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Kelly Kazek

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Kelly Kazek, born in Georgia and raised in Alabama, is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about Southern culture for It’s a Southern Thing. She now writes only books but in her 36-year career in journalism, she was an editor, columnist, and reporter.
She is the author of numerous children’s picture books for It’s a Southern Thing, including "Y is for Y’all: A Book of Southern ABCs." She has also authored "It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here Y'all", and numerous other humor books.
In 2022, she received the top award for humor writing by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
In April 2023, she was honored, along with the illustrators, by the BookFest Awards for her books "Y is for Y'all" and "Southern Thesaurus
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Kelly Kazek Hi, Lee. That is always a tough question but I'd pick three places in Alabama: Spectre, the abandoned film-set town from the movie "Big Fish;" the 186…moreHi, Lee. That is always a tough question but I'd pick three places in Alabama: Spectre, the abandoned film-set town from the movie "Big Fish;" the 1861 Bryce Asylum, which is being refurbished for use by the University of Alabama; and Mount Vernon, the abandoned site of one of the nation's first arsenals that became the Mount Vernon Asylum for the Colored Insane, and later Searcy Mental Hospital. Very creepy and cool places, and I got married in front of the fake church at Spectre. I really, really want to go to the Winchester Mystery House in California and Lizzie Borden's house in Massachusetts, along with so many others. I have an amazing bucket list I need to get to ....(less)
Kelly Kazek I've never had writer's block. That's because I have been a journalist for more than 30 years and you can't have writer's block in this business. You …moreI've never had writer's block. That's because I have been a journalist for more than 30 years and you can't have writer's block in this business. You wouldn't get paid. So I kind of got accustomed to making deadlines - as a former editor, I'm a stickler about them - and now I can always write, even if it's crap. I think that's the key. Write anyway. If it stinks, toss it or rework it but at least you got some ideas on paper. (less)
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Last quantities of my Southern books going fast, then gone for good

Hey, y’all. I have a little update for you. In the nine months since It’s a Southern Thing closed its store, I have been unable to find a way to keep my bestselling books in print. I think it’s time to give up.

What that means for you is there are a limited quantify of my Southern-themed books left. Southern Handbook and 12 Days of Southern Christmas are already SOLD OUT for good. NOTE: You can alw

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“, Grandmother had the eye; the gift of clairvoyance. I don’t mean she ran a psychic hotline or could tell neighbors where their lost dog went. I mean she had the power to see – she could look at a pan of leftovers and tell exactly, to the spoonful, what size container was needed to store it in the fridge.”
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“To southerners, food is comfort. And the more foods mixed into one dish, the more comforting it is. Why do you think we love casseroles so much? If squash casserole is like a hug from your grandma, a chicken-and-rice casserole is like being snuggled up in a blanket fort with Channing Tatum. You see the progression?”
Kelly Kazek, Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter
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“I love you more than I hate the college football team you root for.”
Kelly Kazek, 100 Southern Ways to Say I Love You

“Never, ever bring salad to a post-funeral gathering. I mean the kind with lettuce, of course. For two reasons, 1. It turns brown and reminds people of death when they're already at a funeral, and 2. It's good for you. I can't stress this enough: Healthy food is not comforting. Ever. In fact, in my experience, having healthy food options alongside the hash brown casserole can actually cause anxiety. Acceptable alternatives are a congealed salad with fruit suspended in it, a three-bean salad, or cornbread salad.”
Kelly Kazek, Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter

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“If humans were meant to eat raw veggies, God wouldn't have invented Crisco.”
Kelly Kazek, Not Quite Right: Mostly True Tales of a Weird News Reporter

“, Grandmother had the eye; the gift of clairvoyance. I don’t mean she ran a psychic hotline or could tell neighbors where their lost dog went. I mean she had the power to see – she could look at a pan of leftovers and tell exactly, to the spoonful, what size container was needed to store it in the fridge.”
Kelly Kazek, It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all

“B is for Bless Your Heart:

“We spread this phrase around like hugs/’Bless her heart’ and ‘his heart,’ too/It’s something Southerners always say/When nothing else will do.”
Kelly Kazek, Y is for Y'all: A Southern Book of ABC's

“My Aunt Beverly sashayed when she walked. ... Her walk made the local boys sweat, well until those 'boys' were octogenarians. Anything she carried in her back pocket would have been as happily dizzy as a kid on a carnival ride. She sashayed like a Southern belle born in a time of dungarees and pedal pushers rather than restrictive skirts and social mores; she sashayed like a beautiful woman who was feeling sassy. She WAS beautiful, and she was sassy more often than not.”
Kelly Kazek, It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here, Y'all

“It seems I get dumber the older my daughter gets and, this will astonish you, my IQ drops exponentially when I am in the presence of more than one teen. …Suddenly, every comment I make is so, like, totally juvenile. Really, I’m beginning to think I don’t deserve to drive her around and buy her stuff.”
Kelly Kazek, Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom

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