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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Shared this poem (from @giordkat.bsky.social’s Thumbsucker) in the newsletter today, thought I’d share it here too. Definitely posted it on twitter back in the day but this might be the first time sharing it on this platform. Enjoy! malarkeybooks.com/poetry/submi...

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Submission Guidelines — Malarkey

by Kat Giordano we are a journal of fiction and poetry. we are a journal of words. we are a journal of transgressive, gritty, outsider lit. we have a name like [Cardinal direction] [U.S. state] Re...

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

it’s amazing how much smaller life has gotten over the last decade. like i am less afraid of life, have better people around me, and have more money than ever, but all of it feels like it’s worth so much less than it would have been in some other version of 2026

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

almost tweeted this but decided i didn’t want to get yelled at by the most boring people alive so you can have it instead

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

growing out a sort of “pixie cut of the mind”

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

feels weird to post here like i’m breaking no contact with a lover i demonized for being “too nice to me”

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james edward (stylo!) @styl0.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I have decided that in terms of your current admin, it Does Not Have to be Messier Than That cool back of the book photo, professional glamorous author/talk therapist for those suffering Ass Cancer and Directional Insanity, website being getbetterkat.org

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Understand that we’re not for everyone and not everyone can buy books and especially that no one can buy every book—but, we have a lot of expenses coming up rapidly and every bit of support, from big to small, helps: malarkeybooks.com/support

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Slowly getting Malarkey Public Radio episodes back online. Here’s one from a while back featuring @ljabouttown.bsky.social and @giordkat.bsky.social and @yoadrianididit.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Screaming, Crying, Throwing Up: Poetry

Podcast Episode · Malarkey Public Radio · 10/25/2025 · 57m

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Book release for Vi Khi Nao’s My Ardent Love for the Pencil is in one week at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn! Featuring readings by @giordkat.bsky.social and @ossuary.bsky.social. More details/RSVP here: powerhousearena.com/events/book-...

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Book Launch: My Ardent Pencil by Vi Khi Nao featuring readings by Kat Giordano - POWERHOUSE Arena

My Ardent Love for the Pencil moves like a sloth in silk: slowly, precisely, gorgeously.

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Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Look what I picked up yesterday @giordkat.bsky.social

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Thumbsucker by @giordkat.bsky.social is 10/10. It is, as Todd Dillard puts it, “one of those bruised, bloody-knuckled, cut-lipped books that has flung itself into life and all its suffering and is here to tell you, dripping in manna and umbra, how it survived.” malarkeybooks.com/store/thumbs...

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Thumbsucker, poems by Kat Giordano — Malarkey

Release date: April 1, 2024 New poems by Kat Giordano! “Kat Giordano's Thumbsucker is one of those bruised, bloody-knuckled, cut-lipped books that has flung itself into life and all its suffering...

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

GOOFUS shows up late and stares at his phone until it’s his turn at the open mic. GALLANT pays attention to all the readers and arrives in time to see the features.

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

my poutine-fueled late-night missive on harvest moon: friends of mineral town just dropped on substack if u even care open.substack.com/pub/katgiord...

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Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is a game that hates you.

A retrospective on the emotionally-abusive granddaddy of "cozy farming sims."

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I had read and enjoyed @giordkat.bsky.social’s first couple poetry collections, as well as the novel The Fountain, and so was very excited to get to publish Thunbsucker, which I think is Kat’s best book! malarkeybooks.com/store/thumbs...

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Thumbsucker, poems by Kat Giordano — Malarkey

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

tell him what we said about “paint it black”

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

We have about 10 copies in the malarkey warehouse. Buy one! malarkeybooks.com/store/thumbs...

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

realized the last time i used this app (2023!!!) my latest book has not come out so in case you haven’t heard, please buy THUMBSUCKER, a collection of poetry that’s so good i can get away with pretending it just came out this year. asterismbooks.com/product/thum...

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 18/07/2023

texting the 👍🏻 man for 👍🏻

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

my old posts on here stink of “trying to get a specific person to notice me,” because i was indeed trying to get a specific person to notice me

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

my hottest sexual fantasy is a square peg fitting into a round hole

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O F SCARY @ossuary.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Think about all you could gain from a trippy, fast-paced gay historical novel about the origins of the Satanic panic

The sell sheet fir BACKMASK by o f cueri with blurb and isbn

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

[shaking off the weird shame spiral i’ve been in for months] what’s crackin

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

keep forgetting to post on here. howdy

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the Jarvis Cocker of the Chicago lit scene @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

In order to subvert the paradigm, I've made this unassuming adult man wear three children's trenchcoats at the same time.

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

not my crazy ass turning away from what i desire in you and instead cultivating what i desire within myself 🤣🤣🤣

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ELLEN OF GENEROUS @funnyposts.online · 07/08/2023

i went to the objective version of reality and no one knew you there

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

Preorder Thumbsucker by @giordkat.bsky.social and you’ll get not only the greatest poetry collection to ever be published in April Fool’s Day, but also a sticker! malarkeybooks.com/store/thumbsucker

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Emily @2amwakeupcall.com · 05/08/2023

i hate the general. he is a little freak

The mascot for The General insurance company, a short green man in green army attire with his arms crossed

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ELLEN OF GENEROUS @funnyposts.online · 03/08/2023

it's wanton wednesday! one person on this website will die today.

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Trann¡e Lennox✨[Mental Health Break] @faeinthewae.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

FOR SALE: Baby Shoes shoes for baby toddler infant never worn brand new new moms clothing footwear newborn unused small child cute precious 100% cotton organic gum shoes baby

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🍂von🍂 @vonhonkington.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

The jerk store called. They're slammed can you pick up a shift?

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Joseph Edwin Haeger @josephedwinhaeger.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

When the death of his son’s murderer fails to ease his pain, a grieving father finds himself on a mission for vengeance. On death row, the convicted killer grapples for meaning as he considers the path his life has taken and what lies ahead. Pre-orders are live: www.thirtywestph.com/shop

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

no they’re not ALL bad, some of them are my friends (new yorkers)

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

finally reaching a point in life where i don’t need more intimacy, acknowledgement, connection, etc. quite as much as i need peace. if i don’t slow down and stop chasing some ideal of oneness with other people i’m not gonna make it.

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the Jarvis Cocker of the Chicago lit scene @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

Editor: Baby shoes are played out. We need a new angle for this six word story. Me:

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 25/07/2023

"sanguine," an apocalyptic poem by Ryan Aliapoulios: www.bruisermag.com/sanguine-by-ryan…

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

hey can anyone recommend a world where intimacy is possible?

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

You folks, and only you, can get 20% off our books with code SKEETS at checkout. No one else has this code. It’s exclusive. It’s special. Also the books kick ass, sorry they don’t get reviewed in The NY Times but the Times kinda sucks. malarkeybooks.com/store

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O F SCARY @ossuary.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

New interview up on xray lit mag xraylitmag.com/a-danceable-rock-num…

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Axel @sadboyslowjams.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

If you want to read some weird fiction & see some weird collage, my Chapbook “Little Crimes” is pay what you want, which means it can be FREE: ko-fi.com/s/cda64cfe0c

Book cover, yellow to green gradient “Little Crimes” by “Brooke Kolcow” collaged image of a moose with a woman’s face, in the sky a blue eyeball with golden rays like the sun shooting off from it.

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ELLEN OF GENEROUS @funnyposts.online · 26/07/2023

i'm sorry i said "get his ass" to the escaped bull that tore through your leg and broke your tibia. as a child of the modern world i lack a moral center

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kat “the situation” @giordkat.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

one thing i’m gonna do is listen to frank sinatra with a pouty lip at my desk

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