Kermit O
WRITER • EDUCATOR • DREAMER — Light brown. Unapologetically Black. Punches up. Writing a dreampunk novel about kids, trauma, and parallel worlds.

To All The Never Books

May 9, 2019 • Until the Monsters Come, Writing

So I find myself thinking about all the “Never Books”, the books I will never write, not because of stagnation, but because for any given project I have to draw the line somewhere and finish it. There are infinite variations of any book I might write, given enough time to ruminate and to appropriate any and everything that captures my attention, stirs my devotion, or inspires my revolt. Truly, what would UTMC become if I gave it another twenty years?

Thought Experiments, UTMC, Writing Process

Contemplating Cultural Appropriation

November 9, 2010 • Until the Monsters Come, Writing

In Until the Monsters Come, I borrow from first-hand accounts of the Stolen Generations of Indigenous Australians. As I’ve continued writing, however, I’ve gotten to thinking about cultural appropriation…

Cultural Appropriation, Media Representation, Writer's Responsibility

A dream world shaped by children's desires.
A sanctuary…


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