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.

Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.

Recent posts

Every time I go to Blue Bicycle Books in Charleston, SC, USA I’m delighted by this sign they place on the shelf with the Chronicles of Narnia.

Raging because I don’t understand how OneDrive is supposed to work and thus lost more than half of the work I did yesterday.

Mom dreams: this morning, I dreamed I had to save Michelangelo, who was trapped in a collapsed Roman sewer, and reunite him with the other Ninja Turtles (Casey Jones was down there too and he was no help), and also I had to buy a new car seat.

My kid paints these giant abstract paintings; I call him my little Rothko. I cut hearts out from 2 paintings for him to give to his friends as valentines.

I stepped outside for an unexpected emergency medical shopping expedition this morning and the moon greeted me, and I immediately felt as if everything was going to be okay.

Took my favorite person to my favorite spot in Charleston yesterday, but forgot to post the picture until just now.