Mary Karr, Poet/Memoirist/Professor
@marykarrlit
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Liars’ Club, Cherry, Viper Rum, Lit, Sinners Welcome, Art of Memoir, Tropic of Squalor
Manhattan, NY
Joined June 2010
Telling somebody to ‘relax’ has worked zero times.
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Even the squirrel praying this morning as I rushed to a plane. (Thnx Caleigh for the send off)
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Playing nonstop in Times Square for Scorcese presents The Saints is Devereux Milburn’s clip on Peter (#ProudMama!) along w/ Francesca Scorcese’s Carlo & Matti Leshem’s Patrick. https://t.co/EEUaPH4YvO
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‘I keep waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to come back into fashion.’—Mayokovsky
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While cross-country skiing this morning, Dr. Karp decided to launch a new program: The Neurodivergent Fellowship. If you find yourself relating to him in this video — unable to sit still, or thinking faster than you can speak — we encourage you to apply. The final round of
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Writing a book about my off-and-on bond with my adored older sis, I watch these love ninjas play it out better than we ever did, thnx in no small part to their luminous folks. #SisterLove
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Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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Why I live in NYC! That and @ZohranKMomdani proving the people can still speak.
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The censors of Muskrat’s X cut my posts because I celebrated with other New Yorkers #Mamdami’s historic win. God forbid people vote without some trillionare facist try to muzzle us. Nyah nyah nyah, Nazis. We win, you lose.
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Zohran Mamdani's win is "proof of concept of how to fight fascism," says @naomiaklein. "Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity" of New York.
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A Floriday is what happens when “Why not?” meets “Why wait?”
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Me trying to teach my page to make sense. ‘Don’t ask for a hit—you got 20 already!’ #AmWriting #Memoir
#WritingCommmunity #WritingTips
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My grands were ring bearers at a family nuptial. Why don’t they have star-sparkle dresses with tiers like a cake for nanas? It’s not fair!
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A man playing Star Wars Death March hurt the black shirts wittle feelings so they grab him like he’s a threat to the social order, not . Also a man in giraffe costume calling their weapons super soakers. https://t.co/emYHaacJAY
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A movie handmade by humans for humans. ⚡️ Don’t miss FRANKENSTEIN, expanding to select theaters this weekend and on Netflix November 7.
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Got a sneak peek at #Frankenstein last night & still haunted. Guillermo del Toro goes in deep on the Mary Shelley tome & viewers are gonna cheer.
Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth star in FRANKENSTEIN, a film by Guillermo del Toro. Now playing in select theaters and on Netflix November 7.
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Dear film producers, pls stop with the franchise flicks. The apps stink w/ content watered down over & over. I don’t give a rat’s booty what you did last summer…..
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After three years of nonstop relapsing mid-to-late 80s, I start my 37th year sans drugs & booze. I give all credit to my son, Dev, and Mother who showed me how. Thanks also to the grace & mercy that dwarfs us all, to the women who loved me when I couldn’t love myself, and to
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