Kate Gehan

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There’s so much going on, there’s no way newsrooms and the public can keep up.

This book is a banger. I'm proud to have been one of the editors and I think you should buy it. @roxanegay.bsky.social thinks you should too, as does my mom, who saw an early draft when it was open on my computer during a visit. She was like "i don't like comics (besides Archie), but this is great."

Wow Hannah. Brilliant.

A great issue this month!

our new submissions call for rehoming out-of-print books is opening in two weeks!

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, "My momma’s ashes were displayed on my table in my tent. I came back one day — and EVERYTHING was gone, including her ashes. They were clearly labled ‘In loving memory — my mom, my best friend…’ and her name. Her ashes were all that I had left of her. No one stored my stuff. I called tons of places and NO ONE knew anything. It is very difficult for me still, everyday. No warning, no remorse, nothing."

A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “It’s hard to narrow my list down. One particularly devastating (for me) sweep took EVERYTHING I owned at the time I was gone from my spot for a couple nights. Save for my wallet, ID, and the clothes on my back, I had not brought anything with me. Unaware of the sweep, I returned to find my tent, my cot, all my clothing, several files with important document, literally everything; all of it, gone.”

A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Lost my clothes tents more than once all my personal items i.e. pictures family photos and kids birth certificates and it really sucked how they did it and bulldozed everything I owned litterally bulldozed it.”

A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, “Winter bedding & personal memorabilia pictures, things that can’t be replaced. One winter in the middle of the night they came and took bedding only now they mess with us every day now I try to keep it to a backpack and cart try to.”

People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives.

Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

Ummm don’t chat with bots at all. And keep your kids away from them. This is disgusting.

Exposure, New Fiction by Kate Gehan Evocative fiction exploring love and vulnerability by Kate Gehan.

"I say, *Okay babe shoot me*, because if you can’t beat them, join them."

"I ask, *Do you wonder if a woman could ever have power like a president, govern you into behaving?*"

@stateofkate.bsky.social in @tangledlockslit.bsky.social tangledlocksjournal.com/2025/08/10/e...

Thank you Pat—you’re the best 💕

It was cancelled because of the flooding in Milwaukee :/
Very glad they made a safe choice although obviously it was a serious bummer.

I received some declines on this one for the subject matter being a bit difficult/controversial. I think the subject is important and thank EIC at at TL for giving it a home.

Exposure, New Fiction by Kate Gehan Evocative fiction exploring love and vulnerability by Kate Gehan.

@tangledlockslit.bsky.social Thank you for publishing my story “Exposure”! tangledlocksjournal.com/2025/08/10/e...

The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews Terrible news from The Associated Press. Media Nation correspondent J.A. passes along this note from Anthony McCartney, the AP’s global entertainment and lifestyle editor. AP to end its weekl…

Attention Readers, especially those in the heartland, this is a catastrophe: The Associated Press tells its book critics that it's ending weekly reviews dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...

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Thank you!

No way! That’s so cool!

This weekend I am doing the sprint triathlon distance in the national championships race in Wisconsin. I expect to be smoked. I’m doing it because I qualified based on a tiny local race last year. I’ve never done a race this huge and I’m slightly terrified—but here’s to saying yes to new experiences

This summer I sort of forgot about Bluesky and Substack and it turns out that’s where all the writers are hanging out! 🥹

Our annual contest opens for submissions August 1st! This year's guest judge is Andrew Porter. Keep an eye out for our Q&A with Andrew soon.

Find more details about our contest here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/

Congratulations to Siamak Vossoughi for his story “Orange” (from PC 13.1) making Best of the Net 2025!

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The August issue is here!

Love the imagination

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just found out that if you write, you will have written. big if true

I'm so grateful to have this piece appear. Big 💙 to @stateofkate.bsky.social @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social and all the editors at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. Thank you so much for reading this one. 💙💙💙

So glad you sent it our way, Dan. It’s a powerful piece.

Nonviolent Political Actions for Writers 1) Writing-speeches, letters, statements, flyers, leaflets, group letters, petitions...plus your poems, stories, plays, and commitment to making art as a person who desires a better world. 2) Banners bumperstickers, t-shirts, protest signs, sky-writing, sidewalk chalk, broadcasts, social media posts, articles, editorials, displays of language in public places. 3) Symbolic Acts-pickets, marches, prayer circles, vigils, mock awards, delivering symbolic objects (pies, dildos, dead flowers, glasses of water delivered by citizens of Flint, MI, to their local politicians, etc), displays of flags or other symbolic objects (in the Polish Solidarity movement, members wore electronic "resistors" from radios), public performances, satire, costumes (pussy hats at the Women's March; nuns' habits worn by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, etc.), disrobings, die-ins, mock funerals, effigies, puppets. 4) Public disapproval-whistles, bullhorns, assemblies, sit-ins, stand-ins, ride-ins, solidarity with those being attacked (Angel Action against the Westboro Baptist Church, US Veterans acting as "Human Shields" to protect the Standing Rock protesters), walk-outs, silence, withholding approval, turning one's back, boycott, sanctuary, total personal non-cooperation, conscientious objector status. 5) Witness-At any level of action, remember that action speaks louder with words. You not only have to be willing to participate, you must be willing to testify. You are here on this earth at this time. Don't act like you're not a part of what's going on.

I made this list of Nonviolent Political Actions for Writers for a course I taught during TFG 1.0 on Writers & Resistance. Please share. You do not need to be a writer to participate.

"You are here on this earth at this time. Don't act like you're not a part of what's going on."

Happy publication day, @abigailmyers.bsky.social !!

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