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If We Could Talk to the Animals
“Can we keep him?” “No.” “But it’s a TALKING DOG!”
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Karawynn Long
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September 2023

The Dog Days of Summer
An old dog, a new puppy, paralysis, and growth
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Karawynn Long

August 2023

A Novel, a Wedding, and Some Heavy Petting
Plus some library- and publishing-related addenda
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Karawynn Long
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July 2023

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
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Karawynn Long
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June 2023

Language Is a Poor Heuristic for Intelligence
With the emergence of LLM “AI”, everyone will have to learn what many disabled people have always understood
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Karawynn Long
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Ideas in Conversation with Each Other
On the long and the short of fiction writing
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Karawynn Long
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May 2023

Breasts of Burden
Don’t get excited, there’s no titillation here
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Karawynn Long

April 2023

I’m Not Sorry
I’m just drawn that way
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Karawynn Long
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March 2023

Learning to Uncurl
Can I reclaim any part of my youngest, happiest self?
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Karawynn Long
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February 2023

A Necessary Grace
On learning to manage anger in the aftermath of abuse
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Karawynn Long
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January 2023

Memory Is a Double-Edged Sword
Losing it still felt like cutting out my heart
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Karawynn Long
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Elon and Me
On identifying the autism-to-asshole pipeline
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