Caitlin Annette Johnson

me after somehow flooding my landlord's apartment + basement last night, but still up and at these deadlines bc I'm a PROFESSIONAL

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 189:
There are many different ways to be a writer. Being a professional writer is only one of them. All are valid.

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whenever someone asks me what day it is

Text to the poem "When I Ask Siri: What Am I Doing With My Life?" by Kara Knickerbocker from Issue 32, October 2025.

Time for a poetry spotlight!

Check out Kara Knickerbocker's "When I Ask Siri: What Am I Doing With My Life?" from our newest issue:

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Who hasn't asked Siri a cheeky question or two?

A creepy Halloween skull decoration looks out a Brooklyn window with a surprising amount of emotion

I love how wistful my kid’s Halloween ghoul looks this morning

Thank you, Paul🥰

A light blue, hand-drawn illustration of a gently open hand against a textured white background. Text in blue script and sans-serif font reads: "tendon," "issue 08," "care," "call for submissions," and "deadline nov 1st."

Calling all FICTION baddies! I'm super psyched to tell you all that I am the new Fiction Editor for @tendonmag.bsky.social and I want to see YOU ALL in our subs for Issue 8! Share this widely! Tell your friends!

Submit---> tendonmag.submittable.com/submit

THAT’S MY MAYOR

as if by magic

Now the season of mists & mellow fruitfulness (or rain, wind & gas-pipe replacement down our way) is here, I've recorded a piece, Autumn, published in Eunoia Review last Spring. As I read it, I noticed its #winged dimension @eunoiareview.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social #promptcombo #poetrycommunity

I've always believed that poetry exists to make the world appear larger, more beautiful, and more mysterious.

-- Charles Simic

IV. THE GENERAL STRIKE How the Civil War meant emancipation and how the black worker won the war by a general strike which transferred his labor from the Confederate planter to the Northern invader, in whose army lines workers began to be organized as a new labor force When Edwin Ruffin, white-haired and mad, fired the first gun at Fort Sumter, he freed the slaves. It was the last thing he meant to do but that was because he was so typically a Southern oligarch. He did not know the real world about him. He was provincial and lived apart on his plantation with his servants, his books and his thoughts. Outside of agriculture, he jumped at conclusions instead of testing them by careful research. He knew, for instance, that the North would not fight. He knew that Negroes would never revolt.

Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America

I got recognized once but it was a guy who had interviewed (and rejected) me for a job. I tried to convince him I was a D-list celebrity but he eventually remembered lol

best advice I was ever given

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Oh god am I going to always remember where I was when Taylor Swift got engaged?

if people were really interested in making sports more equitable, they would start at income inequality-- after all, healthy bodies typically have a lot more resources. But that's not what they care about. get fucked, Pete

Book of poetry that reads: SPELLING BEE WITHOUT STINGER I LOVE MYSELF IS OFTEN SPELLED G-O-O-D-B-Y-E

Oh Andrea. You will be so missed. What a blessing to have had you for as long as we did. #WritingCommunity #AndreaGibson #Poetry

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All the times that I was wrong: a never ending memoir

I’m not a creep I just hate crowds. Got to see @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and yes he’s just as cool in person it’s wild

cute white dog looks over the screen of a computer on a bed in a colorful room

Every edit I make is co-signed by a small dog who once ate a whole bottle of olive oil and lived to tell the tale.
You’re in good hands.

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Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.

I’ve been helping writers shape wild first drafts into manuscripts with real momentum. Fiction, poetry, hybrid work! I’ll meet your work where it's at! Let’s talk.
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July is wide open for manuscript editing! Poets, novelists, and queers with something freaky and/or risky: let’s work.
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a cat wearing a scarf is sitting in front of a laptop . Alt: a cat wearing a scarf is sitting in front of a laptop .

Me checking the astrology rn bc my group chats are popping off

Adding to my Libby right now thank you!! 🙏

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I miss those mornings so damn much