Kate Arden McMullen
@katearden.bsky.social
she/her 🌞 Managing Editor at Hub City Press
fiction in Carve, Ninth Letter, BULL, The Boiler, Reckon, etc etc
read me at kateamcmullen.com or whatimcooking.substack.com
fiction in Carve, Ninth Letter, BULL, The Boiler, Reckon, etc etc
read me at kateamcmullen.com or whatimcooking.substack.com
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In Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia, ACA enrollment has tripled in the last five years.
Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies.
www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...
Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies.
www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...
The federal government shutdown hurts the South a lot more
When it comes to health care, which is what the federal government shutdown is about, some states will bleed. The South will gush.
www.thelivingsouth.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia, ACA enrollment has tripled in the last five years.
Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies.
www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...
Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies.
www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...
My husband is going to Hanoi for ten days for work and it’s been (checks watch) 8 hours since I dropped him off at the airport and I’m already beside myself that he’s gone for so long
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My husband is going to Hanoi for ten days for work and it’s been (checks watch) 8 hours since I dropped him off at the airport and I’m already beside myself that he’s gone for so long
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Wild to me that we could get our NEA funding stripped and an Indie Next pick (and big national coverage, watch this space) in a 3 month span. All kudos to @katearden.bsky.social and @rainbowfish523.bsky.social--I truly think @hubcitypress.bsky.social is singular and punching way above our weight.
HOTHOUSE BLOOM is an Indie Next Pick!!! Extremely gratifying that this weird debut novel about apples is finding so many fans out in the world. I was obsessed from the jump. Thank you, booksellers! Only you could have pulled this off.
(Out on August 26, on the (highly competitive) September list.)
(Out on August 26, on the (highly competitive) September list.)
August 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Wild to me that we could get our NEA funding stripped and an Indie Next pick (and big national coverage, watch this space) in a 3 month span. All kudos to @katearden.bsky.social and @rainbowfish523.bsky.social--I truly think @hubcitypress.bsky.social is singular and punching way above our weight.
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Cover reveal for HOPE HOUSE by Joe Bond, out 5/5/26! Set in '80s Kentucky, this debut is told from inside a treatment home for teens, where lost boys become more than their pasts and discover the transformative power of hope. Design: @megireid.bsky.social / @katearden.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Cover reveal for HOPE HOUSE by Joe Bond, out 5/5/26! Set in '80s Kentucky, this debut is told from inside a treatment home for teens, where lost boys become more than their pasts and discover the transformative power of hope. Design: @megireid.bsky.social / @katearden.bsky.social
GROWTH! 💀🥴
Another publisher really screwed me over this week, and because I've grown a lot in the past few years, my plan is to not drag them publicly (I instead will embark on a multi-year campaign to tell every, single southern writer I know what they did to us). Growth!
July 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
GROWTH! 💀🥴
honestly a lack of research from a lawyer with a classics degree pretending to be a writer is so much less concerning than what i found out when i read the goodreads reviews. 90% of them are one star rage posts. HC must just print these books as literal rage bait. at least people are buying them...
i am begging you if you're doing greek mythology retellings to do literally any research at all
July 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
honestly a lack of research from a lawyer with a classics degree pretending to be a writer is so much less concerning than what i found out when i read the goodreads reviews. 90% of them are one star rage posts. HC must just print these books as literal rage bait. at least people are buying them...
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Once again, @hubcitypress.bsky.social is looking for experienced readers for paid manuscript reading this fall—both fiction & nonfiction. You'd be the first eyes on submissions and help us decide what requires a closer look. Email relevant experience to jobs@hubcity.org. DM with questions.
July 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Once again, @hubcitypress.bsky.social is looking for experienced readers for paid manuscript reading this fall—both fiction & nonfiction. You'd be the first eyes on submissions and help us decide what requires a closer look. Email relevant experience to jobs@hubcity.org. DM with questions.
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It's truly a bummer that PEN/Hemingway award moving to PEN/Faulkner foundation means they eliminated the submission fee waivers for publishers who have less than $2 million in sales. We spend thousands in prize submissions every year just to be considered for these things--it made a difference.
June 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's truly a bummer that PEN/Hemingway award moving to PEN/Faulkner foundation means they eliminated the submission fee waivers for publishers who have less than $2 million in sales. We spend thousands in prize submissions every year just to be considered for these things--it made a difference.
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to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation
The Trump administration said that it would open up 58 million acres of back country in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century.
Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the Clinton-era rule barring road construction and logging was outdated and “absurd.”
trib.al
June 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation
And Rebecca Makkai!
When @katearden.bsky.social and I do our little professional talks, it's become our practice to answer the "Should I go get an MFA?" question with, "You could, but you also can just subscribe to Brandon Taylor's and @thelincoln.bsky.social's Substacks and that's pretty much as good?"
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
And Rebecca Makkai!
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We offer an author-centered, boutique experience over here at Hub City Press. Or...whatever this is.
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
June 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We offer an author-centered, boutique experience over here at Hub City Press. Or...whatever this is.
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
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Thanks, @megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social! I am so excited that you are bringing THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU back into print. Looking forward to writing more about Nancy Lemann, Louisiana, New Orleans, and her entire body of work.
We offer an author-centered, boutique experience over here at Hub City Press. Or...whatever this is.
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
(@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thanks, @megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social! I am so excited that you are bringing THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU back into print. Looking forward to writing more about Nancy Lemann, Louisiana, New Orleans, and her entire body of work.
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hey siri, does the military like it when they are subjected to open disrespect from civilian leaders?
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
hey siri, does the military like it when they are subjected to open disrespect from civilian leaders?
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"...we don’t advocate for violence, but when they use brutal violence against our people—and kidnapping mothers and fathers from children is violent —when they do things like that, we have every right, every historic right, to defend our communities by any ways that we can."
What sparked the chaos in Los Angeles this weekend? Community organizer Ron Gochez says ICE agents "kidnapping people" led to fierce resistance from local residents who are "sick and tired of these attacks that are dividing and separating our families."
June 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"...we don’t advocate for violence, but when they use brutal violence against our people—and kidnapping mothers and fathers from children is violent —when they do things like that, we have every right, every historic right, to defend our communities by any ways that we can."
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TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
HAPPY PUB DAY TO BODOCK! Order your copy now with free shipping on our site. If you're in Memphis, head to Novel for Robert's launch tonight!
hubcity.org/bodock
hubcity.org/bodock
Bodock: Stories | Fiction | Hub City Writers Project
In 1994, the real Mid-South Ice Storm strikes the fictitious town of Bodock in Claygardner County, Mississippi. In the wake of the storm, what is left unbroken, and what broken things can be rebuilt? ...
hubcity.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
HAPPY PUB DAY TO BODOCK! Order your copy now with free shipping on our site. If you're in Memphis, head to Novel for Robert's launch tonight!
hubcity.org/bodock
hubcity.org/bodock
niche post but i don't understand what kind of money these trade shows think small presses have
May 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
niche post but i don't understand what kind of money these trade shows think small presses have
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the extremely lapsed Catholic girls of Hub City getting emotional about new americapope (cc @katearden.bsky.social)
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
the extremely lapsed Catholic girls of Hub City getting emotional about new americapope (cc @katearden.bsky.social)
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purple poetry fall at @hubcitypress.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
purple poetry fall at @hubcitypress.bsky.social
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Today is @hubcitypress.bsky.social's 30th anniversary! It's been weird and difficult to have it land at such a terrible moment, spending it talking with arts allies to try to figure out advocacy steps around our terminated NEA funding.
But it's also a great moment to reflect on the anniversary. (🧵)
But it's also a great moment to reflect on the anniversary. (🧵)
May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today is @hubcitypress.bsky.social's 30th anniversary! It's been weird and difficult to have it land at such a terrible moment, spending it talking with arts allies to try to figure out advocacy steps around our terminated NEA funding.
But it's also a great moment to reflect on the anniversary. (🧵)
But it's also a great moment to reflect on the anniversary. (🧵)
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Well. Despite the NEA nonsense (more on this tomorrow), in good news, it's pub day for WORLD WITHOUT END: ESSAYS ON APOCALYPSE AND AFTER by Martha Park! We're so proud to be publishing this necessary book and hopeful book, something we think folks could use these days. hubcity.org/worldwithoutend
May 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Well. Despite the NEA nonsense (more on this tomorrow), in good news, it's pub day for WORLD WITHOUT END: ESSAYS ON APOCALYPSE AND AFTER by Martha Park! We're so proud to be publishing this necessary book and hopeful book, something we think folks could use these days. hubcity.org/worldwithoutend
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On Friday, we received, along with 40+ other independent publishers, a notice that our NEA grant had been terminated. Here's a brief video from Executive Director/Publisher @megireid.bsky.social on how the termination affects us and what you can do to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Be...
NEA Funding and Hub City Writers Project | Update from Meg Reid
YouTube video by Hub City Writers Project
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May 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On Friday, we received, along with 40+ other independent publishers, a notice that our NEA grant had been terminated. Here's a brief video from Executive Director/Publisher @megireid.bsky.social on how the termination affects us and what you can do to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Be...
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Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.
May 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.
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Looking for some writing advice? Hub City Managing Editor @katearden.bsky.social has some tips! Read up on @pw.org: www.pw.org/agents_edito...
Kate McMullen of Hub City Press
“It doesn’t matter what degrees or fellowships or programs or journals have supported your work. Those things tell me about your network—but your book must connect with me as a reader.
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April 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Looking for some writing advice? Hub City Managing Editor @katearden.bsky.social has some tips! Read up on @pw.org: www.pw.org/agents_edito...