Kate Carpenter
@katecarp.bsky.social
Historian/writer. Creator, @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcast. History of science PhD candidate at Princeton, based in KCMO. Working on a history of storm chasing.
https://draftingthepast.com/
http://kathrynbcarpenter.com/
https://draftingthepast.com/
http://kathrynbcarpenter.com/
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Very much enjoying listening to the lovely @drjoannepaul.bsky.social with @katecarp.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social. And now I want to know what the best books were that she read on life-writing and writing biographies! 😊 🗃️
Joanne Paul Isn't Afraid to Call Herself an Artist
Podcast Episode · Drafting the Past · 28/10/2025 · 40m
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very much enjoying listening to the lovely @drjoannepaul.bsky.social with @katecarp.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social. And now I want to know what the best books were that she read on life-writing and writing biographies! 😊 🗃️
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
The more people tell me that AI is the future, the more I know I just really want to make stuff with my hands and brain.
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The more people tell me that AI is the future, the more I know I just really want to make stuff with my hands and brain.
I wish I could say that I purposefully picked a very New York-centric historian for today's Drafting the Past, but let's just all agree to pretend I am that good of a planner. Listen to my interview with this great historian of New York immigrants while you wait for election results!
New! I talked with Tyler Anbinder about his approach to writing and revising--plus, you'll learn about the person who told this celebrated historian he would never write trade book! We dug into his newest book, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY (@littlebrown.bsky.social). Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I wish I could say that I purposefully picked a very New York-centric historian for today's Drafting the Past, but let's just all agree to pretend I am that good of a planner. Listen to my interview with this great historian of New York immigrants while you wait for election results!
In the mail today! Thanks @lastwater.net for the rec -- looking forward to digging in!
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In the mail today! Thanks @lastwater.net for the rec -- looking forward to digging in!
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I'm experimenting with more ways of putting history writing in the spotlight. To that end, I founded up some of the history books out this week that caught my eye: draftingthepast.com/new-releases... Are you planning to read any of these?
This Week’s History Releases (November 4, 2025) – Drafting the Past
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November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm experimenting with more ways of putting history writing in the spotlight. To that end, I founded up some of the history books out this week that caught my eye: draftingthepast.com/new-releases... Are you planning to read any of these?
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New! I talked with Tyler Anbinder about his approach to writing and revising--plus, you'll learn about the person who told this celebrated historian he would never write trade book! We dug into his newest book, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY (@littlebrown.bsky.social). Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New! I talked with Tyler Anbinder about his approach to writing and revising--plus, you'll learn about the person who told this celebrated historian he would never write trade book! We dug into his newest book, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY (@littlebrown.bsky.social). Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
I have a general sense of everything being more expensive, but I was just looking up which waffle maker I have to tell a friend, and realized it costs twice as much today as it did two years ago when I bought it. Wild.
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I have a general sense of everything being more expensive, but I was just looking up which waffle maker I have to tell a friend, and realized it costs twice as much today as it did two years ago when I bought it. Wild.
Love to get an email for the Dept of Conservation with the subject line "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or Bird Flu"
I Lie Awake At Night Wondering What Fresh Hell Tomorrow Brings Liz Lemon GIF
Alt: I Lie Awake At Night Wondering What Fresh Hell Tomorrow Brings Liz Lemon GIF
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October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Love to get an email for the Dept of Conservation with the subject line "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) or Bird Flu"
The lack of responses to this is really bumming me out.
What are your favorite book review/book news publications? Especially interested in websites, rather than print.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The lack of responses to this is really bumming me out.
What are your favorite book review/book news publications? Especially interested in websites, rather than print.
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What are your favorite book review/book news publications? Especially interested in websites, rather than print.
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Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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If you want to save favorite socks & learn a fun & easy (& cozy!) craft method, @snblickhan.bsky.social & I made this free zine on using a Speedweve (tiny, <$15 mending loom) for mending 🧵✨:
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you want to save favorite socks & learn a fun & easy (& cozy!) craft method, @snblickhan.bsky.social & I made this free zine on using a Speedweve (tiny, <$15 mending loom) for mending 🧵✨:
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What a great conversation. Had a thought about something I’m writing and also just ordered the new bio of Thomas More! This podcast does the work. 😁
New! I had great fun talking w/ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social about how she embraces creativity and artistry and how she writes vividly about Tudor history. If you've ever dreamed of writing a history that reads almost like a novel, you're going to love this episode. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What a great conversation. Had a thought about something I’m writing and also just ordered the new bio of Thomas More! This podcast does the work. 😁
If I get a table at the @historians.org annual conference exhibit hall for Drafting the Past, will you come tell me your favorite piece of writing advice for a bonus episode?
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If I get a table at the @historians.org annual conference exhibit hall for Drafting the Past, will you come tell me your favorite piece of writing advice for a bonus episode?
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This was brilliant - I was nodding along as Jo was talking. Great writing advice and a lot of honesty about the process of recreating the past on the page. Helps to explain why Jo’s work is so good.
Was an absolute dream to appear on this podcast and talk about the craft of writing history - give it a listen!
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This was brilliant - I was nodding along as Jo was talking. Great writing advice and a lot of honesty about the process of recreating the past on the page. Helps to explain why Jo’s work is so good.
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New! I had great fun talking w/ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social about how she embraces creativity and artistry and how she writes vividly about Tudor history. If you've ever dreamed of writing a history that reads almost like a novel, you're going to love this episode. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New! I had great fun talking w/ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social about how she embraces creativity and artistry and how she writes vividly about Tudor history. If you've ever dreamed of writing a history that reads almost like a novel, you're going to love this episode. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
I'm fairly certain @lizcookkc.bsky.social thinks I'm stalking her at this point, but nonetheless I need to tell you that if you're not reading Haterade, you should be. It will at least temporarily distract you from the wider world's horrors by leaving you gaping at the horrors Liz has cooked up.
We should all feel a desire to use our talents for a greater good. But we don't always have to use them for the *greatest* good.
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Introducing: Flucker
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
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October 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm fairly certain @lizcookkc.bsky.social thinks I'm stalking her at this point, but nonetheless I need to tell you that if you're not reading Haterade, you should be. It will at least temporarily distract you from the wider world's horrors by leaving you gaping at the horrors Liz has cooked up.
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Happy to share that I've begun curating the Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive, a digital archive collating primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward!
firearchive.omeka.net
firearchive.omeka.net
Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive
This is a digital archive that illustrates and organizes primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes from the early nineteenth century to the present. The Great Lakes Fire H...
firearchive.omeka.net
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy to share that I've begun curating the Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive, a digital archive collating primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward!
firearchive.omeka.net
firearchive.omeka.net
Maybe someday I won't have to send quite so many apologetic emails, but today is not that day.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Maybe someday I won't have to send quite so many apologetic emails, but today is not that day.
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Everything is terrible but BIG NEWS:
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Everything is terrible but BIG NEWS:
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
I just don't understand how to live amidst this. So angry and bewildered, all the time.
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just don't understand how to live amidst this. So angry and bewildered, all the time.
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I don't understand why so many people are saying "good luck finding a man without a Nazi tattoo!!!" like bro how many of you are there
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I don't understand why so many people are saying "good luck finding a man without a Nazi tattoo!!!" like bro how many of you are there
I'm getting a lot of pitches about big British royalty books lately. Is there an anniversary this year?
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm getting a lot of pitches about big British royalty books lately. Is there an anniversary this year?
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New! I spoke with Raphael Cormack about his book Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age (@wwnorton.com). Listen to find out how one historian wrestles with myth, unreliable (or inaccessible) sources, & what he's learned about writing from his mother (you may have heard of her). tinyurl.com/raphcormack
October 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New! I spoke with Raphael Cormack about his book Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age (@wwnorton.com). Listen to find out how one historian wrestles with myth, unreliable (or inaccessible) sources, & what he's learned about writing from his mother (you may have heard of her). tinyurl.com/raphcormack