Kristy MilliganAn open letter to a society with closed heartsYou’d remember her. She was tiny, unimposing. But she was also a screamer. She’d park her shopping cart on the pavement in front of my…Aug 24, 2023Aug 24, 2023
Kristy MilliganPeople who sleep inside should not make decisions that delay/deny care or opportunity for people…That’s it. Full stop. If you’ve read just that sentence, gold star for you.May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
Kristy MilliganStorylinesLast year, after a particularly wrenching death within the community, a dear friend sent me this excerpt from the epilogue of Mary Lou…Dec 7, 2022Dec 7, 2022
Kristy MilliganSeven things runners (and everybody else) should know about homeless campsI recently read a missive denigrating a race that listed, among its complaints, the “urban” section of trail and — more specifically — the…Apr 17, 20221Apr 17, 20221
Kristy MilliganFacts, five years after my sister died: My eggs this morning looked like the moon’s surface.Apr 8, 20222Apr 8, 20222
Kristy MilliganErasureIn a recent interview with Krista Tippett, Collette Pichon Battle spoke of our collective moral obligation to support our community’s most…Mar 6, 20221Mar 6, 20221
Kristy MilliganA poem about someone who’s housed, and a few people who are not.I don’t want to write anymore.Feb 23, 20221Feb 23, 20221
Kristy MilliganOn wakingWhat is the American Dream, exactly? What wretched refuse of what teeming shores of what shithole countries still look to our shores, our…Dec 17, 2021Dec 17, 2021
Kristy MilliganAn open letter to vaccine-hesitant folxI probably don’t have anything new to say to you. I bet I don’t have anything to say that will change your mind. I suppose neither is the…Sep 18, 2021Sep 18, 2021
Kristy MilliganOn death and space and workI keep a list on my phone of people I’ve loved who have died.Jul 31, 20212Jul 31, 20212