Kat Moore
@katmoore.bsky.social
PhD. Writer. Dweller at Cat Palace. Essays in: Brevity, Image, Creative Nonfiction, Diagram, Passages North, Salt Hill and more. Bread Loaf Scholar ‘21. Tin House Winter Workshop ‘22. she/her
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Re-reading to teach in the grad class tomorrow night. Love the juxtapositions of art and social critique in these powerful and well-crafted essays. And the use of opera to reveal Detroit in “D is for the Dance of the Hours.”
October 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Re-reading to teach in the grad class tomorrow night. Love the juxtapositions of art and social critique in these powerful and well-crafted essays. And the use of opera to reveal Detroit in “D is for the Dance of the Hours.”
I completely checked out of reality today. I explored a pumpkin patch and corn maze. And yes, I did re-enact scenes from Children of the Corn while in the corn maze. Bought a pumpkin. Played glow in the dark Halloween deco mini-golf. Went on a silly Bigfoot tour. And watched Halloween 4.
October 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I completely checked out of reality today. I explored a pumpkin patch and corn maze. And yes, I did re-enact scenes from Children of the Corn while in the corn maze. Bought a pumpkin. Played glow in the dark Halloween deco mini-golf. Went on a silly Bigfoot tour. And watched Halloween 4.
The Aurora Borealis last night from my yard. Not a full viewing. But my first time seeing it all.
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Aurora Borealis last night from my yard. Not a full viewing. But my first time seeing it all.
My very first AWP panel. #AWP26 Magics, Myths, and Realities in the Mississippi Delta. These writers will dazzle, awe you, and educate you!
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My very first AWP panel. #AWP26 Magics, Myths, and Realities in the Mississippi Delta. These writers will dazzle, awe you, and educate you!
This is smoke (not clouds) from the wildfires in Canada.
August 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is smoke (not clouds) from the wildfires in Canada.
I read The Reckonings a few years ago. But so much has happened in the world and in my life since then. I’m rereading this powerful collection that looks at mercy, at justice, at how all violence (eco violence, state violence, individual and mass violence) is all connected.
August 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I read The Reckonings a few years ago. But so much has happened in the world and in my life since then. I’m rereading this powerful collection that looks at mercy, at justice, at how all violence (eco violence, state violence, individual and mass violence) is all connected.
Sooo good. I appreciate the way it complicates the metaphor still being inside heteronormativity.
July 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sooo good. I appreciate the way it complicates the metaphor still being inside heteronormativity.
The best thing about moving to Michigan so far. Higgins Lake. Our second time swimming here.
July 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The best thing about moving to Michigan so far. Higgins Lake. Our second time swimming here.
My sister directed the film, The Subject. It won lots of awards at indie film fests. She was amazing and brilliant. A shining star. She taught me how to read. She always encouraged me to be myself. To be who I am. A force of love. My big sister. The best sister.
June 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
My sister directed the film, The Subject. It won lots of awards at indie film fests. She was amazing and brilliant. A shining star. She taught me how to read. She always encouraged me to be myself. To be who I am. A force of love. My big sister. The best sister.
Saw Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th at the Alamo Drafthouse with a group of friends. Our last Friday night in Denton. I will miss the Alamo. And of course my dear friends.
June 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Saw Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th at the Alamo Drafthouse with a group of friends. Our last Friday night in Denton. I will miss the Alamo. And of course my dear friends.
A rare cool Texas evening. We walked around campus so I could say goodbye. We head to Michigan on Monday. I start my post doc fellowship in creative writing in August at a university up there.
June 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A rare cool Texas evening. We walked around campus so I could say goodbye. We head to Michigan on Monday. I start my post doc fellowship in creative writing in August at a university up there.
I will always believe Pee Wee Herman rode off to live happily ever after with Joe Maganiello.
June 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I will always believe Pee Wee Herman rode off to live happily ever after with Joe Maganiello.
Just saw the old SoCal punk band, Agent Orange, at a random street fest a ten minute walk from my house. That was a blast.
May 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Just saw the old SoCal punk band, Agent Orange, at a random street fest a ten minute walk from my house. That was a blast.
The semester ended. I spend the day sorting and packing. Then I read. Then I stay up very late watching a movie. Favorite quotes from last night’s movie:
Hell is a teenage girl.
I’m a god.
No, I’m killing boys.
You got a tampon.
Hell is a teenage girl.
I’m a god.
No, I’m killing boys.
You got a tampon.
May 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The semester ended. I spend the day sorting and packing. Then I read. Then I stay up very late watching a movie. Favorite quotes from last night’s movie:
Hell is a teenage girl.
I’m a god.
No, I’m killing boys.
You got a tampon.
Hell is a teenage girl.
I’m a god.
No, I’m killing boys.
You got a tampon.
We got the momma cat and her kittens to the shelter. Momma cat swatted at first, but now she is happy and is enjoying being cared for. She is also already pregnant again. No more streets for her. And we can move away knowing all the feral cats of Sena St are being taken care of.
May 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We got the momma cat and her kittens to the shelter. Momma cat swatted at first, but now she is happy and is enjoying being cared for. She is also already pregnant again. No more streets for her. And we can move away knowing all the feral cats of Sena St are being taken care of.
These kittens like me, but I cannot keep them. But where I’m taking them tomorrow, kittens get adopted very fast. And it’s no kill.
May 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
These kittens like me, but I cannot keep them. But where I’m taking them tomorrow, kittens get adopted very fast. And it’s no kill.
Caught two feral kittens. Tank jr (black and white one with a mustache because he looks identical to our neighbor’s cat, Tank) and Little Pepper. Taking them tomorrow to be dewormed, shots, spay/neuter (when they are big enough), and to be put up for adoption.
May 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Caught two feral kittens. Tank jr (black and white one with a mustache because he looks identical to our neighbor’s cat, Tank) and Little Pepper. Taking them tomorrow to be dewormed, shots, spay/neuter (when they are big enough), and to be put up for adoption.
Watched The Exorcist with friends last night. Then I recommended Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist by Marlena Williams. Today, I started a second read on it. So good.
May 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Watched The Exorcist with friends last night. Then I recommended Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist by Marlena Williams. Today, I started a second read on it. So good.
Just saw the documentaries, Seat 31 and I’m Your Venus, at the Thin Line Film Fest. Beautiful. Moving. Painful. Hopeful. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Trans rights are human rights.
April 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just saw the documentaries, Seat 31 and I’m Your Venus, at the Thin Line Film Fest. Beautiful. Moving. Painful. Hopeful. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Trans rights are human rights.
It’s the Pope of Trash’s birthday!
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It’s the Pope of Trash’s birthday!
16 students at UNT in Denton. One was deported last night.
April 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
16 students at UNT in Denton. One was deported last night.
I’m reading this today. There’s a book club in our department reading this and I decided to join. It’s horror fiction, but it’s about grief. I’ve trembled and wept a little. This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno.
April 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m reading this today. There’s a book club in our department reading this and I decided to join. It’s horror fiction, but it’s about grief. I’ve trembled and wept a little. This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno.