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Welcome to Caleb Reed and Line & Verse
Fiction, essays, and reflections on queer life and Southern memory. Start with the novel Line & Verse.
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Chapter II - Welcome Back Party
A completely rewritten Chapter 2
Jan 7
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Chapter I - Orientation
A completely rewritten chapter to open begin Ethan's year at Westmore.
Dec 31, 2025
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Final Chapter: Chapter XIX — Commencement
What We Carry, What We Let Go
Nov 22, 2025
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Chapter XVIII - The Night Before
What remains when everything else falls away.
Nov 19, 2025
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Chapter XVII - Spring Break
The Turning Tide
Nov 12, 2025
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Books
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Town & Country - Brian Schaefer
The Comfort of Binaries in an Unsorted World
Jan 13
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Tin Man: A Novel - Sarah Winman
Tin Man, Unlived Lives, and the Boys We Never Stopped Being
Nov 16, 2025
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A Little Life - Hanya Yanaglhara
The Outsiders Wound: On A Little Life and the problem of borrowed suffering
Oct 26, 2025
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Why I’m Ditching My Kindle
And Building a Banned Bookshelf Instead
Oct 6, 2025
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Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told - Jeremy Atherton Lin
“We made a home before the state would call it one.” – Jeremy Atherton Lin, Deep House
Sep 28, 2025
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Personal Essays
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Out of Sequence
Gay Adolescence at Forty-Five
Jan 15
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What Remains
Part 3 of a 3 part series
Dec 25, 2025
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The Christmases That Raised Me
A companion guide to the holiday essays, before the final part
Dec 20, 2025
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The World I Built for Christmas
Part 2 of a 3 part series
Dec 18, 2025
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The Safety We Assume
On faith, privilege, and the quiet courage of gathering
Dec 15, 2025
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Movies & TV Shows
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In Defense of Heated Rivalry
What a supposedly shallow romance gets right about masculinity and love
Dec 29, 2025
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The Advent House and the Gospel of John Hughes
Christmas, Family Longing, and What John Hughes Understood About Trying Too Hard
Dec 12, 2025
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The Wall of Sound, Darlene Love, and the Last Great Christmas Spectacle
A love letter to maximalism, longing, and the holiday ritual we’ll never see again.
Dec 3, 2025
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The Man Who Made the Holidays Feel Human
A Thanksgiving reflection on John Candy, the films that shaped us, and the rare goodness that still lingers.
Nov 26, 2025
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Making Monsters: On Frankenstein, Desire, and the Stories That Make Us
A teacher, a monster, and the first time art looked back at me.
Nov 9, 2025
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Bonus Scene: What We Never Talked About
A flashback to Eli and Jason's Freshman year at Westmore
Oct 20, 2025
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Behind the Door
What Ethan Didn't See
Sep 29, 2025
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Line & Verse - Part 1
eBook Preview for Paid Subscribers
Sep 22, 2025
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