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Leta McCollough Seletzky

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Director, Low Res MFA in Creative Writing at U. of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe | 2022 NEA Literature Fellow | Author | Lawyer | Strictly my opinions

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 27d

I’m re-reading my book THE KNEELING MAN—this time with the realization that it’s as much about gun violence as anything else.

From beginning to end (including, of course, Dr. King’s assassination), it’s a story about the degree to which the social order is maintained at the barrel of a gun

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

Correct

Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 2d

As it turns out, not only were we NOT overreacting, we were underreacting 🫠

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

Because at this point 🫠

Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

Mmm hmm

Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

Well I guess that’s why that candidate said people wouldn’t need to bother voting again…

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

Or the past six or so months, to be fair lol

Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

No, really: apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

A firm run by a former Republican elections official has bought Dominion Voting Systems and “vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies that multiple judges have put on hold for violating the Constitution”—what could go wrong?

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 2d

As it turns out, not only were we NOT overreacting, we were underreacting 🫠

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 2d

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 2d

Our @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social faculty in the spotlight—so proud!

(And as an aside, our low-residency creative writing MFA program is accepting applications for spring term through Nov. 1! Apply here: www.unr.edu/liberal-arts...

unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social · 2d

We’re so extremely proud of faculty member @cathylinhche and the phenomenal news that her book Becoming Ghost is a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry—huge congratulations on this momentous achievement 🙏🏽