Kathleen Driskell
@kathdriskell.bsky.social
Free-thinker & writer living in a KY country church built before the Civil War. Chair, Spalding MFA. Words in The New Yorker & River Teeth—💙Resist. KY Poet Laureate 25-26.
Thank you Governor Beshear for your leadership and ongoing support for Kentucky writers!
April 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thank you Governor Beshear for your leadership and ongoing support for Kentucky writers!
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It's publication day for @kathdriskell.bsky.social, Jonathan Aaron, Virginia Conchan, Michael McGriff, and Claudia Barnett!
March 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's publication day for @kathdriskell.bsky.social, Jonathan Aaron, Virginia Conchan, Michael McGriff, and Claudia Barnett!
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So pleased to see the brilliant @kathdriskell.bsky.social's Goat-Footed Gods on this list (Out now! Get your copy at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
March 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So pleased to see the brilliant @kathdriskell.bsky.social's Goat-Footed Gods on this list (Out now! Get your copy at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
Excited to share our spring residency books and scripts in common. @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
Naslund-Mann students! Announcing the Distinguished Visiting Writer for the spring residency, as well the books in common. Head over to the blog to read all about it: buff.ly/43h1GfG
February 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Excited to share our spring residency books and scripts in common. @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
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Here’s what Kentucky Republicans did this week.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s what Kentucky Republicans did this week.
I'm forever grateful to smart as a whip and multi-talented Erin Keane who's agreed to be in conversation with me about Goat-Footed Gods, particularly my experiences with the Pope Lick Monster, who's been my neighbor for about 30 years.
www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/.../kathleen.
www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/.../kathleen.
February 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm forever grateful to smart as a whip and multi-talented Erin Keane who's agreed to be in conversation with me about Goat-Footed Gods, particularly my experiences with the Pope Lick Monster, who's been my neighbor for about 30 years.
www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/.../kathleen.
www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/.../kathleen.
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Heads up. What’s more rffrctive than yelling DO SOMETHING at elected officials is showing the power of consumers in a spending freeze. February 28, nationwide economic blackout of large corporations. More here: www.blackenterprise.com/activists-or...
Activists Organize Boycotts Against Retailers Who Scaled Back DEI Efforts, 'Remind Them Who Has The Power'
There is a growing number of organized boycotts against mega-retailers amid their end of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
www.blackenterprise.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Heads up. What’s more rffrctive than yelling DO SOMETHING at elected officials is showing the power of consumers in a spending freeze. February 28, nationwide economic blackout of large corporations. More here: www.blackenterprise.com/activists-or...
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FYI, writers! Arkana is seeking submissions of hybrid work for their spring issue! More info: https://buff.ly/41qtfCh
February 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
FYI, writers! Arkana is seeking submissions of hybrid work for their spring issue! More info: https://buff.ly/41qtfCh
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Dems can only win by fighting his chaos with our chaos—keep him in court, attack on all fronts, attack Trump from 10 different directions. Make his head spin. It can’t be so hard to keep him in a confused state—I mean we all know he eats crayons. And paste
February 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Dems can only win by fighting his chaos with our chaos—keep him in court, attack on all fronts, attack Trump from 10 different directions. Make his head spin. It can’t be so hard to keep him in a confused state—I mean we all know he eats crayons. And paste
So we used to be just only “ugly” Americans, now we’re also cruel degenerates. Got it.
I wonder what the rest of the world is saying about us now. Berlin newspaper.
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So we used to be just only “ugly” Americans, now we’re also cruel degenerates. Got it.
Immigration enforcement has long been a federal responsibility, paid for by federal funds. Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal, if approved by the Legislature, would be the first substantial use of Tennessee taxpayer dollars to enforce U.S. immigration law. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne...
Tennessee Gov. Lee’s immigration plan comes with a $20.5 million price tag • Tennessee Lookout
Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to use state resources for immigration enforcement will cost Tennessee taxpayers $20.5 million annually.
tennesseelookout.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So. Embarrassing.
I wonder what the rest of the world is saying about us now. Berlin newspaper.
January 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So. Embarrassing.
Amen, sister.
Here is Caroline Kennedy absolutely coming for RFK Jr, a "predator" whose behavior, she says, would leave both her father and his "disgusted." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLx...
Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
YouTube video by The Golden Circle
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January 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Amen, sister.
Congratulations to our MFA alum @Sarah Ladd @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
Journalists honored at annual Kentucky Press Association gathering.
kentuckylantern.com/briefs/journ...
kentuckylantern.com/briefs/journ...
Journalists honored at annual Kentucky Press Association gathering • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Lantern reporters win two awards announced during the Kentucky Press Association Winter Convention banquet in Lexington Friday.
kentuckylantern.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congratulations to our MFA alum @Sarah Ladd @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
Our darlings gave us a lemon tree for Christmas, and what a heart lift to see a gazillon baby lemons appearing after the cold wintry misery of this past week. Especially since our 170-year-old house’s furnace hasn’t been able to push us past 60 degrees for days.
January 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our darlings gave us a lemon tree for Christmas, and what a heart lift to see a gazillon baby lemons appearing after the cold wintry misery of this past week. Especially since our 170-year-old house’s furnace hasn’t been able to push us past 60 degrees for days.
Our poetry faculty member Maggie Smith @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
When it comes to offering advice in a workshop, Maggie Smith stresses the utility of posing questions, “as opposed to offering prescriptive suggestions on a piece,” so that the considerations of craft discussed focus “on process rather than product” and can apply widely. at.pw.org/BuildingTogether
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our poetry faculty member Maggie Smith @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
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Thank you for your interest in reading for the Fiction section of TriQuarterly. We receive a large volume of submissions every year and need your help to spot the literary gems in our inbox! Enthusias...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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TriQuarterly Magazine is looking for readers with a love for all things fiction. 📖💫 If storytelling fuels your soul, apply today and join our team! 💥🌟
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#TriQMagazine #FictionReaders #CallForReaders #LitMags #WeLoveStories 📚✨
TriQuarterly Magazine is looking for readers with a love for all things fiction. 📖💫 If storytelling fuels your soul, apply today and join our team! 💥🌟
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And he had to sit there and let her say it to all in the room and all watching from elsewhere.
Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde doing God's work and showing more strength and courage than billionaires.
Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ children, immigrants nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ children, immigrants nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ children, immigrants
Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on LGBTQ issues and immigration within hours of being sworn in as president.
nbcnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
And he had to sit there and let her say it to all in the room and all watching from elsewhere.
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Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Calls and Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, ...
www.cmu.edu
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it:
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Talked to Silas about poems. Here’s a link to the Orr essay I talked about. static.catapult.co/production/c...
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Talked to Silas about poems. Here’s a link to the Orr essay I talked about. static.catapult.co/production/c...