About

Kellie M. Walsh is a writer, editor, “citizen archivist,” and organizer of all things. She is currently pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science degree with a concentration in digital libraries and an interest in special collections. In her spare time she is working on a book about a flag that stalked a drummer around the world.

Kellie lives with her husband and an army of houseplants in the New York City area.

Read Kellie:

Upcoming: Untitled — micro-essay, Creative Nonfiction, Issue 39 (Summer 2010).

“My Love-Hate Relationship with River Phoenix” — essay, PopMatters. Featured in “Rest In Pieces” series. Tenth most popular article on PopMatters for its publication period.

From the moment that he appeared on screen in the film—with a cigarette balanced between his fingers and the close-cropped haircut of a little boy—media outlets had him pegged as the James Dean of the ‘80s.

“‘Our little flag game’: A strange tradition of the Police reunion tour” — feature, Stewart Copeland Official Site.

With a nod, a smile, and the flick of a stick, Copeland transformed a few fans’ show of appreciation into—as he once called it—“our little flag game,” an unconventional variation on Where’s Waldo? operating on a global scale in front of tens of thousands of unknowing witnesses each night.

“Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders: 6 May 2010 – New York” — concert review, PopMatters.

Hawkins imagined Red Light Fever as “sounding like me having sex with my record collection,” but delivered from start to finish with the same thrusts at the same speed with the same pressure, the music only humps the listener into numbness.

“Q & A with Stewart Copeland: On writing, his memoir, and why the early days of the Police didn’t make the cut” — guest post, WordWebbing.com.

Here he talks about his background as a writer, the stories that inspired the memoir, and the decision of which tales to tell—including what he says is the real reason why he glossed over the formative years of the band that made him famous.

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