Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsWrenches at Your InsidesWriting memoirs helps us understand both horror and hope in our own lives.Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsHappyA poem about depression in a world on fire.Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsThe Honesty of HalloweenHalloween was that moment out of time that allowed me to be anyone but me.Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsFailing PerfectionThis is and excerpt from Kelly’s new essay collection, Final Girl: And Other Essays on Grief, Trauma, and Mental Illness, which is out…Feb 14, 20191Feb 14, 20191
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsBeing Afraid, Becoming BraveI once had an impoverished definition of bravery. Luckily, I no longer do.Oct 30, 2018Oct 30, 2018
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsOn Writing and DepressionDepression can take away a writer’s most precious tools: her words, and her desire to write them.Sep 25, 20181Sep 25, 20181
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsThe Persistent Hum of AnxietyMy anxiety had taken over my brain, and I didn't want to let it.Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018
Kelly J. BakerinDisability ActsSimmering AngerWho would I be without my anger? I don't know.Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
Kelly J. BakerinHuman PartsGenre Fiction Saved My LifeI gave up many things for graduate school: long blonde hair, contact lenses, the ease at which I smiled, and popular fiction. Training to…Mar 31, 20152Mar 31, 20152