Leta McCollough Seletzky
@letaseletzky.com
Director, Low Res MFA in Creative Writing at U. of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe | 2022 NEA Literature Fellow | Author | Lawyer | Strictly my opinions
Pinned
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
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
The only thing tackier and more ignoble than those gold spray-painted polyurethane mouldings is the man himself
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The only thing tackier and more ignoble than those gold spray-painted polyurethane mouldings is the man himself
Polyurethane ornamental mouldings spray-painted gold is a pretty good metaphor for the current governance landscape
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Polyurethane ornamental mouldings spray-painted gold is a pretty good metaphor for the current governance landscape
I’m squarely in my “don’t be sorry, be careful” era
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m squarely in my “don’t be sorry, be careful” era
One of Apple’s greatest innovations is those easy open boxes 😅
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One of Apple’s greatest innovations is those easy open boxes 😅
I love a cult accessory as much as the next person, but that iPhone pocket just feels so forced. It’s like they’re trying to make fetch happen lol
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I love a cult accessory as much as the next person, but that iPhone pocket just feels so forced. It’s like they’re trying to make fetch happen lol
Nobody:
Me: [takes long drag of imaginary cigarette] Some of these presidents are for the streets
Me: [takes long drag of imaginary cigarette] Some of these presidents are for the streets
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nobody:
Me: [takes long drag of imaginary cigarette] Some of these presidents are for the streets
Me: [takes long drag of imaginary cigarette] Some of these presidents are for the streets
In other news, I’m almost caught up with my laundry, which is another sign of the apocalypse
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
In other news, I’m almost caught up with my laundry, which is another sign of the apocalypse
I dare say we’re living through the most savage day in the history of memes
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I dare say we’re living through the most savage day in the history of memes
The human mind simply was not built to withstand terrible information of this magnitude at this velocity
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The human mind simply was not built to withstand terrible information of this magnitude at this velocity
One measure of how sick and unsafe people are is how many are making excuses and splitting hairs over pedophilia and child trafficking. This is a good time to take note, folks
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One measure of how sick and unsafe people are is how many are making excuses and splitting hairs over pedophilia and child trafficking. This is a good time to take note, folks
My brother just shared this heartwarming memory—family first! 🤗
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My brother just shared this heartwarming memory—family first! 🤗
So now the complaint is that the email describing how our embattled warlord spent hours alone with an Epstein victim at Epstein’s house was “selectively leaked”?
Talk about grasping at straws—and soggy paper ones at that
Talk about grasping at straws—and soggy paper ones at that
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So now the complaint is that the email describing how our embattled warlord spent hours alone with an Epstein victim at Epstein’s house was “selectively leaked”?
Talk about grasping at straws—and soggy paper ones at that
Talk about grasping at straws—and soggy paper ones at that
Cannot let this day pass without honoring our veterans—including and especially my dad, @maciv.bsky.social. Despite the best efforts of some, your service and sacrifices are not in vain 🙏🏽
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Cannot let this day pass without honoring our veterans—including and especially my dad, @maciv.bsky.social. Despite the best efforts of some, your service and sacrifices are not in vain 🙏🏽
Back at the Chit-Chat Club—this time in a hat!
(Which I didn’t wear for dinner because it just felt like a lot lol)
(Which I didn’t wear for dinner because it just felt like a lot lol)
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Back at the Chit-Chat Club—this time in a hat!
(Which I didn’t wear for dinner because it just felt like a lot lol)
(Which I didn’t wear for dinner because it just felt like a lot lol)
Regarding reliance on psychic predictions of bar exam success:
Evidence is one of the core subjects covered by the California Bar exam 😬
Evidence is one of the core subjects covered by the California Bar exam 😬
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Regarding reliance on psychic predictions of bar exam success:
Evidence is one of the core subjects covered by the California Bar exam 😬
Evidence is one of the core subjects covered by the California Bar exam 😬
Something I offhandedly said to one of my kids that maybe everyone needs to hear: We should not be looking up to or expecting anything honorable or good from celebrities 😐
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Something I offhandedly said to one of my kids that maybe everyone needs to hear: We should not be looking up to or expecting anything honorable or good from celebrities 😐
My kids are playing with a VR headset while I’m translating text from a Russian art book to English with my phone.
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
My kids are playing with a VR headset while I’m translating text from a Russian art book to English with my phone.
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
We really are living in “the future,” and yet society is more raggedy than ever lol
I know the Apple Genius Bar hates to see me coming 🥴
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I know the Apple Genius Bar hates to see me coming 🥴
You know what? I can boo AND vote
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You know what? I can boo AND vote
Any Dem who lacks guts and a sense of urgency needs to be voted out at the first opportunity
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Any Dem who lacks guts and a sense of urgency needs to be voted out at the first opportunity
I’m going to start calling that crew the Wizard of Oz Dems because they have no brain, heart, or courage
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m going to start calling that crew the Wizard of Oz Dems because they have no brain, heart, or courage
The WAY legacy media will platform a discussion blaming women for men’s problems, but not one about how blaming women for men’s problems is one of men’s problems
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The WAY legacy media will platform a discussion blaming women for men’s problems, but not one about how blaming women for men’s problems is one of men’s problems
I’d like to thank the California Bar Exam for saving the profession from a certain somebody who studied via ChatGPT
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I’d like to thank the California Bar Exam for saving the profession from a certain somebody who studied via ChatGPT
One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Just got a spam text asking “Hey, is this Steve?” and I was so tempted to go on an aggressively irritating roleplay adventure this evening:
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just got a spam text asking “Hey, is this Steve?” and I was so tempted to go on an aggressively irritating roleplay adventure this evening:
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”
“Bingo! Howdy doo?”