Katie Robinson
@ktrobinson.bsky.social
writer of poetry, fiction, & creative nonfiction
sometimes surreal, sometimes flash, grappling with themes of motherhood, dystopias, mental unraveling, Southern writing, place in physical bodies, and more.
www.katierobinsonwrites.com
sometimes surreal, sometimes flash, grappling with themes of motherhood, dystopias, mental unraveling, Southern writing, place in physical bodies, and more.
www.katierobinsonwrites.com
Bat cat. Cat bat. Either way, unhappy about it.
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Bat cat. Cat bat. Either way, unhappy about it.
My sister’s memorial scholarship application is live! Open to HS seniors in Chesapeake, VA who are future nurses! Applicants will compose an essay on domestic abuse. Chelse was a DV victim. She died by gunshot wound in the middle of her forehead on 11/2/25.
February 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
My sister’s memorial scholarship application is live! Open to HS seniors in Chesapeake, VA who are future nurses! Applicants will compose an essay on domestic abuse. Chelse was a DV victim. She died by gunshot wound in the middle of her forehead on 11/2/25.
This looks amazing! Love the concept! I preordered my copy. ☺️
COVER REVEAL & PREORDERS ARE OPEN! I’m thrilled to share to the cover for my forthcoming hybrid/micro CNF collection from @riverriverbooks! Thank you to @han.vanderhart & @amorakhuey for believing in my odd, sad bird & my eternal gratitude to brilliant designer, @albyfischer for this gorgeousness!
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This looks amazing! Love the concept! I preordered my copy. ☺️
Reposted by Katie Robinson
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
Reposted by Katie Robinson
26th and nicollet in minneapolis is closed to vehicle traffic now as brass solidarity performs
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
26th and nicollet in minneapolis is closed to vehicle traffic now as brass solidarity performs
Love this thoughtful piece with geological layers!
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“The House of Paper Mountains” by Amalia Mora is now up!
Art by Dylan Manning
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“The House of Paper Mountains” by Amalia Mora is now up!
Art by Dylan Manning
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The House of Paper Mountains by Amalia Mora
The piles of paper have become mountains in Betty’s house. Some of the papers are stacked into bags that look like boulders, and often they erode and turn into spilled valleys. But they are always …
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January 20, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Love this thoughtful piece with geological layers!
“In them, he’s smiling. Carefree. Like his whole life’s ahead of him, not behind. And he’s looking forward to living that life.”
This beautiful CNF piece hits close to home with the recent loss of my sister.
This beautiful CNF piece hits close to home with the recent loss of my sister.
My very first piece of cnf today in the wonderful @frazzledlit.bsky.social . Please have a read about my cousin, Ashton & if you don't feel like reading, there's an audio of me narrating the piece.
Thanks to brilliant editors, Jen and Laura. Check out the issue!
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Thanks to brilliant editors, Jen and Laura. Check out the issue!
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Shooting Stars
Creative non-fiction by Barbara Byar
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January 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
“In them, he’s smiling. Carefree. Like his whole life’s ahead of him, not behind. And he’s looking forward to living that life.”
This beautiful CNF piece hits close to home with the recent loss of my sister.
This beautiful CNF piece hits close to home with the recent loss of my sister.
I created the Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship to honor my sister, a DV victim who died by gunshot wound in her forehead 11/2/25. Please consider donating to the scholarship fund: gofund.me/3e8b51191
Donate to Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship, organized by Katie Robinson
To honor Chelse's legacy as a nurse and raise awareness about domestic abuse,… Katie Robinson needs your support for Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship
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January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I created the Chelse Widen Memorial Nursing Scholarship to honor my sister, a DV victim who died by gunshot wound in her forehead 11/2/25. Please consider donating to the scholarship fund: gofund.me/3e8b51191
When you’re mourning, everyone looks at you like you’re a reptile person. I don’t know how to be anything else. I would really like to go be a reptile in a secluded cabin. Or maybe a salamander.
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When you’re mourning, everyone looks at you like you’re a reptile person. I don’t know how to be anything else. I would really like to go be a reptile in a secluded cabin. Or maybe a salamander.
Tonight, I submitted my MFA thesis. Then I made nachos for dinner. Tadaaaa!
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tonight, I submitted my MFA thesis. Then I made nachos for dinner. Tadaaaa!
This is my beautiful sister! The brightest light! She was snatched from us November 2. Praying for justice. Waiting for Macbeth 3.4 to unfold.
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This is my beautiful sister! The brightest light! She was snatched from us November 2. Praying for justice. Waiting for Macbeth 3.4 to unfold.
While writing a story this week, I intended to give a woman a pet skunk. I think I gave her a mental breakdown instead. Oh well. The skunk will go to another character another day.
September 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
While writing a story this week, I intended to give a woman a pet skunk. I think I gave her a mental breakdown instead. Oh well. The skunk will go to another character another day.
Spent the past week with this beautiful collection! “Sugar Babies” and “Ghost Sickness” make excellent bookends for all these significant stories.
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Spent the past week with this beautiful collection! “Sugar Babies” and “Ghost Sickness” make excellent bookends for all these significant stories.
Lovely poem split between the realities of motherhood!
Next poem from Issue 6 evoked visceral #nostalgia for me — I was right back in my nursing chair with my first newborn, feeling the contractions and the sleepiness and the overwhelming, sacrificial love. And the clarity that can come from that.
Mother’s Shadow by @vignettes.bsky.social
Mother’s Shadow by @vignettes.bsky.social
MOTHER'S SHADOW -
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September 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lovely poem split between the realities of motherhood!
Been busy writing my thesis! Nine pages left! Here’s a cat picture!
September 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Been busy writing my thesis! Nine pages left! Here’s a cat picture!
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social Thank you for replaying my piece!
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Embracing through the Trickling Nights" by Katie Robinson (@ktrobinson.bsky.social)
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July 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social Thank you for replaying my piece!
Book clutter is acceptable clutter.
July 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Book clutter is acceptable clutter.
Was taking a selfie with my girl Marlowe and then she did this. 💛
May 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Was taking a selfie with my girl Marlowe and then she did this. 💛
Am I the only one who reads Andor as and/or? Yes? OK…
April 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Am I the only one who reads Andor as and/or? Yes? OK…
I am OBSESSED with Buford the dog who rescued a two-year-old lost in the AZ wilderness. who’sagoodboyyy?!
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Dozens searched for a missing 2-year-old in the Arizona desert. Buford the dog was the real hero.
The 6-year-old Anatolian Pyrenees came home Tuesday morning with a toddler who'd gone missing the day before in a remote part of Arizona.
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April 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I am OBSESSED with Buford the dog who rescued a two-year-old lost in the AZ wilderness. who’sagoodboyyy?!
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I met this squirrel at the Grand Canyon today.
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I met this squirrel at the Grand Canyon today.
“In Alice’s stories the mother always dies. Or is dead already. Or is absent in a way that suggests, to the perceptive reader, that she is likely dead.”
I’ve had my heart set on Milk Candy Review for a while and am so excited to have my flash find a home there today! milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/03/20/t... #flashfiction
The Story Where the Mother Dies in Childbirth ~ by Emily Rinkema
In Alice’s stories the mother always dies. Or is dead already. Or is absent in a way that suggests, to the perceptive reader, that she is likely dead. There are mother figures, maybe a step-mother …
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March 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“In Alice’s stories the mother always dies. Or is dead already. Or is absent in a way that suggests, to the perceptive reader, that she is likely dead.”
Compelling piece on the necessary process of storytelling and revision.
"When I teach my students about ChatGPT and storytelling, I always make them read that chapter in Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, the one where a family escapes a flood caused by a hurricane, and I tell them that the story exists because of rage, and because of love." Stunning essay by Geetha Iyer.
"I have been teaching my students that humans are storytellers by nature, and that ChatGPT is neither a storyteller nor product of nature."
From “Exquisite Corpus”, a new Insight piece by Geetha Iyer, read it at The Offing today! theoffingmag.com/insight/exqu...
From “Exquisite Corpus”, a new Insight piece by Geetha Iyer, read it at The Offing today! theoffingmag.com/insight/exqu...
March 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Compelling piece on the necessary process of storytelling and revision.
Worst teammate ever. “Team lift” pfffft
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Worst teammate ever. “Team lift” pfffft
Things people without chronic pain might not understand: When I get low on my migraine abortive med (insurance only covers 8 pills a month), I sometimes suck on a mint to trick my body into thinking I’m taking medicine (the med is mint-flavored) to get it to heal itself. Never works.
March 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Things people without chronic pain might not understand: When I get low on my migraine abortive med (insurance only covers 8 pills a month), I sometimes suck on a mint to trick my body into thinking I’m taking medicine (the med is mint-flavored) to get it to heal itself. Never works.