Kat Stoddard

Huge congrats to the workers at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore for winning their first union contract in 142 years!

Three cherries with stems resting against each other on a white background. Text reads: Midwestern Jam-Making Throuples. Achieving self-knowledge through statistics and copyedits.

I didn’t expect to feel giddy reviewing the style sheet for my debut novel but boy, do I.
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if we lose public access and every single other legitimate news organization is behind a paywall the only free information available will be propaganda

100%! I feel parent-writers are the absolute best people to tackle the amount of work and creative thinking it would take to make it happen, but the whole problem is that we don't have the time and bandwidth. 😭

Must read post for parent-writers and the people who love them.

This is a dream of mine too! Really love your piece, I identify with so many of the considerations you mention. I hope the wider residency conversation can one day include this perspective (despite being brushed off as irrelevant by people who have completely different experiences).

On Tyranny free resources To use and to share, now or any time

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
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A black and white image of a man riding an arabber’s horse during a funeral procession for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah.

Issue 64 of Baltimore Beat is live. Our cover photo was shot by Devin Allen.

On Showing Up What a consistent writing practice means to me.

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So exciting!! Can’t wait to read.

Ice cream cones laying on a flat surface. Text overlaid reads On Showing Up: What a consistent writing practice means to me.

Wrote about WASP’S NEST officially being in copyedits (!!!) and where I’m at with my novel-in-progress.

Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"

What to Use to Make Your Art On AI, wasting your time, and non-process process.

wrote a little anti-A.I. screed feat. @chaykak.bsky.social's latest New Yorker piece 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/what-to-us...

This was quite literally how BPD officers justified their actions involving Freddie Gray. I know because I’ve been talking about this for 10 years.

Here's a small good thing you can do all month long.

Two, actually.

1. Like, share, and comment on any library post featuring Pride books or messaging that's positive. You can influence the algorithm for good.

2. Write a letter to your library board thanking the library for Pride displays.

also you guys the library??? We all gotta be using it more. An incredible public good. Walk in, get anything that interests you, check out for a total of zero dollars, walk out. anyone against it is my nemesis

wrote a very gay #1000wordsofsummer today, happy pride month y’all 🌈

Phoebe, a twelve year old white and grey pitbull with black spots, lays on a blue rug with a floral pattern.

new rug is phoebe approved ✅

Happy #1000wordsofsummer to all who celebrate ✍️⛱️

HI EVERYONE YOU HAVE UNTIL MAY 23 PLEASE DO THIS FOR THE COMMON GOOD

“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment

This is a craft essay.

Independent Bookstore Day 2025 is a Celebration of Community-Building Independent Bookstore Day was a celebration of community for the 1,600 indie bookstores across the country celebrating it with special promotions and programming.

Here is some good news!! "Despite the timing of a massive Amazon book sale, indies nationwide reported strong sales and attendance for this year’s Independent Bookstore Day festivities." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A stack of books about abortion care and reproductive and healthcare justice and the text “April 20-26 at Greedy Reads, 10% of proceeds donated to BAF”

We’re open regular hours today AND we’re kicking off our weeklong fundraiser for @baltimorefund.bsky.social !

#indiebookstoreday #booksky #snugbooks

STOP Podcast Introduction Welcome to Stories for Power! Creative Interventions and Just Practice Collaborative joined forces to re-launch the StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP) project to document and collect histories…

🎙️New Podcast. Stories for Power: Documenting Oral Histories of Transformative Justice. Check out @storiesforpower podcast for a journey across local communities that explores the last 25 years of building community accountability, transformative justice and abolitionist practice. - so excited!!!!

Hey does anybody know what the fuck.

have you taken your meds
have you eaten something
have you made a small token to the ancient elder gods

OMG