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Leta McCollough Seletzky
@letaseletzky.com
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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 · 24d
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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It’s a sad (and chilling) day when legacy media cannot be trusted to follow even the most basic tenets of journalism.

But when one of the world’s most influential and ubiquitous news sources uses a photo from the 1992 LA uprisings to characterize events in 2025 Portland, we’re at that point
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d
Thank you 🙏🏽
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d
It was truly a joy and an honor to take part in the relaunch of Writers in the Woods in the place where I became a writer ✨
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unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social · 1d
Thrilled to kick off Writers in the Woods with @letaseletzky.com, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir THE KNEELING MAN, a Library Journal Best Book of 2023, BookPage Best Book of 2023, Black Caucus of the Am. Library Assn. Honor Book for Nonfiction, and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist 📚
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Thrilled to kick off Writers in the Woods with @letaseletzky.com, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir THE KNEELING MAN, a Library Journal Best Book of 2023, BookPage Best Book of 2023, Black Caucus of the Am. Library Assn. Honor Book for Nonfiction, and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist 📚
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d
The level of freedom we experience will depend on the level of courage we demonstrate
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d
That’s so wonderful to hear—really means a lot. Thank you 🙏🏽
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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Aug 1
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 3d
It’s been a singular honor to lead this weekend’s Writers in the Woods workshop at UNR Lake Tahoe. Last night’s reading felt particularly momentous, not only because I began writing THE KNEELING MAN on this campus but also because current events are mirroring those in my book in a powerful way
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 3d
And now we see plainly that the America we strove for and the America they strove for were never the same. They couldn’t be more different, in fact
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
All of this
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Nothing would surprise me at this point
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
I’m just really tired of fakes, phonies, and ops
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
… almost as if they’re FOS (which we already knew)
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
I mean REALLY
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
The VP Harris book tour protest people are mighty quiet about Chicago and Memphis
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
I have some things to say…
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Yep
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
TOMORROW NIGHT!

Reno/Tahoe people (and beyond), hope to see you there!

Friday, October 3
6 to 7:30 pm
University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe
Prim Library Mezzanine
Free and open to all

Link to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-in...
Writers in the Woods University of Nevada, Reno AT LAKE TAHOE JOIN US FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 • 6PM DOORS AT 5:30PM Join National Endowment for the Arts 2022 Creative Writing Fellow Leta Seletzky & author June Saraceno for reading, reflection & discussion. Leta McCollough Seletzky is a National Endowment for the Arts 2022 Creative Writing Fellow and author of The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a Library Journal Best Book of 2023, BookPage Best Book of 2023, and Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book for Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and elsewhere, and she serves as director of the low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Lera Seletiky June Sylvester Saraceno is author of Feral, North Carolina, 1965, a novel in stories set in the rural South centered on the fictional Miller family, narrated by ten-year-old Willie Mae. In addition to fiction, she has three collections of poetry in print. Jure Sylvester Saravera Don't miss this inspiring talk! Scan the QR code to sign up
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Well look around—THIS is what happens when you don’t stay woke
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
And always so quick to change the subject when racism came up. Or explain it away—always with condescension
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Honestly, I knew it was over when I heard “allies” complain about “wokeism”
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Yep
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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 5d
Yep, that’s what it is
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