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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

so grief-braindead I left a $5 tip at the coffee shop and just said fuck it let em have it

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

oh wait I thought we all already knew that hockey was a very conservative sport

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

last one, I swear: don’t know much about hockey but I know what they say about blaming refs

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

“Canada deserved to win” sounds like a them problem

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Hill @chrishill.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Pam Beasley they’re the same picture meme with Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington & a sieve.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

the girlies of threads are so sad that Ilia fell they are already approaching ice cabal conspiracy theories

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Mark @tolecover.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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Bad Bunny holding the Puerto Rico during his halftime show

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

having a political science husband means listening to him see if he can list every instance of intervention in latin america by a republican US president since eisenhower from memory

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

i'm usually not this petty but the big list of 100 small press books from 2025 missing even a single book from my press is kind of baffling to me

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

See the whole lineup and read my letter here: www.hubcity.org/news/lauren-... cc @katearden.bsky.social and @rainbowfish523.bsky.social who have worked so tirelessly everyday to make this incredible thing what it is today.

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Lauren Groff, Kevin Wilson, Wiley Cash to lead Hub City's first National Advisory Council | Hub City Writers Project

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Billy Ball @billyball.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

In Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia, ACA enrollment has tripled in the last five years. Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies. www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...

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The federal government shutdown hurts the South a lot more

When it comes to health care, which is what the federal government shutdown is about, some states will bleed. The South will gush.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My husband is going to Hanoi for ten days for work and it’s been (checks watch) 8 hours since I dropped him off at the airport and I’m already beside myself that he’s gone for so long

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Wild to me that we could get our NEA funding stripped and an Indie Next pick (and big national coverage, watch this space) in a 3 month span. All kudos to @katearden.bsky.social and @rainbowfish523.bsky.social--I truly think @hubcitypress.bsky.social is singular and punching way above our weight.

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Cover reveal for HOPE HOUSE by Joe Bond, out 5/5/26! Set in '80s Kentucky, this debut is told from inside a treatment home for teens, where lost boys become more than their pasts and discover the transformative power of hope. Design: @megireid.bsky.social / @katearden.bsky.social

book cover of HOPE HOUSE by Joe Bond. yellow hardcover featuring two distorted black and white pictures of a boy sitting down. pink text. Hub City press. May 5, 2026

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

honestly a lack of research from a lawyer with a classics degree pretending to be a writer is so much less concerning than what i found out when i read the goodreads reviews. 90% of them are one star rage posts. HC must just print these books as literal rage bait. at least people are buying them...

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Once again, @hubcitypress.bsky.social is looking for experienced readers for paid manuscript reading this fall—both fiction & nonfiction. You'd be the first eyes on submissions and help us decide what requires a closer look. Email relevant experience to jobs@hubcity.org. DM with questions.

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It's truly a bummer that PEN/Hemingway award moving to PEN/Faulkner foundation means they eliminated the submission fee waivers for publishers who have less than $2 million in sales. We spend thousands in prize submissions every year just to be considered for these things--it made a difference.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We offer an author-centered, boutique experience over here at Hub City Press. Or...whatever this is. (@megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social generating synopsis copy in an endless google sheet...)

Meg and Kate writing synopsis material for ritz of the bayou by nancy lemann in a google sheet first thing this am

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Lauren LeBlanc @laurenleblanc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Thanks, @megireid.bsky.social and @katearden.bsky.social! I am so excited that you are bringing THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU back into print. Looking forward to writing more about Nancy Lemann, Louisiana, New Orleans, and her entire body of work.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025

hey siri, does the military like it when they are subjected to open disrespect from civilian leaders?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 09/06/2025

"...we don’t advocate for violence, but when they use brutal violence against our people—and kidnapping mothers and fathers from children is violent —when they do things like that, we have every right, every historic right, to defend our communities by any ways that we can."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President

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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

niche post but i don't understand what kind of money these trade shows think small presses have

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

the extremely lapsed Catholic girls of Hub City getting emotional about new americapope (cc @katearden.bsky.social)

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

purple poetry fall at @hubcitypress.bsky.social

New poetry from Ashley Jones and Cloud Delfina Cardona

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Today is @hubcitypress.bsky.social's 30th anniversary! It's been weird and difficult to have it land at such a terrible moment, spending it talking with arts allies to try to figure out advocacy steps around our terminated NEA funding. But it's also a great moment to reflect on the anniversary. (🧵)

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Well. Despite the NEA nonsense (more on this tomorrow), in good news, it's pub day for WORLD WITHOUT END: ESSAYS ON APOCALYPSE AND AFTER by Martha Park! We're so proud to be publishing this necessary book and hopeful book, something we think folks could use these days. hubcity.org/worldwithoutend

copy of WORLD WITHOUT END by Martha Park nicely placed in a bush with white/pink flowers

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Hub City Press @hubcitypress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

On Friday, we received, along with 40+ other independent publishers, a notice that our NEA grant had been terminated. Here's a brief video from Executive Director/Publisher @megireid.bsky.social on how the termination affects us and what you can do to help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Be...

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NEA Funding and Hub City Writers Project | Update from Meg Reid

YouTube video by Hub City Writers Project

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.

This is to inform you that the above referenced National Endowment for the Arts award has been terminated, effective May 31, 2025.

The NEA is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President. Consequently, we are terminating awards that fall outside these new priorities. The NEA will now prioritize projects that elevate the Nation’s HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions, celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, foster AI competency, empower houses of worship to serve communities, assist with disaster recovery, foster skilled trade jobs, make America healthy again, support the military and veterans, support Tribal communities, make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful, and support the economic development of Asian American communities. Funding is being allocated in a new direction in furtherance of the Administration’s agenda.

Your project, as noted below, unfortunately does not align with these priorities:
Purpose: To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

PLUM IS OUT TODAY! It has been the dream of my life to edit and work on this book and with an author like Andy. I'm so thrilled for y'all to read this book, to met J, and to tell your friends all about it.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

lol charging to submit trade reviews doesn't seem like the apocalypse at ALL

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Day one of AWP hell week (yes it starts on Monday) and I've already missed a meeting

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Another new story from me up at @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Ben for taking a shot on this one.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A story of mine in @ninthletter.bsky.social online today! I dug an old, half-finished draft out of the pile last year and polished it up. I'm proud of it! I've been trying new things and going in new directions. Very cool to have gotten picked up by a mag I love. ninthletter.com/2025/02/28/k...

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Kate Arden McMullen – Ninth Letter

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

So incredibly excited to have work in this issue from Ninth Letter online and to dive into the rest of the gross stuff here!

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Out tomorrow, I asked my friends how they're feeding themselves in these insane terrible times... open.substack.com/pub/whatimco...

survival mode - cooking for when you just need to feed yourself

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Anyone want to tell me about the meal you cook when you are just scraping the barrel energy-wise but you still want home cooking? Lmk!

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

she's giving cruella de vil. this woman eats puppies.

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🍊PLUM receives a starred review in Publishers Weekly! "Tour du force of second-person narration"—we love to see it! Need a copy? DM me! Need to order one? Head to @hubcitypress.bsky.social at hubcity.org/plum.

* Plum
Andy Anderegg. Hub City, $25 (236p) ISBN 979-8-88574-046-3 Anderegg debuts with a tour de force of second-person narration. It begins with J in second grade, raised alongside her older brother by their alcoholic mother, who enables their father's physical abuse. J catalogs the rules she follows to keep the peace: "The rule is dinner on the table by 5:30.... The rule is make sure your friends don't come inside.... The rule is never tell anyone." But even these measures can't save her brother from regular beatings. When he leaves home, J
is left to fend for herself, and she becomes a cam girl as a teenager. Her adulthood proves rocky as she contends with her childhood trauma ("It feels exactly the same as every other sad and hopeless tiring day") and holds out hope for her brother ("Where your brother lives the sky must be a bright bright blue. He must be warm. He must be having a nice sandwich for lunch. He must have moved on with his life"). As I scrapes together a measure of sanity and stability, the story culminates in a triumph of endurance and love. Anderegg's depiction of familial dysfunction and its lasting effects is pitch-
perfect. (Apr.)

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The state of South Carolina introduced a bill last week that would ban DEI work across the state. It bans DEI offices and departments and training requirements for employees and new hires. It bans efforts to hire diverse staff. www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...

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2025-2026 Bill 3927: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - South Carolina Legislature Online

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Kate Arden McMullen @katearden.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

please do not have a full volume speaker phone conversation in the bookshop on a monday between 2-3pm because that's my shift i will ask you to leave

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Latest NEA grant update... Wonder when the "free speech absolutist" crowd will deign to chime in. www.arts.gov/grants/legal...

The applicant will not operate any programs promoting “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws, in accordance with Executive Order No. 14173.
The applicant understands that federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology, pursuant to Executive Order No. 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

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