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.
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Dana Cann
@danacann.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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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This is Peanut. His name isn't Peanut because he's small. It's because he is a lethal threat to a significant portion of the population. Still 13/10 (IG: peanut_tacoterrier)
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This is Peanut. His name isn't Peanut because he's small. It's because he is a lethal threat to a significant portion of the population. Still 13/10 (IG: peanut_tacoterrier)
Absolutely predictable but still no less embarrassing
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Absolutely predictable but still no less embarrassing
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This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...
Mar-a-Lago Spa Would Send Teen Workers on House Calls to Jeffrey Epstein's Mansion: Report
Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago spa sent teen workers on house calls to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion, according to a new report
people.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This whole Venezuela war thing feels like a “Break glass in case of emergency” tactic. people.com/mar-a-lago-s...
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Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
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I don’t remember who recommended this book—maybe someone in @electricsheepsf.bsky.social ?—but thank you, it’s excellent. The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher.
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I don’t remember who recommended this book—maybe someone in @electricsheepsf.bsky.social ?—but thank you, it’s excellent. The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher.
Happy new year to me! I got my quickest rejection ever--26 minutes--from a journal that averages 101 days. #amwriting #amsubmitting
January 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Happy new year to me! I got my quickest rejection ever--26 minutes--from a journal that averages 101 days. #amwriting #amsubmitting
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"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
Our 9th most-read article of 2025. - - -“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, no...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
This has been a seriously great experience submitting to and publishing in this journal. Congratulations, and good luck to us!
1,200 submissions.
33 published pieces.
And these are Doric Literary's 2026 #BestAmericanShortStories nominations!
If you hate visiting family at Christmas, stay home and read these gems!
doric-literary.com/nominations/
33 published pieces.
And these are Doric Literary's 2026 #BestAmericanShortStories nominations!
If you hate visiting family at Christmas, stay home and read these gems!
doric-literary.com/nominations/
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This has been a seriously great experience submitting to and publishing in this journal. Congratulations, and good luck to us!
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Congratulations to our 2026 Best American Short Stories nominees: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com @danacann.bsky.social @aaronburch.bsky.social
#GraceBallard #AnnLandi #LisAnna-Langston #DamienRoos
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#GraceBallard #AnnLandi #LisAnna-Langston #DamienRoos
doric-literary.com/nominations/
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Congratulations to our 2026 Best American Short Stories nominees: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com @danacann.bsky.social @aaronburch.bsky.social
#GraceBallard #AnnLandi #LisAnna-Langston #DamienRoos
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#GraceBallard #AnnLandi #LisAnna-Langston #DamienRoos
doric-literary.com/nominations/
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Art and this pack of motherfuckers are not the same thing. Take over the building and the money and programming to your heart’s delight but all you get is a politicized commodified piece of shit. Art is green shoots of originality untouched by power. So fuck you to each and every one involved.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Art and this pack of motherfuckers are not the same thing. Take over the building and the money and programming to your heart’s delight but all you get is a politicized commodified piece of shit. Art is green shoots of originality untouched by power. So fuck you to each and every one involved.
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Looking for some weekend reading? Every one of these stories is absolutely brilliant!
Doric Literary's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees.
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
@patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
Doric Literary's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees.
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
@patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looking for some weekend reading? Every one of these stories is absolutely brilliant!
Doric Literary's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees.
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
@patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
Doric Literary's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees.
doric-literary.com/nominations/
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
@patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
My second #Pushcart nomination this year! Thanks to @courtlandavenue.bsky.social for the honor and for including my story in this wonderful magazine @doricliterary.bsky.social
At last: Doric Literary's Pushcart nominations for 2026!
@pushcartprize.bsky.social
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/nominations/
@pushcartprize.bsky.social
#BarbaraEMiner @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @patrickobrienstrickland.com #DamienRoos @danacann.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/nominations/
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My second #Pushcart nomination this year! Thanks to @courtlandavenue.bsky.social for the honor and for including my story in this wonderful magazine @doricliterary.bsky.social
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I loved this book...so funny and I learned a lot about native plants (but not in a learn-y way).
Books make great gifts! Maybe you know someone who'd enjoy Bad Naturalist, a tale of my attempts to bring native meadows back to a 200-acre mountaintop when I didn't know anything about plants, plus I'm a terrible gardener--but other than that it went great!
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
🌿 #books (thx @lollardfish.bsky.social!)
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I loved this book...so funny and I learned a lot about native plants (but not in a learn-y way).
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When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
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We respond quickly!
Out of 1110 short stories received so far this year, 472 were responded to ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED!
Number of responses that took more than 2 weeks: 1
(we were waiting for a requested re-write)
Submission guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/
Out of 1110 short stories received so far this year, 472 were responded to ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED!
Number of responses that took more than 2 weeks: 1
(we were waiting for a requested re-write)
Submission guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/
Submissions
To submit, simply attach one short story, saved as an MS Word document, to an email and send it to: doric.literary@gmail.com No cover letter is required* but be sure to include your story’s t…
doric-literary.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We respond quickly!
Out of 1110 short stories received so far this year, 472 were responded to ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED!
Number of responses that took more than 2 weeks: 1
(we were waiting for a requested re-write)
Submission guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/
Out of 1110 short stories received so far this year, 472 were responded to ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE SUBMITTED!
Number of responses that took more than 2 weeks: 1
(we were waiting for a requested re-write)
Submission guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/
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On December 1: We'll publish 2 brand new stories (the 32nd & 33rd of our 1st year) & we'll announce our 2026 Pushcart nominees! 🍾🎉
But don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
But don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social
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 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On December 1: We'll publish 2 brand new stories (the 32nd & 33rd of our 1st year) & we'll announce our 2026 Pushcart nominees! 🍾🎉
But don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
But don't forget to read the brilliant work we published earlier this month:
"Callie the Cat" by @danacann.bsky.social
doric-literary.com/2025/11/01/c...
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One of the best things ab literary community is reading the work of writers you admire. Read 2 essays this week by @danacann.bsky.social in @coloradoreview.bsky.social @andimyles.com in @michiganquarterly.bsky.social that were outstanding. Pls share your work! You never know who it will impact.
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One of the best things ab literary community is reading the work of writers you admire. Read 2 essays this week by @danacann.bsky.social in @coloradoreview.bsky.social @andimyles.com in @michiganquarterly.bsky.social that were outstanding. Pls share your work! You never know who it will impact.
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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