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Edie Meade

The Only Constant

A question echoing into this canyon, from me to you. Can you hear?

3 min readDec 4, 2021

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The Only Constant

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Edie Meade

Gutting Ourselves On the Regular

Personal essays tear us up for a few pennies at a time. Is it worth it?

5 min readJan 25, 2021

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Meat market with customers.

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The Startup

Words to Live (Read, and Write) By

Laying out standards of reading and writing into a new set of artistic principles.

5 min readJan 24, 2021

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Stacks of books in a used bookstore.

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Edie Meade
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The Startup

Maybe This Is a Midlife Crisis

A year of explosive creativity ends a long fallow period in my life, but what does it signify?

4 min readJan 16, 2021

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Splattered paints with a palette and art supplies.

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Edie Meade
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The Startup

Uncomfortable Reflections on Twitter “Reply Guys”

Blather, wince, delete: The directions printed on my back.

7 min readAug 19, 2020

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Angry white man yelling into phone.

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Edie Meade
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The Startup

Why Interiority Matters in Poetry

Learning how to breathe more life into poems.

6 min readJun 19, 2020

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Mansion in the dark, with lit interior.

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Edie Meade
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The Startup

In Defense of Idioms

A case for why writers should not cut every “very” from their work.

4 min readJun 13, 2020

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Humpty Dumpty hot-air balloon.

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Edie Meade

Find Your Writing Advocates

The most important piece of writing advice I’ve received came from a reader who wanted to see me succeed.

7 min readJun 6, 2020

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Man assisting fellow mountain-climber to the top of a mountain.

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Edie Meade
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a Few Words

Touch

An elderly neighbor’s loneliness broke our social distancing efforts.

3 min readJun 5, 2020

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Close-up of elderly woman holding hands with another person.

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Edie Meade
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P.S. I Love You

I’m Replacing Happiness With Gratitude

For me, “I wouldn’t have it any other way” is the new “I’m happy.”

3 min readMay 31, 2020

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Child blowing dandelion in a field of flowers at sunset.

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Edie Meade

Edie Meade

A compassionate and opinionated human being. | Fiction author and visual artist in Central Appalachia. | Give my newsletter a try: https://bit.ly/2sZGM6n

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