Cate McGowan
@catemcgowan.com
Author of four books; the most recent: the poetry collection, SACRIFICIAL STEEL (Driftwood Press, 2025) & the essay collection, WRITING IS REVISION (Brill, 2024). Also, a story collection & novel.
PhD/MFA. Go Johns Hopkins!
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PhD/MFA. Go Johns Hopkins!
https://linktr.ee/catemcgowan
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Cate McGowan
@catemcgowan.com
· Jun 17
OUT TODAY! Swipe to see inside of Sacrificial Steel, available everywhere today! Use the link in our bio this collection that uses art, history, and complex, musical poetic lines and forms to explore the biggest question we have as humans: what does it all mean? #booksky @catemcgowan.com
Today’s the day—my first poetry collection is out in the world with @driftwoodpress.bsky.social.
If you’ve ever wondered what it all means (or doesn’t), I hope these poems meet you there.
I’d be honored if you took a look and grateful if you shared. (Details in the post below.)
#poetry #BookSky
If you’ve ever wondered what it all means (or doesn’t), I hope these poems meet you there.
I’d be honored if you took a look and grateful if you shared. (Details in the post below.)
#poetry #BookSky
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happy thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
happy thanksgiving!
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Our annual posting of Snoopy at the 1988 Thanksgiving parade.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our annual posting of Snoopy at the 1988 Thanksgiving parade.
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
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Happy Thanksgiving. A few years ago I baked a pecan pie in a nut-based crust and the local squirrels just about lost their damn minds trying to get into the house.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. A few years ago I baked a pecan pie in a nut-based crust and the local squirrels just about lost their damn minds trying to get into the house.
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
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(With apologies to Tim O'Brien)
"The things they carried were necessary because a faceless monster had come from another dimension and had murdered Barbara Holland. So they carried Realistic TRC-214 supercoms, bear traps, and a baseball bat with nails in it."
"The things they carried were necessary because a faceless monster had come from another dimension and had murdered Barbara Holland. So they carried Realistic TRC-214 supercoms, bear traps, and a baseball bat with nails in it."
The Stranger Things They Carried
Mike carried Eggo waffles for a girl named Eleven. They were not love waffles, but Mike Sheets was hoping, so he carried the box of Eggos down the ...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
(With apologies to Tim O'Brien)
"The things they carried were necessary because a faceless monster had come from another dimension and had murdered Barbara Holland. So they carried Realistic TRC-214 supercoms, bear traps, and a baseball bat with nails in it."
"The things they carried were necessary because a faceless monster had come from another dimension and had murdered Barbara Holland. So they carried Realistic TRC-214 supercoms, bear traps, and a baseball bat with nails in it."
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Wednesday, a day of the week, derives from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' & literally means 'slippers at work, replacing duvet with a thicker one'.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Wednesday, a day of the week, derives from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' & literally means 'slippers at work, replacing duvet with a thicker one'.
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“My model for prose is poet’s prose.” —Susan Sontag
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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“My model for prose is poet’s prose.” —Susan Sontag
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We’re hiring a web/senior editor and an engagement editor.
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Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists
The Paris Review is a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We’re hiring a web/senior editor and an engagement editor.
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Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
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What better time to announce our #Pushcart nominations than Thanksgiving week?!
Drum roll, please ...
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Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
Drum roll, please ...
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Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
Pushcart Prize Nominations 2026
I never know what year to slap on this annual announcement. The Pushcart Prize anthology will come out in 2026, but all the pieces will have been published in 2025. Let’s just be forward-looking an…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What better time to announce our #Pushcart nominations than Thanksgiving week?!
Drum roll, please ...
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Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
Drum roll, please ...
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Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
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Quick take: Book proposals are useful to the author in addition to the acquisitions editor.
They force authors to craft--& then give them a record of--the book’s main argument, chapter-level arguments, overall narrative arc, & target audience. Keep the proposal handy after you send it. #Academicsky
They force authors to craft--& then give them a record of--the book’s main argument, chapter-level arguments, overall narrative arc, & target audience. Keep the proposal handy after you send it. #Academicsky
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Quick take: Book proposals are useful to the author in addition to the acquisitions editor.
They force authors to craft--& then give them a record of--the book’s main argument, chapter-level arguments, overall narrative arc, & target audience. Keep the proposal handy after you send it. #Academicsky
They force authors to craft--& then give them a record of--the book’s main argument, chapter-level arguments, overall narrative arc, & target audience. Keep the proposal handy after you send it. #Academicsky
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God speed ye taco bell scientists 🌮 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
God speed ye taco bell scientists 🌮 🧪
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I'm old enough to remember when "Black Friday" didn't last 2 weeks.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "Black Friday" didn't last 2 weeks.
Thank you, @offbeatlit.bsky.social, for the honor of a Pushcart nom. And for giving my story with coding a fabulous outlet. You folks rock!
What better time to announce our #Pushcart nominations than Thanksgiving week?!
Drum roll, please ...
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/11/24/p...
Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
Drum roll, please ...
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/11/24/p...
Congrats to all six nominees. 🥳
Pushcart Prize Nominations 2026
I never know what year to slap on this annual announcement. The Pushcart Prize anthology will come out in 2026, but all the pieces will have been published in 2025. Let’s just be forward-looking an…
thedisappointedhousewife.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you, @offbeatlit.bsky.social, for the honor of a Pushcart nom. And for giving my story with coding a fabulous outlet. You folks rock!
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"Literature speaks to me in a way that makes me feel like my soul matters"
Ethan Hawke
Thank u @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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Ethan Hawke
Thank u @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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picadorEthan Hawke was on @thebigpicpod talking about Marilynne Robinson’s HOUSEKEEPING and the power of great literary fiction. “She was speaking to me in a way that made my soul feel like it mattered.”
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Literature speaks to me in a way that makes me feel like my soul matters"
Ethan Hawke
Thank u @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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Ethan Hawke
Thank u @fsgbooks.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DRUkL82...
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Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
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We hope your decorative gourds are still kicking ass on your porch or mantel or in your all-gourd reenactments of 'Diff’rent Strokes' eps. #BLAMMO
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We hope your decorative gourds are still kicking ass on your porch or mantel or in your all-gourd reenactments of 'Diff’rent Strokes' eps. #BLAMMO
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There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
There are over 18,000 types of lichen in existence. My personal favourite is ‘village bench lichen’, which devotes its entire existence selflessly to gradually making communal public seating more furry and comfortable.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Political journalism, and the elite tier of journalism generally, got taken over by billionaire courtiers, conservative activists and sex-pest dipshits and those three groups have largely hounded the real reporters out of the profession as a matter of class self-interest.
November 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Political journalism, and the elite tier of journalism generally, got taken over by billionaire courtiers, conservative activists and sex-pest dipshits and those three groups have largely hounded the real reporters out of the profession as a matter of class self-interest.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM