Kirslyn Schell-Smith (she/her) is an artist, writer, and photographer with a BA in Studio Art from Denison University and an MFA from Ithaca College. She became interested in art and writing at a young age. In fact, her first camera was a Fisher-Price Perfect Shot that took 110 film. As of 2020, that film may or may not have been developed...its current whereabouts are unknown. She prefers to write when she isn't expecting it; her psychiatrist's office, in her car in a parking lot, in between clients, in bed at 2am, standing in line at the grocery store, and while she's avoiding the household chores. She has most recently been published by Paul Soulellis, Pilot Press, Soft Lightning, The Los Angeles Press, and Genre Urban Arts (upcoming).
Follow her on Instagram @kirslynschellsmithart.
When I turned 18, my dad gave me a pack of matches for my birthday as well as metal poles for holding marshmallows this was during my “bonfire, cooking
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Undetermined date, 20216:13 am “You understand me. We mirror each other. You’re what I see when I look in the mirror and I’m what you see when you don’t.”
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