Marla Lepore
@marlaink.bsky.social
Nashville-based writer/compulsive editor. I write the Muck Rack Daily newsletter. Essays in North American Review, Hippocampus, Points in Case, Sky Island Journal, plus others. Usually covered in dog and/or cat hair.
Very strange feeling to have a congressional race in Tennessee that anyone at the national level cares about. This is the first time I've been on the receiving end of a postcard campaign...
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Very strange feeling to have a congressional race in Tennessee that anyone at the national level cares about. This is the first time I've been on the receiving end of a postcard campaign...
Only took about 5 minutes at the Lentz Public Health Center today
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Only took about 5 minutes at the Lentz Public Health Center today
Fun visiting my high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, as part of our reunion weekend. Back when I was editor, The Enterprise was a newspaper -- now it's a magazine. Looks like Captain Shreve is doing a good job of inspiring student interest and opportunities in journalism!
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fun visiting my high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, as part of our reunion weekend. Back when I was editor, The Enterprise was a newspaper -- now it's a magazine. Looks like Captain Shreve is doing a good job of inspiring student interest and opportunities in journalism!
Happy Halloween from Lucy and Emmylou Hairy (stress-eating her treats). They are thrilled, I tell you, thrilled to once again don their costumes. #cats #dogs #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy Halloween from Lucy and Emmylou Hairy (stress-eating her treats). They are thrilled, I tell you, thrilled to once again don their costumes. #cats #dogs #halloween
Obviously I blame myself. Impossible to resist plopping down and getting comfy-cozy on a freshly dry-cleaned formal gown. #cats #catsofbluesky
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Obviously I blame myself. Impossible to resist plopping down and getting comfy-cozy on a freshly dry-cleaned formal gown. #cats #catsofbluesky
Dear Traveller,
You have reached the end of the journey that led you to climb the Palatine Hill and walk, with your eyes but above all your imagination...
Here, on this very spot, travellers, writers, artists, men and women of culture and enthusiasts of art and archaeology paused before you...
#Rome
You have reached the end of the journey that led you to climb the Palatine Hill and walk, with your eyes but above all your imagination...
Here, on this very spot, travellers, writers, artists, men and women of culture and enthusiasts of art and archaeology paused before you...
#Rome
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Dear Traveller,
You have reached the end of the journey that led you to climb the Palatine Hill and walk, with your eyes but above all your imagination...
Here, on this very spot, travellers, writers, artists, men and women of culture and enthusiasts of art and archaeology paused before you...
#Rome
You have reached the end of the journey that led you to climb the Palatine Hill and walk, with your eyes but above all your imagination...
Here, on this very spot, travellers, writers, artists, men and women of culture and enthusiasts of art and archaeology paused before you...
#Rome
Mild times at the Hot Diggity Dog Festival in a slightly soggy Nashville yesterday. Lucy much preferred the company of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile to that of other, actual dogs.
September 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Mild times at the Hot Diggity Dog Festival in a slightly soggy Nashville yesterday. Lucy much preferred the company of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile to that of other, actual dogs.
Lucy's easing into the long weekend.
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lucy's easing into the long weekend.
Lucy's sleeping in on International Dog Day (and every day).
August 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Lucy's sleeping in on International Dog Day (and every day).
Happy birthday, Joe Strummer 🖤
August 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy birthday, Joe Strummer 🖤
"I’m a martini purist. Here’s what is — and isn’t — in the perfect classic cocktail."
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
Amen to all of this and especially this:
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
Amen to all of this and especially this:
August 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"I’m a martini purist. Here’s what is — and isn’t — in the perfect classic cocktail."
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
Amen to all of this and especially this:
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
Amen to all of this and especially this:
If you see this, post a photo you saved because it made you laugh
August 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you see this, post a photo you saved because it made you laugh
let's go back to the ’90s
"Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
let's go back to the ’90s
"Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Little lion cut day for Emmylou Hairy: The "oh no" before and the "what the..." after, plus the "sitting at my food dish for an hour contemplating things."
#cats
#cats
July 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Little lion cut day for Emmylou Hairy: The "oh no" before and the "what the..." after, plus the "sitting at my food dish for an hour contemplating things."
#cats
#cats
The rare (?) swimming beagle. Hopefully Lucy will be good and worn out by the time the fireworks start
July 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The rare (?) swimming beagle. Hopefully Lucy will be good and worn out by the time the fireworks start
Lucy thoroughly enjoyed this piece that’s about dogs and also more than dogs.
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Lucy thoroughly enjoyed this piece that’s about dogs and also more than dogs.
This sentence is just incredible to me and also I am officially very old.
June 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This sentence is just incredible to me and also I am officially very old.
