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@KatyWriteStuff
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I write short fiction and cover arts and culture for The Provincetown Independent, a thriving community newspaper. Veteran of radio/TV news, MA Dept of Higher Education.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I need more #Boston #symphonies more James Carter jazz sax, more reminders to turn off my cell phone
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’

We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Tonight's the night! Tune in from 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST / 3am IST to hear the #BookerPrize2025 winner as it's announced.

Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Morning in America. TURN THE VOLUME UP!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
IMHO you give yourself a gift when you donate to a SNAP emergency fund @ your local community college. Students juggling jobs kids & coursework are the LPNs, RNs arts & tech sector workers of tomorrow. Link to Bunker Hill Community College emergency fund, Boston: wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/webl...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fab list for those tired of submitting to mags with 0% acceptance rates #writers #writingcraft
Literary Magazines in the Sweet Spot
Looking for a balance between prestige and accessibility? These literary magazines are in the sweet spot — competitive but attainable for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writers.
www.chillsubs.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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This is the line of cars at the food pantry where I volunteer. We haven't even opened for the day yet. And meanwhile, the president builds his gilded ballroom.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Nearly a decade after his first victory, novelists still haven’t figured out what to do with Trump. @chrislehmann.bsky.social writes on the American literati’s failure to meet the MAGA moment.
thebaffler.com/salvos/american-gothics-lehmann
American Gothics | Chris Lehmann
Literary elites have greeted the great crisis of the present age with little more than a collective puzzled shrug.
thebaffler.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sooo happy to see this! Because “literature is the least-supported artistic discipline in the U.S., receiving only 1.9% of the $5 billion in arts grants awarded in 2023” (source: Candid)
Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/
About | Literary Arts Fund
The Literary Arts Fund advances support for the nonprofit literary arts field toward ensuring creative writers’ contributions to American literature for generations to come.
literaryartsfund.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Join this year’s 5 Over 50 authors for a celebratory reading and conversation about their individual paths to publication on Thursday, November 6, at 7 PM EST. This virtual event is free; registration is required. RSVP: at.pw.org/5over5025
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Penn Review was founded in 1951, making it the oldest continuously published literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. They are known for their fast response time, and got back to me on my submissions within a few days. buff.ly/UvOjZV6
#poetrycommunity #litmags #WritingCommunity
NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Penn Review, DEADLINE: Nov. 7, 2025
The Penn Review was founded in 1951, making it the oldest continuously published literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. It was very exciting to have my poems “Three MiraclesR…
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October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Kiran Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is the best book I’ve read this year. #BookerPrize2025
Seeing ghosts, her favourite book quote and being reincarnated as a bandicoot.

We asked Kiran Desai, shortlisted for the #BookerPrize2025 with The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, some quick-fire questions so you can get to know her better.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Prayers for Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wandered off Rte 6 and found a secret pond in #Provincetown.
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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#AHouseOfDynamite director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim sat down for an interview with John Mecklin in @thebulletin.org to discuss genesis of the film, its inspirations, and the broader craft of making such a complex film.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/a-co...
A conversation with Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'A House of Dynamite,' and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim
A conversation among Kathryn Bigelow, director of the film "A House of Dynamite," Noah Oppenheim, who wrote the script for the movie, and Bulletin editor in chief John Mecklin. The film, which deals w...
thebulletin.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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A priest, a rabbi & a former federal prosecutor walk into a...podcast to talk about their books. It's great listening! I'm 3rd up & so glad I had the opportunity to learn about great books by Episcopal Prelate Mariann Edgar Budde & Rabbi Angela Buchdahl penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/this-is-the-...
On the Podcast: Mariann Edgar Budde, Angela Buchdahl, and Joyce Vance - Penguin Random House Audio
S10 E42: Go behind the mic with the authors of We Can Be Brave, Heart of a Stranger, Giving Up is Unforgivable.
penguinrandomhouseaudio.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM