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Join Me in Celebrating Publication Day
Kohelette: A Novel came out this past Wednesday. I’m beyond thrilled! Advance readers may have had the novel for a while already, but I’ve still relished sending it out into the world more broadly, first with a recent excerpt appearing in The Polk Street Review 2026 and now with this past week’s publication. There may…
Keep readingWhat We Are To Each Other Sticks: On Kohelette and the Power of Memories
What we are to each other doesn’t go away. Our people don’t go away. And that changes everything.
Keep reading“Wicherek Way” and Some Truth in Fiction
“For better or for worse, she’d never given any hint of discomfort when her dreams had to face reality.” – from “Wicherek Way,” a short story from the world of the forthcoming novel Kohelette I wouldn’t say my fiction is autobiographical, but I do find myself drawing on bits of real-life experience to ground my…
Keep readingWhen the New Becomes Hard: On Kohelette and Piecing Together A Life After Loss
“She wants to do something new with her life, but she may need the dead to help her do it.” – Kohelette: A Novel How do you feel about doing new things? Energized and excited? Uneasy? Overwhelmed? I’ve been paying extra attention to how I answer that question as we’ve entered the new year. To be…
Keep reading“On Pumpkin Bread & Comfort Rituals”
Smith reads her essay at The Polk Street Review 2026 book launch party
Callie J. Smith 