katie cusumano

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need a word or expression for the deep desire for in-person experiences and interactions in direct response to the AI-ification of ... everything. like how we talked about "skin hunger" during the pandemic, except for all of life.

just another day realizing I'm writing a feature that boils down to how the only certainty in life is the absolute impossibility of knowing anything for sure

The Perfect Thanksgiving Cocktail Is the Boulevardier Helen Rosner on the Boulevardier, a classic cocktail dating back to the nineteen-twenties, made with whiskey, Campari, and vermouth.

happy thanksgiving & happy anniversary to the most correct blog www.newyorker.com/culture/kitc...

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’ Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

authors alex castellanos and aashna avachat sit on stage at the portland book festival during a panel moderated by ... me

PBF!! attending this festival was one of the first things I did in portland after moving to oregon and it was an absolute dream to moderate this panel with aashna avachat and alex castellanos. already dreaming about next year 🧁📖

Sweet and Sour: Alexis Castellanos & Aashna Avachat - PDX Book Fest Alexis Castellanos and Aashna Avachat join Katherine Cusumano in a panel on serendipitous and unexpected young love featuring all the juicy stuff including but not limited to: fake dating, handsome ga...

I'm moderating a conversation about romance, food, and FAKE DATING with two fabulous authors of YA rom-coms at the portland book festival this weekend

12:45 at the park tent — portland friends, hope to see u there 🍬📖
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"I have an absolutely perfect Katie story" there is literally (??) no greater privilege than to receive this text from an editor

sob what a beautiful night to be an alum of new york, greatest city in the world

Visual artist Wendy Red Star on collaborating with your ancestors – The Creative Independent Visual artist Wendy Red Star discusses how she approaches an archive, her MFA experience, and betting on herself.

“I was just a maniac, saying yes to everything and feeling like I was going to be doomed at any point. … You should always bet on yourself. It always turns out well, making that investment.”

wendy red star by me for @thecreativeindependent.com
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photo of a page from “The Sounding of the Whale” by D. Graham Burnett. a sentence is underlined: “it is very hard to say anything that is actually right about anything at all.”

what a move to drop this on the second-to-last page of your doorstop book about 20th-century whale science (compliment) (from D. Graham Burnett, The Sounding of the Whale)

Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protesters mounts, the White House said on Friday.

truly an iconic Portland photo

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people (me) are already calling it the literary event of 2026 www.finishinglinepress.com/product/pers...

at this point I am so sick of my own thoughts about oily sludge water ... essay to come soon 👀

mandy!!

i don't have one but someone's gotta!!

paige is seriously a genius of visual poetry. if you’re in portland and have even one (1) poem bone in your body, why haven’t you registered???

realizing that if I just cut 200 words rather than writing 200 more ... the piece is done >>>>

hi

Ecological Warfare, by Nathaniel Rich A swamp-rat slaughter on the bayou

if I can't be on the nutrient rodeo beat myself I can at least be its most ardent student harpers.org/archive/2025...

"the seed tractor sank again, no surprise" is just such a good line

find me moderating a sweet YA panel at the portland book fest on nov. 8. a dream come true, truly !!

I'm using this @thecreativeindependent.com Q&A in a class I'm teaching tonight; every time I read it I notice something new.

"Having a really rigid artificial structure allows me freedom ... Having an alarm go off and saying, 'That's the end of my creative day,' that allows you to relax into it."

I don't even live in new york anymore and every adams headline still has me absolutely riveted

How Not to Cut Off Your Finger - Oregon Stater For this experiment to work, I had to become one with the hot dog — to believe in the hot dog as an extension of my own finger, both of us mostly salt and water merging into one salty watery body. I s...

not my typical beat ... but when @oregonstate.edu alumni mag calls: I wrote a very fun, silly story about an alum's quest to make table saws safer. (huge thanks to my editor for publishing such sentences as "humans, like hot dogs, are good electrical conductors.") oregonstater.org/how-not-to-c...

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Meet Katherine Cusumano, 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow We’re thrilled to introduce the 2025 Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipients with individual features on our blog. Out-of-state judges spent several months evaluating the 400+ applications we received, ...

hello it's me 😭 literary-arts.org/2025/08/meet...

gothrange!

tove takes something kind of twee on its surface and makes it lovely 🌳