help. We need to accelerate this.”

The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 1d

A group of 53 people with #LongCOVID joined a clinical trial for Vyvgart. For many of them, the treatment changed everything.

Then, without warning, Argenx canceled the trial.

Most of them have now relapsed.

They're calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug: bit.ly/48l1Qp5

A photo Nicole Barrick, a woman in a pink KN95 mask, receives an infusion of Vyvgart. The text reads, "The Sick Times. Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug. By Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White."

"For those living with Long COVID, every ounce of hope is hard-won. This isn’t just about physical symptoms. It’s about the emotional toll of being given hope — and then having it taken away." - Vyvgart clinical trial participants
Clare Banaszewski, Nicole Barrick, Mike Bilik, Addie Davis, Mia Delli Gatti, Ellie Hayes, Roman White

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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 1d

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Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 1d

For an October #PoemsAbout #ImperfectMe, it only seemed right to revisit (tweak again) this piece.

@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk

Thank you, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, for including this poem in issue 4!

Audio: epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...

Print copy: is.gd/epistemiclit...

Listen to the audio of Halloween Masks, a poem by Tracie Renee at: https://epistemiclit.com/past-issues/issue-four/halloween-masks

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Did you get nausea at all? I’m about an hour and half/2 hrs post my first dose and it just hit me. It’s tolerable so hopefully this is the extent of it.