January 25, 2026

Christian Butterfield

Christian Butterfield

Christian Butterfield is an undergraduate writer from Bowling Green, Kentucky. His work is featured in North American Review, The Kenyon Review, and The Adroit Journal. He attends Western Kentucky University, where he competes on WKU's national championship Speech & Debate Team. He absolutely adores you! Yes, you in particular!

avoid absolutes. avoid the absolution of metaphor: the selves fractured into infinity, frenzied by that treeless forest, gutted by that bladeless dagger, buried in the graveless cemetery. avoid that endless gaze inwards, that spiral outwards. avoid the self

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I’m autistic and I love being autistic. I love my autisticness as I stim, as I ramble, as I stare into foreheads, as I list-rank every lipsync on RuPaul’s Drag Race...

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