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Karen E Lillis

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GroupsBlank Generation, Blur(b), Contemporary Fiction, cvillagers, Deep South, Girlybooks, Librarians who LibraryThing, List Five Books Parlour Game, Literary Fiction, Secondhand/Used Bookshop/store Addictsshow all groups

Favorite bookstoresSt. Mark's Bookshop

About meI'm a writer of fiction and poetry. The Second Elizabeth is my latest novel, out since February 2009 from Six Gallery Press. A work of poetic prose, the book has been described as "hypnotic" (novelist, Eckhard Gerdes), "trance-inducing" (poet, Heather McNaugher) and having a "nearly magical flow" (Jason Behrends, Orange Alert blog). The story follows Elizabeth and her newfound friend and coworker, Beth, through one sweltering and overgrown summer in Charlottesville, Virginia. Elizabeth has returned to the scene of a past trauma, but Beth's resilience and originality awaken the possibility of hope. [See my author page for reviews.]

Among other themes, I often write about women, about doubles, about identity, about place, and about work; I write about lovers and mothers and brothers and bosses. I'm the author of the novel i, scorpion (Words Like Kudzu Press, 2000); of the illustrated novella (under a psuedonym), Magenta's Adventures Underground (WLK, 2004); and of the chapbooks, Gentrify My Love (poems), Tough Broads and Classy Dames (monologues) and Virginia is for Lovers (poems).

My writing has been published in journals such as anderbo.com, Arabesques Review, Keyhole Magazine, Long Shot, New York Nights, nthposition.com, and Pulse Berlin, among others. My work is included in the recent anthology, Wreckage of Reason: An Anthology of Contemporary XXperimental Prose by Women Writers (Spuyten Duyvil, June 2008).

I founded Words Like Kudzu Press in 2000; in 2001, the press spawned a journal, Venus in the Mirror. The journal featured over twenty women writers in two issues, and I am now working on placing the journal in zine libraries and other small press archives.

About my libraryMy library is largely the books that have inspired and influenced me--my favorite books. It consists mostly of things I've read, some of which I still own, and some books I would like to read. The latter includes some books with which I feel a kinship even though I haven't read them yet. (I handled them, I read bits and pieces, I was inspired by their themes or scope, I applauded their publication.)

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LocationPittsburgh, PA

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Member sinceSep 17, 2007

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A Plea

GOD grant me these: the strength to do
Some needed service here;
The wisdom to be brave and true;
The gift of vision clear,
That in each task that comes to me
Some purpose I may plainly see.

God teach me to believe that I
Am stationed at a post,
Although the humblest 'neath the sky,
Where I am needed most.
And that, at last, if I do well
My humble services will tell.

God grant me faith to stand on guard,
Uncheered, unspoke, alone,
And see behind such duty hard
My service to the throne.
Whate'er my task, this be my creed:
I am on earth to fill a need.

Edgar Guest
I'm in the Alman/Tomer 2000 class & the 2220 Cox Intro to Archives. How you enjoying the experience so far?
Hey Karen -

I'm a Pittsburgh transplant as of August, so unless it was a Lisa in Boulder, CO, we haven't had a proper introduction yet. Which classes are you in this semester?

-Brian
Love, love your life story on postcardlifestories.blogspot.com.

Great library, too.
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