Caitlin McGill
@caitlindmcgill.bsky.social
Writing a memoir. Notable BAE '16, '21, '22. Longlisted for the 2024 First Pages Prize. Winner 2020 IndianaReview NF Prize. Essays: HungerMountain, @vox.com, @mcsweeneys, Blackbird. Views my own. caitlinmcgill.com. she/her. Believes in kindness.
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Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts
Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts
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Also sharing this piece from last year, which I read at @awpwriter.bsky.social and hold up here for my #sober & sober curious friends: "Through the Threads," a flash #essay up at Hunger Mountain Review.
@vcfa.bsky.social
@vcfa.bsky.social
A new essay, some fiction, & an old letter.
What have you been working on?
What have you been working on?
Summer discoveries
a new essay, some fiction, & an old letter
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July 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A new essay, some fiction, & an old letter.
What have you been working on?
What have you been working on?
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No Kings Day 6/14 Richmond. Unlike other “leaders” worried about getting their “hair” wet, in DC, 50501 Virginia will be loudly saying No Kings,
-rain or shine-
Be a part of history tomorrow.
It’s a first amendment right.
@indivisibleva.bsky.social @acluva.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social
-rain or shine-
Be a part of history tomorrow.
It’s a first amendment right.
@indivisibleva.bsky.social @acluva.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
No Kings Day 6/14 Richmond. Unlike other “leaders” worried about getting their “hair” wet, in DC, 50501 Virginia will be loudly saying No Kings,
-rain or shine-
Be a part of history tomorrow.
It’s a first amendment right.
@indivisibleva.bsky.social @acluva.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social
-rain or shine-
Be a part of history tomorrow.
It’s a first amendment right.
@indivisibleva.bsky.social @acluva.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social
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Thank you to everyone who has submitted to our annual literary contest this year! You make our community so wonderful. We can't wait to see what you have in store for us with your stories. Thank you all again for being a part of this with us!
June 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thank you to everyone who has submitted to our annual literary contest this year! You make our community so wonderful. We can't wait to see what you have in store for us with your stories. Thank you all again for being a part of this with us!
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Also sharing this piece from last year, which I read at @awpwriter.bsky.social and hold up here for my #sober & sober curious friends: "Through the Threads," a flash #essay up at Hunger Mountain Review.
@vcfa.bsky.social
@vcfa.bsky.social
Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts
Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts
hngrmtn.org
May 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Also sharing this piece from last year, which I read at @awpwriter.bsky.social and hold up here for my #sober & sober curious friends: "Through the Threads," a flash #essay up at Hunger Mountain Review.
@vcfa.bsky.social
@vcfa.bsky.social
Briefly stepping out of my social media break to offer this to anyone who needs it—"Creating Differently, & Writing Slumps"
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
"Creating Differently,"
& writing slumps
open.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Briefly stepping out of my social media break to offer this to anyone who needs it—"Creating Differently, & Writing Slumps"
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
An incredibly important, moving essay by my friend Alysia Abbott. Please read and share. @mizabbott.bsky.social
My son has profound autism. And we are still a family
Despite what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have you believe, it isn’t autism itself that’s caused us the most harm, but the ways that our experience with the disorder has left us feeling isolated and misu...
www.wbur.org
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
An incredibly important, moving essay by my friend Alysia Abbott. Please read and share. @mizabbott.bsky.social
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TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
Did you hear? @samuelashworth.bsky.social will be in-conversation with Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss Samuel's debut novel, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, TONIGHT at 5pm EDT at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
RSVP for FREE: buff.ly/kAoWoje
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Did you hear? @samuelashworth.bsky.social will be in-conversation with Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss Samuel's debut novel, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, TONIGHT at 5pm EDT at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
RSVP for FREE: buff.ly/kAoWoje
@susanschulman.bsky.social
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY | A Busboys & Poets Books Presentation
Join us to discuss a visceral novel that twines the stories of a magnetic celebrity chef with the obsessive doctor assigned to his autopsy
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April 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT!
Did you hear? @samuelashworth.bsky.social will be in-conversation with Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss Samuel's debut novel, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, TONIGHT at 5pm EDT at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
RSVP for FREE: buff.ly/kAoWoje
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Did you hear? @samuelashworth.bsky.social will be in-conversation with Mary Kay Zuravleff to discuss Samuel's debut novel, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, TONIGHT at 5pm EDT at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!
RSVP for FREE: buff.ly/kAoWoje
@susanschulman.bsky.social
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yeah fuck it we ball
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
yeah fuck it we ball
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Writer-teachers! Deadline for this 2-year position is April 29th! Please share!! :)
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Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of English - HigherEdJobs
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April 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Writer-teachers! Deadline for this 2-year position is April 29th! Please share!! :)
www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...
www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...
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In the 90s, Toni Morrison found out that one of her books had been banned in a men’s prison because they were afraid it would incite a riot. And she was absolutely delighted. In an interview she smiled and said “how powerful is that?” I want to write books that incite riots and tear down prisons.
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the 90s, Toni Morrison found out that one of her books had been banned in a men’s prison because they were afraid it would incite a riot. And she was absolutely delighted. In an interview she smiled and said “how powerful is that?” I want to write books that incite riots and tear down prisons.
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Today's the day, AWP friends. We're going to have a blast. Come laugh with us.
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March 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today's the day, AWP friends. We're going to have a blast. Come laugh with us.
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Today at 12:10pm! So pumped to talk about freedom and joy in writing sobriety! #awp25 #sobriety @natalielima09.bsky.social @paulhaney.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today at 12:10pm! So pumped to talk about freedom and joy in writing sobriety! #awp25 #sobriety @natalielima09.bsky.social @paulhaney.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social
Such a killer new piece by Kat Gonso!
"My brother leaves Alabama for Philadelphia to be a bone broth barista because it’s cooler to sip liquified bones than a Starbucks pumpkin latte."
So much to love in this #flashfiction, esp the voice! "Love spell" by Kat Gonso in #NFFR Issue 36.
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So much to love in this #flashfiction, esp the voice! "Love spell" by Kat Gonso in #NFFR Issue 36.
newflashfiction.com/love-spell/
newflashfiction.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Such a killer new piece by Kat Gonso!
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And like the victims sent to Guantanamo and El Salvador, these grabs are made to strike terror in the broader population, to intimidate people out of exercising their rights and freedoms.
March 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And like the victims sent to Guantanamo and El Salvador, these grabs are made to strike terror in the broader population, to intimidate people out of exercising their rights and freedoms.
Please join us Friday AWP!! :) Can't wait to hear from the audience <3
"Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way"
12:10pm-1:25pm, Room 518, Level Two #awp25
@paulhaney.bsky.social @natalielima09.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social
"Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way"
12:10pm-1:25pm, Room 518, Level Two #awp25
@paulhaney.bsky.social @natalielima09.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Please join us Friday AWP!! :) Can't wait to hear from the audience <3
"Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way"
12:10pm-1:25pm, Room 518, Level Two #awp25
@paulhaney.bsky.social @natalielima09.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social
"Perspective & Perseverance in Writing Sobriety: Hemingway Is Not the Only Way"
12:10pm-1:25pm, Room 518, Level Two #awp25
@paulhaney.bsky.social @natalielima09.bsky.social @kerryjamesevans.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social
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A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A reminder that if you’re using AI to write your novel or memoir or whatever it is you’re trying to develop, you’re absolutely doing it wrong and missing the point entirely of what it means to make art and tend to and honor your creative self.
The memoir is finally down to 88k thanks to my INCREDIBLE readers and friends (thank you!!!!), and thanks to so many years of rewriting and cutting and rewriting and cutting and rewriting. 🥹 #memoir
March 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The memoir is finally down to 88k thanks to my INCREDIBLE readers and friends (thank you!!!!), and thanks to so many years of rewriting and cutting and rewriting and cutting and rewriting. 🥹 #memoir
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If you are upset about what's going on but aren't sure what to do: start by calling your reps. This app 👇 makes it easy.
Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.
Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you are upset about what's going on but aren't sure what to do: start by calling your reps. This app 👇 makes it easy.
Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.
Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.
Bless the protestors standing outside on busy Broad Street yesterday in the Richmond suburbs.
March 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Bless the protestors standing outside on busy Broad Street yesterday in the Richmond suburbs.
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My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
Book Review: ‘Casualties of Truth,’ by Lauren Francis-Sharma
In the psychological thriller “Casualties of Truth,” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, a woman and a country are both forced to face the harrowing violence that has shaped them.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
HUGE congrats to @laurenfsharma.bsky.social for her gripping, important novel, CASUALTIES OF TRUTH. I did not want to put it down, did not want it to end. I’m still thinking about Prudence. The writing and the story—just incredible. Get your copy friends!!! bookshop.org/p/books/casu...
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
HUGE congrats to @laurenfsharma.bsky.social for her gripping, important novel, CASUALTIES OF TRUTH. I did not want to put it down, did not want it to end. I’m still thinking about Prudence. The writing and the story—just incredible. Get your copy friends!!! bookshop.org/p/books/casu...
My partner and I were up late last night discussing the bleak present and future, and I'm just so tired. But I'm going to keep telling stories and help others do the same. We have to. Also, we have to take breaks.
March 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My partner and I were up late last night discussing the bleak present and future, and I'm just so tired. But I'm going to keep telling stories and help others do the same. We have to. Also, we have to take breaks.
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Loyola is looking for a CNF lecturer, non-tenure track. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/317...
English, Lecturer (Creative Non-Fiction), Non-Tenure Track
Salary Range: $62,906 - $70,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidat...
www.careers.luc.edu
March 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Loyola is looking for a CNF lecturer, non-tenure track. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/317...
Am I writing or am I searching for interactive cat toys as my indoor/outdoor cat cries and I try to tell her what's been happening to the birds?
February 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Am I writing or am I searching for interactive cat toys as my indoor/outdoor cat cries and I try to tell her what's been happening to the birds?