Kelly Mullins โจ Poetry โจย
๐ซ I'm Not Lazy I Just Don't Want to Work Anymore ๐ซ
ย COMING SOON!
My poetry book, "I'm Not Lazy I Just Don't Want to Work Anymore", a story of corporate burnout in 20 poems, is launching soon! It details my time getting involved in workplace activism at a large tech company, my subsequent burnout, and the years-long, non-linear recovery process of ultimately deciding I needed to GTFO and girlboss no longer.ย
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Poetry Trapper Keeper is a weekly poetry newsletter that reaches into the collective Coach purse of our past, spritzes herself in Love Spell, grabs her pink Razr phone (covered in rhinestones, of course) & erratically FORWARDS THIS MESSGE TO 100 FRIENDS OR SHEโLL DIE IN 7 DAYS!!!ย The newsletter is co-run by online BFF's, Kelly Mullins and Larissa Fantini.
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Bio ๐
Kelly Mullins is an American poet and recovering girlboss who lives in Amsterdam. They run the weekly poetry newsletter, Poetry Trapper Keeper, with their BFF, Larissa Fantini. Their book, "I'm Not Lazy I Just Don't Want to Work Anymore" (a story of corporate burnout in 20 poems) is coming out soon! Follow them on instagram or subscribe to their newsletter for more info on the release date and launch party. For inquiries, collaboration ideas, or compliments, you can drop them a line at mullins.kr@gmail.com. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in the list of publications, exhibitions, workshops and residencies listed below. But like, accolades totally don't matterl!!ย
Published Work ๐๏ธ
here, taste this, Protean, September 2023ย
Everything Else Has Edges, Rise Up Review, 2023
I Only Get My News from Poetry, Poetry Ireland, Issue 136, 2022
Field Elm, Selcouth Station, Dec 2021
The most interesting thing about me can't be my, Selcouth Station, Dec 2021
Welcome to my crib!, Streetcake Magazine, Nov 2021
Functions of Dramatic People, SAND, Issue 23, Nov 2021
Washing dishes is a chore but we cannot just stop eating, Shock ofย the Femme, Sept 2021
Stop. Even Meghan Markle Wants Us to Unionize, Shock of the Femme, Sept 2021
My Therapist Told Me to Write a Letter to my Burnt-Out Self, Shock of the Femme, Sept 2021
I'm not lazy I just don't want to work anymore, Pine Hills Review, July 2021
Executive from Europe's Most Diverse & Inclusive Company of 2019 Retweets, The Broadkill Review, July 2021
Team Standup, The Broadkill Review, July 2021
Gypsy Witch, Aurora: The Allegory Ridge Poetry Anthology, Mar 2021
You're Preaching to the Chaos, Anti-Heroin Chic, April 2021
Instructions for Thirst Trapping, Anti-Heroin Chic, April 2021
Quarantine Escapes, Hash Journal, October 2020
Quarantine Walks, Maudlin House, July 2020
New York Forever, In Parentheses, December 2019
Behavior, Impact Options, In Parentheses, December 2019
Pop Astrology, In Parentheses, December 2019
pick up the phone, Vagabond City, January 2023
there's no money in poetry, Narrative Northeast, 2023 (upcoming)
Exhibitions, etc. ๐ผ๏ธ
"In the Process of Making" Exhibition @ Treehouse NDSM in Amsterdam Noord from March 16th - April 9th, 2023. Showing source.txt interactive poetry installation.ย
Disquiet, Literary Program Participant, Summer 2023
Greywood Arts, Writer in Residence, September 2023
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