Dana Cann
@danacann.bsky.social
Author of the novel Ghosts of Bergen County (Tin House). Words in The Sun, Gettysburg Review, Massachusetts Review, Doric Literary, LitHub, Colorado Review, elsewhere.
Pinned
The Fall/Winter issue of the Colorado Review with my personal essay, “Lariat.” It’s about my difficult relationship with my father and the childhood traumas he endured that affected him, me, us. I’ve been writing this essay my entire life, I think; this is one iteration.
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
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The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
The Fall/Winter issue of the Colorado Review with my personal essay, “Lariat.” It’s about my difficult relationship with my father and the childhood traumas he endured that affected him, me, us. I’ve been writing this essay my entire life, I think; this is one iteration.
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Fall/Winter issue of the Colorado Review with my personal essay, “Lariat.” It’s about my difficult relationship with my father and the childhood traumas he endured that affected him, me, us. I’ve been writing this essay my entire life, I think; this is one iteration.
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
@coloradoreview.bsky.social
ICYMI my short story, Callie the Cat, is up this month at @doricliterary.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
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Callie the Cat
She lay on her side, and the girls ran toward her, across the Schaeffers’ weedless lawn, oblivious to the breach of property, the concept of trespass, and the possibility that Donna and Steven Scha…
doric-literary.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ICYMI my short story, Callie the Cat, is up this month at @doricliterary.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
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What an amazing lineup! This is going to be incredible!
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What an amazing lineup! This is going to be incredible!
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I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
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for fucks sake, democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
for fucks sake, democrats.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
This administration is criminal and cruel.
Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This administration is criminal and cruel.
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Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Electric Sheep Reading Series – SpecPo Hugo Edition!
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
November 12
8 pm (US Eastern)
Guest Host: Holly Lyn Walrath
Guest of Honor: Marie Brennan, 2025 Hugo Winner for Best Poem
Readers:
Brian U. Garrison
Ai Jiang
Oliver K. Langmead
Angela Liu
Mari Ness
Brandon O’Brien, Poet Laureate 2025 WorldCon
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Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.
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It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillus...
The ACA was enacted in 2010. Republicans hated it from the get-go. They’ve had *15 years* to come up with their own plan. They don’t have one and never will.
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The ACA was enacted in 2010. Republicans hated it from the get-go. They’ve had *15 years* to come up with their own plan. They don’t have one and never will.
I’d be pleased if you read my new story, written in first-person plural point of view: “We missed more than the Bradleys’ house, of course. We missed the Bradleys.”
Celebrate #Caturday by meeting the new neighbors who built that god-awful modernist house on your street.
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social is now live on Doric Literary.
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social is now live on Doric Literary.
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
Callie the Cat
She lay on her side, and the girls ran toward her, across the Schaeffers’ weedless lawn, oblivious to the breach of property, the concept of trespass, and the possibility that Donna and Steven Scha…
doric-literary.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’d be pleased if you read my new story, written in first-person plural point of view: “We missed more than the Bradleys’ house, of course. We missed the Bradleys.”
It’s me! Coming out Saturday—or #caturday
Until then let me say what a joy it is to work with @courtlandavenue.bsky.social and @doricliterary.bsky.social . Dave responds to submissions super-quick and stories are edited thoughtfully and gracefully and in collaboration with the author. Submit!
Until then let me say what a joy it is to work with @courtlandavenue.bsky.social and @doricliterary.bsky.social . Dave responds to submissions super-quick and stories are edited thoughtfully and gracefully and in collaboration with the author. Submit!
Are you a cat person?
Do you want to read a great story?
On November 1, we'll present "Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social. It's about new neighbors, changing communities, & the steady advance of time.
doric-literary.com
#caturday
Do you want to read a great story?
On November 1, we'll present "Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social. It's about new neighbors, changing communities, & the steady advance of time.
doric-literary.com
#caturday
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It’s me! Coming out Saturday—or #caturday
Until then let me say what a joy it is to work with @courtlandavenue.bsky.social and @doricliterary.bsky.social . Dave responds to submissions super-quick and stories are edited thoughtfully and gracefully and in collaboration with the author. Submit!
Until then let me say what a joy it is to work with @courtlandavenue.bsky.social and @doricliterary.bsky.social . Dave responds to submissions super-quick and stories are edited thoughtfully and gracefully and in collaboration with the author. Submit!
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SNAP benefits expire Nov. 1. If you are in a place financially to donate to a local food pantry, now is a great time. I started a monthly donation to my local. Benefit: feeds people. Bonus benefit: collective action and community support are the opposite of these weasels want us to do. Win win.
Community Action Center | Northfield MN | Faribault Minnesota
Each person’s needs are unique. Our walk-in resource centers in Northfield and Faribault are designed to offer support and resources.
communityactioncenter.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
SNAP benefits expire Nov. 1. If you are in a place financially to donate to a local food pantry, now is a great time. I started a monthly donation to my local. Benefit: feeds people. Bonus benefit: collective action and community support are the opposite of these weasels want us to do. Win win.
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In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.
nyti.ms
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In Opinion
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
“The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
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a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
a functional press would, every single day, repeatedly, across numerous paragraphs in every story about him, make it clear that this is indisputably the most corrupt President in U.S. history
Crazy and incompetent.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Crazy and incompetent.
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In “Takin’ It To The Street” Michael McDonald expresses the need for leaderless grassroots action after expressing broad solidarity and skepticism of self-appointed leadership, in this essay I will…
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In “Takin’ It To The Street” Michael McDonald expresses the need for leaderless grassroots action after expressing broad solidarity and skepticism of self-appointed leadership, in this essay I will…
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“.. despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing building.”
@washingtonpost.com
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October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“.. despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing building.”
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $63 million to Morgan State University, the largest gift in the school’s history. As HBCUs face deep federal cuts, her investment will fuel excellence, access, & equity. This is how you build a stronger future for generations to come. wjla.com/news/local/m...
Morgan State receives $63M from MacKenzie Scott, largest donation in school's history
Morgan State University has received a "transformative" $63M donation fromphilanthropist MacKenzie Scott.The unrestristive gift is her second contirbuton to
wjla.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $63 million to Morgan State University, the largest gift in the school’s history. As HBCUs face deep federal cuts, her investment will fuel excellence, access, & equity. This is how you build a stronger future for generations to come. wjla.com/news/local/m...
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If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to MFA programs this year, at Minnesota we are fully funded for 3 years including covering your student fees, 1-1 teaching (mostly creative writing) with chances to teach in the summer, you can join the union, and live in a major city.
Interested in an MFA in Creative Writing? Join us Oct 15 or 20 to hear from faculty and students re: our fully funded, three-year program. Since 2019, our students and alums have published more than 70 books! Register:
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October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If you or someone you know is thinking about applying to MFA programs this year, at Minnesota we are fully funded for 3 years including covering your student fees, 1-1 teaching (mostly creative writing) with chances to teach in the summer, you can join the union, and live in a major city.
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Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
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Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Among the Education Department’s new appointees is Lindsey Burke, the lead author of Project 2025’s education section.
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
She envisions dramatic enrollment declines for public schools: “We’re going to have a lot of empty school buildings.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social