Kristen Arnett Explained

Kristen Arnett
Birth Date:16 December 1980
Birth Place:Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Alma Mater:Rollins College (BA)
Florida State University (MS)
Occupation:Librarian, writer

Kristen Arnett (born December 16, 1980)[1] [2] is an American fiction author and essayist. Her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, was a New York Times bestseller.[3]

Early life and education

Arnett was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, where she attended Winter Park High School.[4] [5] [6] She graduated from Rollins College with a bachelor's degree in English and received her master's degree in library and information science from Florida State University. Arnett was a fellow in the Lambda Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices in 2013.[7]

Career

Arnett was a librarian at Rollins College and the Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law at Barry University.[8] She is a columnist for Literary Hub and was selected as a Shearing Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute for the spring 2020 semester.[9] [10]

Writing

Her first collection of short fiction, Felt in the Jaw, was published by Split Lip Press and received the 2017 Coil Book Award.[11] Arnett is a self-described "7-Eleven scholar"[12] and celebrated the debut of Felt in the Jaw at a 7-Eleven store in Orlando.[13] The short story collection focuses on living as a lesbian in Florida.

Arnett's debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, which was published by Tin House in June 2019, was a New York Times bestseller and received critical acclaim.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] The novel was heralded by literary critic Parul Sehgal as her "song of the summer"[19] and by The New Yorker's book critic Katy Waldman as one of the best books of 2019.[20] The book features an openly lesbian main character who runs her family's taxidermy shop after her father dies by suicide.[21]

Arnett's novel, With Teeth, was published by Penguin Random House in 2022.[22]

Arnett's stories have appeared in online and print publications including Guernica magazine,[23] The North American Review,[24] Oprah Magazine, and Gay Magazine.[25] Her essays have been published in various venues including The Rumpus,[26] Electric Literature,[27] and Orlando Weekly.[28]

"Marvin" tweet

Arnett's Twitter feed became a case study in how corporations use Twitter when in 2018 she tweeted, "This morning at 7-eleven I saw a lizard next to the coffee maker and the cashier said 'no worries that's just Marvin, he likes the smell.'" 7-Eleven's official Twitter account replied to the tweet, which ultimately garnered over 350,000 likes,[29] asking "Oh no! Can you DM us with the store location you visited so we can check in on Marvin? Thank you!" to which Arnett replied "no way I'm not gonna narc on my buddy."[30] Screengrabs of the exchange have been widely reposted as a classic piece of digital culture and have appeared in the so-called Internet Hall of Fame.[31] [32] When a monitor lizard visited a convenience store in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand in 2021 and started climbing up the shelves heading toward the ceiling, the video was posted to Twitter and a user helpfully replied, "That's just Marvin, he likes the smell."[33]

Personal life

Arnett married Kayla Upadhyaya in 2024.[34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Mostly Dead Things' Author Kristen Arnett On The Weird, Wonderful Magic Of Central Florida. 2020-07-15. Bustle. 24 June 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: it's still my birthday, show me your dogs. 2020-07-15. Twitter. en.
  3. Web site: About - kristen arnett. kristenarnett.virb.com. en. 2020-05-09. 2020-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200526041756/http://kristenarnett.virb.com/about. dead.
  4. Web site: 2019-06-17. Kristen Arnett on Florida, Queerness, and 7-Eleven. 2020-07-15. PAPER. en.
  5. Web site: Kristen Arnett. 2020-07-15. en.
  6. Web site: Kristen Arnett on How She Got Her Start as a Librarian. 2019-06-21. Literary Hub. en-US. 2020-05-09.
  7. Web site: Lambda's Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices: The 2013 Fellows Reflect Lambda Literary. 12 September 2013 . en. 2020-05-09.
  8. Web site: Welcome, Kristen Arnett!. Rosen. Louis. June 2, 2016. Barry Law Library. en. 2020-05-09.
  9. Web site: Kristen Arnett. Black Mountain Institute. 4 December 2019 . en-US. 2020-05-09.
  10. News: kristen arnett Literary Hub. Literary Hub . 2020-05-09. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2017 Coil Book Award: Kristen N. Arnett's 'Felt in the Jaw'. Press. Alternating Current. December 9, 2017. Medium. en. 2020-05-09.
  12. News: Boedeker . Hal . Taxidermy enlivens Florida-rich 'Mostly Dead Things' . Orlando Sentinel . May 29, 2019 . I read by the Slurpee machine. I signed books next to the hot dog roller..
  13. News: Williams. John. August 28, 2017. Stories and Slurpees. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-07-01. 0362-4331.
  14. News: Cline. Jake. Review 'Mostly Dead Things' captures the humor and strangeness of Florida without the easy stereotypes. 2020-06-21. Washington Post. en.
  15. Web site: Faires. Rosalind. Book Review: Mostly Dead Things. 2020-06-21. October 23, 2019. The Austin Chronicle. en-US.
  16. Web site: Macabre And Irreverent, 'Mostly Dead Things' Is A Satisfying Journey. 2020-06-21. NPR. 8 June 2019 . en. Masad . Ilana .
  17. Web site: Desk. The Atlantic Culture. 2019-12-24. The 15 Best Books of 2019. 2020-06-21. The Atlantic. en-US.
  18. Web site: David. Canfield. 'Mostly Dead Things' is very Florida, very gay, and very good: EW review. June 11, 2020. EW.com. EN.
  19. News: Sehgal. Parul. 2019-05-28. 'Mostly Dead Things,' a Story of Taxidermy, Love and Grief, With Echoes of Past Literary Heroines. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-05-09. 0362-4331.
  20. Waldman. Katy. The Best Books of 2019. 2020-06-21. The New Yorker. 2 December 2019 . en-us.
  21. Leiding. Reba. June 2019. Mostly Dead Things. Library Journal. 144. 5. 101. subscription. EBSCOhost.
  22. Web site: With Teeth by Kristen Arnett: 9780593191521 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2022-08-30 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
  23. News: Arnett. Kristen N.. July 30, 2018. The Graveyard Game. 2020-05-09. Guernica. en-US.
  24. Web site: Vol. 301, No. 1, WINTER 2016 of The North American Review on JSTOR. 2020-05-09. www.jstor.org. en.
  25. Web site: Arnett. Kristen. 2019-07-02. Divide and Conquer. 2020-05-09. Medium. en.
  26. Web site: Hand-Operated Shearing Instruments. October 29, 2013. The Rumpus. en. 2020-05-09.
  27. Web site: The Queer Erotics of Handholding in Literature. 2017-04-25. Electric Literature. en-US. 2020-05-09.
  28. Web site: Oh thank heaven, today is 7-Eleven Day. Arnett. Kristen. Orlando Weekly. en. 2020-05-09. 2021-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227104943/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/07/10/oh-thank-heaven-wednesday-is-7-eleven-day. dead.
  29. Web site: Marvin . 2023-06-15 . Twitter . en.
  30. Web site: 2018-04-04 . Woman refuses to snitch on her new buddy: Marvin the 7-Eleven lizard . 2023-06-15 . Mashable . en.
  31. Web site: Internet Hall of Fame . 2023-06-15 . Twitter . en.
  32. Web site: 2018-04-05 . People rally behind coffee-loving lizard who is a regular in a Florida convenience shop . 2023-06-15 . Independent.ie . en.
  33. Web site: West . Phil . 2021-04-09 . Giant Lizard Invades 7-Eleven And Becomes Instant Internet Sensation . 2023-06-15 . God . en-US.
  34. News: LaGorce . Tammy . Two Writers Craft Their Own Love Story . 16 February 2024 . The New York Times . 16 February 2024.

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