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A white woman with dark hair and glasses stands in front of a wall with several words in 3d on it. The word 'BOOK' is centered over her head.
Kimberly Hirsh in front of the wall of words at
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC

Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.

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Recent posts

📚 16/31 WHEN I WAS A GIRL, THERE WERE MOUNTAINS by Blake Hackler. Excerpt from “On The Other Side”: “Can you carry danger/in a backpack? Smoke/the last of summer/on the long hike to the summit?” #TheSealeyChallenge

I’ve got all the pieces of my sewing machine, my sewing basket, 2 sewing books, and 2 sewing classes on Blueprint/Once-and-Future-Craftsy, so GET READY FOR SEWING-RELATED CONTENT. 🧵

I think my aesthetic is that I’m the librarian at the boarding school all the dark academia kids wish they went to. Replace the blazers with cardigans and the wire-rims with cat’s eye, boom, me.

📚 15/31 PORTAGE by Sarah Ann Winn. Excerpt from “Alma”: “Gorge of girl, shaped by erosion, gorgeous, engorged by trees..” ♥️ Another beautiful collection. #TheSealeyChallenge

Here’s the truth about life, kids: not one of us has it figured out. Every person who looks like they have it together actually is a mess in at least one area of their life. Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something. The only way we can get through it is together.

📚 14/31 SEED, STAR, SONG by May Chong. Excerpt from “Tembeling”: “The new rubies/of wild cinnamon leaves, and/the jewelbox of jungle flowers/are this earth’s exclamation:/we are still alive.” ♥️♥️♥️ Every poem in this collection is gorgeous. #TheSealeyChallenge

📚 13/31 MOTHER IS THE NAME FOR GOD by Judith Kingston. Excerpt from “III. Pentheus, My Son: “I never knew love until I became a mother./I was gentle and meek as a maid,but now I am a fierce lioness.” Bacchae is sadder than I remembered. #TheSealeyChallenge

My glasses broke. No advice needed: there’s no easy fix. I ordered 2 pair so that when this happens again, I don’t have to wait for a backup.