Kate Doyle
@katedoyle.bsky.social
American writer in Amsterdam // “I Meant It Once" from Algonquin Books (US) and Corsair (UK) in 2023 // www.katedoylewriter.com
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@katedoyle.bsky.social has this ability to make a small action, feel so true to a character and circumstance and reverberate beyond the story.
"I’m nowhere, I told him. I mean, I’m at home."
@smokelong.bsky.social
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"I’m nowhere, I told him. I mean, I’m at home."
@smokelong.bsky.social
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The Goldfish in the Pond at the Community Garden — Split Lip Magazine
In the years I lived in that neighborhood, when I was twenty-seven and later twenty-eight, I visited the goldfish daily.
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July 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@katedoyle.bsky.social has this ability to make a small action, feel so true to a character and circumstance and reverberate beyond the story.
"I’m nowhere, I told him. I mean, I’m at home."
@smokelong.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0922/k...
"I’m nowhere, I told him. I mean, I’m at home."
@smokelong.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0922/k...
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Why are we called Luna Boeken, you asked? 🐕📚
May 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Why are we called Luna Boeken, you asked? 🐕📚
Working on a new project with Emma Hine!
Luna Boeken is a publicity project created by two authors, Kate & Emma. Between us we’ve published two books and worked for literary nonprofits, independent bookshops, and creative writing programs. Learn more and get in touch! www.lunaboeken.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Working on a new project with Emma Hine!
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Sundays are for finally reading this gem by @katedoyle.bsky.social. 📖
March 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Sundays are for finally reading this gem by @katedoyle.bsky.social. 📖
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"Basilicum, munt, peterselie. She reached across the lushness of the plants to shake your hand—offered to take a walk, to show you both the neighborhood."
Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social 's new story "Try Hard" is out now Terrazzo Mag! Read it here: buff.ly/4h0PcfB
Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social 's new story "Try Hard" is out now Terrazzo Mag! Read it here: buff.ly/4h0PcfB
February 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Basilicum, munt, peterselie. She reached across the lushness of the plants to shake your hand—offered to take a walk, to show you both the neighborhood."
Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social 's new story "Try Hard" is out now Terrazzo Mag! Read it here: buff.ly/4h0PcfB
Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social 's new story "Try Hard" is out now Terrazzo Mag! Read it here: buff.ly/4h0PcfB
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One of our ANMLY comrades told me they can't continue reading because they lost their housing. If the work at ANMLY has ever meant anything to you, or if the work that I have ever done in any capacity has ever meant anything to you, please consider helping them stay safe.
gofund.me/0e09177d
gofund.me/0e09177d
Donate to Urgent Aid for Unhoused ANMLY Member, organized by Sarah Clark
Since December, one of our comrades at ANMLY has been unhoused. They were able to fin… Sarah Clark needs your support for Urgent Aid for Unhoused ANMLY Member
gofund.me
February 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of our ANMLY comrades told me they can't continue reading because they lost their housing. If the work at ANMLY has ever meant anything to you, or if the work that I have ever done in any capacity has ever meant anything to you, please consider helping them stay safe.
gofund.me/0e09177d
gofund.me/0e09177d
A small piece of a longer work in progress — a little story from what I hope will be a larger whole. Thanks to Gina Nutt and Terrazzo Editions 🩵 www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...
Try Hard by Kate Doyle — Terrazzo Editions
Kate Doyle is the author of the short story collection I Meant It Once, published by Algonquin Books in the US and Corsair in the UK and longlisted for The Story Prize in 2024. Her work appears in No ...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A small piece of a longer work in progress — a little story from what I hope will be a larger whole. Thanks to Gina Nutt and Terrazzo Editions 🩵 www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...
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There's nothing like an interview on writing and translation for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥰 Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social interviewed Bruna Dantas Lobato for Write or Die Magazine on her debut novel BLUE LIGHT HOURS: https://buff.ly/4fShVTw
Bruna Dantas Lobato: On Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’ — Write or Die Magazine
Interview with Bruna Dantas Lobato on Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’
buff.ly
November 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
There's nothing like an interview on writing and translation for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥰 Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social interviewed Bruna Dantas Lobato for Write or Die Magazine on her debut novel BLUE LIGHT HOURS: https://buff.ly/4fShVTw
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This joint is JUMPIN! So even though we just posted it, a smol reminder to those of you still looking for a home for your nonfiction/hybrid full-length project: we're halfway through our last month of NF/H SUBMISSIONS, so put your foot on the gas and get it sent before the end of the day on Dec 1!
November 15, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This joint is JUMPIN! So even though we just posted it, a smol reminder to those of you still looking for a home for your nonfiction/hybrid full-length project: we're halfway through our last month of NF/H SUBMISSIONS, so put your foot on the gas and get it sent before the end of the day on Dec 1!
My good fortune to have known Bruna almost a decade and to interview her about her novel "Blue Lights Hours." This conversation was, for me -- and maybe you for you? -- a helpful reminder that there's no one kind of novel, and no one way to write one.
Bruna Dantas Lobato: On Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’ — Write or Die Magazine
Interview with Bruna Dantas Lobato on Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’
writeordiemag.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:40 PM
My good fortune to have known Bruna almost a decade and to interview her about her novel "Blue Lights Hours." This conversation was, for me -- and maybe you for you? -- a helpful reminder that there's no one kind of novel, and no one way to write one.
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The @splitlipthemag.bsky.social FAM IS ON FIRE!!! Congrats to @amystuber.bsky.social @janellebassett.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social @aureleo.bsky.social @reemarp.bsky.social @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @darrencdemaree.bsky.social @katedoyle.bsky.social & More!
Check out the awe-inspiring accomplishments of our Split Lip FAM in February! Congrats to everyone on your many publications, prizes, & book announcements. We are so proud of you & can’t wait to dig into your words! buff.ly/3vsgPwg
March 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
The first story in my collection, inspired by one very weird Valentine's Day 💌 lithub.com/that-is-shoc...
February 14, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The first story in my collection, inspired by one very weird Valentine's Day 💌 lithub.com/that-is-shoc...
Longlisted for The Story Prize!!
February 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Longlisted for The Story Prize!!
Before Barbie there was Frances Ha... Thanks @wearebookanista.bsky.social for a place to say what I've wanted to say for a long time about Greta Gerwig.
No I won’t ‘calm down’ about Greta Gerwig
Kate Doyle follows the dazzling trajectory of Great Gerwig’s career from Frances Ha to Barbie – and laments that women directors rarely receive due credit.
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February 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Before Barbie there was Frances Ha... Thanks @wearebookanista.bsky.social for a place to say what I've wanted to say for a long time about Greta Gerwig.
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This episode of Burned by Books with
@katedoyle.bsky.social about her debut story collection I MEANT IT ONCE is fantastic! Listen to their conversation, and buy Kate's stunning book!
@katedoyle.bsky.social about her debut story collection I MEANT IT ONCE is fantastic! Listen to their conversation, and buy Kate's stunning book!
Burned By Books: Kate Doyle, "I Meant It Once" (Algonquin Books, 2023) on Apple Podcasts
Show Burned By Books, Ep Kate Doyle, "I Meant It Once" (Algonquin Books, 2023) - Jul 28, 2023
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January 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This episode of Burned by Books with
@katedoyle.bsky.social about her debut story collection I MEANT IT ONCE is fantastic! Listen to their conversation, and buy Kate's stunning book!
@katedoyle.bsky.social about her debut story collection I MEANT IT ONCE is fantastic! Listen to their conversation, and buy Kate's stunning book!
I Meant It Once was a 2023 librarians' favorite at Brooklyn Public Library: "Guaranteed to make you feel all the feels!" I used to check out story collections from the Brower Park branch in the midst of writing this book. Honored! ❤️https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-128
Brooklyn Public Library Announces Librarians’ Favorite Reads of 2023
Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Public Library has released its favorite reads of the year. With over 100 favorites, contributed by librarians and staff, the list includes something for everything one, includ...
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January 12, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I Meant It Once was a 2023 librarians' favorite at Brooklyn Public Library: "Guaranteed to make you feel all the feels!" I used to check out story collections from the Brower Park branch in the midst of writing this book. Honored! ❤️https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-128
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If you haven't read I MEANT IT ONCE by @katedoyle.bsky.social, what are you waiting for???
"Perfect for fans of Greta Gerwig" 💖 thegloss.ie/40-best-book...
December 15, 2023 at 4:07 PM
If you haven't read I MEANT IT ONCE by @katedoyle.bsky.social, what are you waiting for???
"Perfect for fans of Greta Gerwig" 💖 thegloss.ie/40-best-book...
December 15, 2023 at 4:07 PM
"Perfect for fans of Greta Gerwig" 💖 thegloss.ie/40-best-book...
I Meant It Once a best of 2023 short story collection at Largehearted Boy, in good company: largeheartedboy.com/2023/12/03/l...
Largehearted Boy’s Story Collections of 2023 – Largehearted Boy
largeheartedboy.com
December 4, 2023 at 8:18 AM
I Meant It Once a best of 2023 short story collection at Largehearted Boy, in good company: largeheartedboy.com/2023/12/03/l...
Happy to be on this year-end list from Electric Lit, among so many story writers I admire! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2023 - Electric Literature
Collections by Alexandra Chang, Kelly Link, Yiyun Li, and Jamel Brinkley are among the year’s finest books of short fiction
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November 30, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Happy to be on this year-end list from Electric Lit, among so many story writers I admire! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
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My latest review!!
"With wry wit and meticulous precision, Doyle immerses us in the bittersweet aching of that last sliver of young adulthood." @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, thank you! anotherchicagomagazine.net/2023/11/14/r...
Review of Kate Doyle’s “I Meant It Once” by Jody Hobbs Hesler
Show me a mistake that isn’t avoidable or a person who never makes one. How much easier these characters’ lives would be if they allowed themselves to fail and learn and grow. (reviews)
anotherchicagomagazine.net
November 22, 2023 at 12:52 AM
My latest review!!
"With wry wit and meticulous precision, Doyle immerses us in the bittersweet aching of that last sliver of young adulthood." @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, thank you! anotherchicagomagazine.net/2023/11/14/r...
Review of Kate Doyle’s “I Meant It Once” by Jody Hobbs Hesler
Show me a mistake that isn’t avoidable or a person who never makes one. How much easier these characters’ lives would be if they allowed themselves to fail and learn and grow. (reviews)
anotherchicagomagazine.net
November 14, 2023 at 5:04 PM
"With wry wit and meticulous precision, Doyle immerses us in the bittersweet aching of that last sliver of young adulthood." @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, thank you! anotherchicagomagazine.net/2023/11/14/r...
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Don't miss today's conversation with translator, essayist & now novelist Kate Briggs. What happens when you place something deemed unworthy of narration at the center of your story? What do we learn about the biases baked into our storytelling?
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/kate...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/kate...
Kate Briggs : The Long Form - Tin House
Essayist and translator Kate Briggs’ first novel The Long Form is a book about, and happening within, the relationship between Helen and her infant daughter Rose. What does making a novel baby-centr...
tinhouse.com
October 14, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Don't miss today's conversation with translator, essayist & now novelist Kate Briggs. What happens when you place something deemed unworthy of narration at the center of your story? What do we learn about the biases baked into our storytelling?
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/kate...
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/kate...
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I highly recommend this fantastic—and important—essay by @katedoyle.bsky.social about how we devalue the experiences of young women!
"We learn to question our own experiences. As in: maybe it wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe I had it coming."
"We learn to question our own experiences. As in: maybe it wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe I had it coming."
Stepping out from behind the veil of fiction after all these years is a strange feeling but I'm grateful to @cassmannes.bsky.social and @rachellayown.bsky.social for seeing this essay as, well, serious. chireviewofbooks.com/2023/10/18/t...
“Take It Easy”: On the Seriousness of Young Women’s Stories
I’m hardly the first writer to suffer through some unkind feedback in a workshop—and still, I’m going to talk about it. This happened to me years ago, in grad school. In the short fiction draft ...
chireviewofbooks.com
October 18, 2023 at 4:00 PM
I highly recommend this fantastic—and important—essay by @katedoyle.bsky.social about how we devalue the experiences of young women!
"We learn to question our own experiences. As in: maybe it wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe I had it coming."
"We learn to question our own experiences. As in: maybe it wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe I had it coming."