Ph.D. student in English & Comp Lit at UNC - Chapel Hill. Researching women’s classical reception in literature. EIC at the Carolina Quarterly. Staff at Aôthen Magazine. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/kaitlin_writeshttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.social/post/3mepaonojos2dHi, I'm hardly on this site anymore—only because academia and other commitments eat up most of my time. I'm still cheering you all, writers and scholars alike, on.13 Feb 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:guygazfcjyarptt6cphp3oz7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepaonojos2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.social/post/3mbn72hofrc2hA new micro essay from me on SubStack. 2025 was a year. https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlinwrites/p/the-books-i-read-and-the-memories?r=18wex4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true05 Jan 2026 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:guygazfcjyarptt6cphp3oz7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbn72hofrc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.social/post/3m455gycbjk2gI watched the new adaption of Frankenstein this week. Here is my review. https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlinwrites/p/guillermo-del-toros-frankenstein?r=18wex4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true27 Oct 2025 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:guygazfcjyarptt6cphp3oz7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m455gycbjk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.social/post/3m3s5n2h26223The @fglif.bsky.social "Demystifying Academic Conferences" virtual panel is tomorrow! I'll be talking with folks and my fellow panelists about my experiences navigating conferences as a first-gen, low-income student. Would love to see you there! https://fglif.org/2025/09/30/demystifying-academic-conferences-october-23rd-2025/22 Oct 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:guygazfcjyarptt6cphp3oz7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3s5n2h26223https://bsky.app/profile/kaitlinwrites.bsky.social/post/3m3ng66nygk2gI’m presenting on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein tomorrow in one of my grad seminars. In my presentation, I’ll be discussing what it means for Mary Shelley herself to produce such a legacy text as a teenager and the implications of her success in women’s literary and archival histories.20 Oct 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:guygazfcjyarptt6cphp3oz7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ng66nygk2g