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Jake Kilroy
Jake Kilroy

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Apr 23, 2020

30 Songs At Once

Hello, this is my 30-day song challenge done at the same time. DAY 1: SONG YOU LIKE WITH A COLOR IN THE TITLE “Ivy & Gold” — Bombay Bicycle Club I discovered this via someone I briefly chatted up on a dating app, discussing her playlist prowess, particularly one for a weekend getaway in Joshua Tree. …

Songs

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30 Songs At Once
30 Songs At Once
Songs

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Apr 6, 2020

The Mighty Good Graces of Christopher Heard

a delectable offering of the nightlife surrounding the thoughtful performer Chris, if it were hastily written by Tennessee Williams. by Jake Kilroy SCENE ONE The parlor in which we find our lost souls is a new place that pretends to be an old place so that trendsetters who live on and trip…

Tennessee Williams

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The Mighty Good Graces of Christopher Heard
The Mighty Good Graces of Christopher Heard
Tennessee Williams

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Oct 24, 2019

Gulls

The season before my first broken heart, I often found myself on the castle walls, welcoming the sea breeze as heartily as I had the carmine berries my village eventually decimated. We love what we have until we can no longer. …

Fiction

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Gulls
Gulls
Fiction

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May 22, 2019

My Poetry, Suddenly More Than Art

Getting Money for My Poetry It is without exaggeration that I say one of the coolest things I’ve ever done is be commissioned to write poetry. This has happened exactly one time and it was only recently — curiously enough for Red Bull. I was brought onboard by extremely good design agency Hoodzpah, charged with…

Poetry

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My Poetry, Suddenly More Than Art
My Poetry, Suddenly More Than Art
Poetry

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May 10, 2019

34 is the New Infinity

I’ve never been set to have a year like this and I can’t wait. Today’s my birthday and life is good. I’ve never been this productive. I’ve never been this involved. I’ve never been this proactive. I’ve never been this grounded. I’ve never been this mindful. I’ve never been this…

Life Lessons

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34 is the New Infinity
34 is the New Infinity
Life Lessons

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May 6, 2019

How to Install a Car Stereo and Become a Perfect Person

Anything is as much everything as it is nothing. How do you fill something without parameters? I’ve wondered this since I first pitched The Perfect Person Project, my decidedly indefinite standing offer to learn anything from anyone. …

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How to Install a Car Stereo and Become a Perfect Person
How to Install a Car Stereo and Become a Perfect Person

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Apr 30, 2019

The Perfect Person Project

Nobody’s perfect. But you can be better than you were. To recap, I was existentially damaged/drifting/trampolining in a low-ceiling celestial chamber and now I’m as wide-eyed as I used to be on uppers with a healthy brain that would’ve suggested identity theft as recently as last year. [For further reference…

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The Perfect Person Project
The Perfect Person Project

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Apr 18, 2019

5 Things I Learned Once I Got Proactive About My Mental Health and General Existence

Do you know how insanely out of whack your existence has to be for you to huck half your wardrobe, scoop reading glasses you’ve needed for years, and put together three calendars in order to keep track of all the things you always wanted to do but never did? Let…

Life Lessons

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5 Things I Learned Once I Got Proactive About My Mental Health and General Existence
5 Things I Learned Once I Got Proactive About My Mental Health and General Existence
Life Lessons

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·Apr 8, 2019

Women of My Family, I Beg You: Let Me Die Alone

Please accept that maybe, just maybe, I want to be single — Dear ladies of this particular ancestral shield, who refuse to allow me to live out my days as a bachelor of poise and equanimity: Ah, my wonderfully charming kinswomen! There are simply not enough holidays in the year for us to gather together and celebrate the richness of life. It…

Relationships

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Women of My Family, I Beg You: Let Me Die Alone
Women of My Family, I Beg You: Let Me Die Alone
Relationships

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Mar 28, 2019

Why I Asked Everyone to Read My Dad’s Poetry When His Cancer Returned

My dad published his first volume of poetry when I was a teenager. Until then, I was quite unaware, yet totally unsurprised to discover, the man I know as Dad and everyone else knows as John Kilroy wrote poems. My whole life, my dad had been a thoughtful writer-editor type…

Poetry

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Why I Asked Everyone to Read My Dad’s Poetry When His Cancer Returned
Why I Asked Everyone to Read My Dad’s Poetry When His Cancer Returned
Poetry

20 min read

Jake Kilroy

Jake Kilroy

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Raised by handsome wolves, I mostly write these days. jake.kilroy@gmail.com

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