Katherine Murray
@katherinemurray.bsky.social
Reading and writing and teaching
Senior Editor @ Literary Mama
Senior Editor @ Literary Mama
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"My daughters sketch monarchs, create stories. They drape their old baby blankets around their shoulders as wings. As they zoom past Mom, she can only reach out for them, her smile weak, her grasp left empty."
from @linalau.bsky.social's essay, "The Chrysalis," in our Sept/Oct issue:
from @linalau.bsky.social's essay, "The Chrysalis," in our Sept/Oct issue:
The Chrysalis
“Pssst!” I call my daughters from behind the tall grasses at the front of the house. The three-year-old shakes droplets from her water bottle for the ants to drink. The five-year-old clings barefoot t...
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October 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"My daughters sketch monarchs, create stories. They drape their old baby blankets around their shoulders as wings. As they zoom past Mom, she can only reach out for them, her smile weak, her grasp left empty."
from @linalau.bsky.social's essay, "The Chrysalis," in our Sept/Oct issue:
from @linalau.bsky.social's essay, "The Chrysalis," in our Sept/Oct issue:
Just submitted to @smallpitch.org ! Thank you @tanyagold.bsky.social for sharing pitch events!
July 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just submitted to @smallpitch.org ! Thank you @tanyagold.bsky.social for sharing pitch events!
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“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
“You wanna be on TOP [of the conclave]”
May 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“You wanna be on TOP [of the conclave]”
Theo loves #independentbookstoreday! And Verbatim Books will always feel like home 💙
April 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Theo loves #independentbookstoreday! And Verbatim Books will always feel like home 💙
@rachelyoder.bsky.social This seems like the setting in which Nightbitch was meant to be watched (solo parenting, boogers in my hair, and too tired to clean up the toys again). I read your book in one sitting and cried. Your book and Paris Paloma’s “labour” made me feel seen. Thank you 🩵
April 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@rachelyoder.bsky.social This seems like the setting in which Nightbitch was meant to be watched (solo parenting, boogers in my hair, and too tired to clean up the toys again). I read your book in one sitting and cried. Your book and Paris Paloma’s “labour” made me feel seen. Thank you 🩵
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The Dodgers played like shit today and still won. They are now 8-0.
This could be a problem for the league.
This could be a problem for the league.
I said earlier today the dodgers haven't been playing that well but they're undefeated because their pitchers are striking everyone out.
Well, their fielders are bricking it today. It's quite windy in LA though so maybe they can put braves defenders in the salad spinner as well.
Well, their fielders are bricking it today. It's quite windy in LA though so maybe they can put braves defenders in the salad spinner as well.
April 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The Dodgers played like shit today and still won. They are now 8-0.
This could be a problem for the league.
This could be a problem for the league.
Before today, I thought that this would be the most embarrassing text gaffe we’d see in our lifetimes
#petehegseth #jeffgoldberg
#petehegseth #jeffgoldberg
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Before today, I thought that this would be the most embarrassing text gaffe we’d see in our lifetimes
#petehegseth #jeffgoldberg
#petehegseth #jeffgoldberg
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"Meg March specializes in getting good looks, and her outside game is unstoppable. She moves well without the ball and moves well at balls. But Meg’s vanity causes her to choose ill-fitting high-heeled boots known to cause ankle injuries."
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March Madness: Key Matchups in the NCAA Little Women Tournament
Meg vs. Beth Known as the sizzling hot sister, Meg March specializes in getting good looks and her outside game is unstoppable. She moves well with...
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March 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Meg March specializes in getting good looks, and her outside game is unstoppable. She moves well without the ball and moves well at balls. But Meg’s vanity causes her to choose ill-fitting high-heeled boots known to cause ankle injuries."
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The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
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Yellowjackets and The Sopranos both take place in New Jersey in the 90s. If Meadow Soprano had been on that plane, the team would’ve been found in like three days tops
March 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yellowjackets and The Sopranos both take place in New Jersey in the 90s. If Meadow Soprano had been on that plane, the team would’ve been found in like three days tops
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🎶 Working 8 to 6, get replaced by automation
Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation?
Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket
Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block it 🎶
Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation?
Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket
Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block it 🎶
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Adjusted for Late-Stage Capitalism
In case you need help with the tune. - - -Come in on a Sunday? You’ve gotta be jokin’ Christmas bonus was a car wash token Startin’ to think our sy...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🎶 Working 8 to 6, get replaced by automation
Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation?
Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket
Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block it 🎶
Barely gettin’ by, shouldn’t wages match inflation?
Piss in a bottle while your boss buys a rocket
Vote to make a change, and they turn around and block it 🎶
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Celebrating the life of Gene Hackman tonight by watching the dinner scene from The Birdcage over and over
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Celebrating the life of Gene Hackman tonight by watching the dinner scene from The Birdcage over and over
I’m excited to facilitate this workshop for high school students! Many of my students are feeling paralyzed by the political landscape and need a space to generate ideas and camaraderie (and they can mention it on their college apps)
February 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I’m excited to facilitate this workshop for high school students! Many of my students are feeling paralyzed by the political landscape and need a space to generate ideas and camaraderie (and they can mention it on their college apps)
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Superb, by Brendan Loper in the New Yorker. Simply superb. ~AA
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Superb, by Brendan Loper in the New Yorker. Simply superb. ~AA
My sister has cystic fibrosis. Trikafta is adding decades to the life expectancies of the patients who can take it. #cysticfibrosis trials have made HUGE strides in recent years because of NIH funding, and pulling up the ladder is just straight-up evil
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My sister has cystic fibrosis. Trikafta is adding decades to the life expectancies of the patients who can take it. #cysticfibrosis trials have made HUGE strides in recent years because of NIH funding, and pulling up the ladder is just straight-up evil
2/14: Yellowjackets
2/14: Bridget Jones
2/16: White Lotus
This bread and circuses lineup is 🔥
2/14: Bridget Jones
2/16: White Lotus
This bread and circuses lineup is 🔥
February 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
2/14: Yellowjackets
2/14: Bridget Jones
2/16: White Lotus
This bread and circuses lineup is 🔥
2/14: Bridget Jones
2/16: White Lotus
This bread and circuses lineup is 🔥
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I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
January 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Federal deregulation does not mean “I gain individual liberties.”
Federal deregulation means “the government will no longer maintain the safety of institutions that I depend on and take for granted.”
Federal deregulation means “the government will no longer maintain the safety of institutions that I depend on and take for granted.”
January 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Federal deregulation does not mean “I gain individual liberties.”
Federal deregulation means “the government will no longer maintain the safety of institutions that I depend on and take for granted.”
Federal deregulation means “the government will no longer maintain the safety of institutions that I depend on and take for granted.”
10 p.m. last night: “I will just read a few pages of my new book before I go to sleep”
2 a.m.: hungover in the best way possible. Hands down the most gripping book in a gripping series!
@karinslaughter.com thank you!
2 a.m.: hungover in the best way possible. Hands down the most gripping book in a gripping series!
@karinslaughter.com thank you!
January 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
10 p.m. last night: “I will just read a few pages of my new book before I go to sleep”
2 a.m.: hungover in the best way possible. Hands down the most gripping book in a gripping series!
@karinslaughter.com thank you!
2 a.m.: hungover in the best way possible. Hands down the most gripping book in a gripping series!
@karinslaughter.com thank you!
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Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month.
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Clay updated their review database with the decisions for the nearly 50 objections filed last month.
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Every single one of them was either restricted or removed.
These decisions were made without reading the books and without a public review committee.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...