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Kate Doyle

@katedoyle.bsky.social
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American writer in Amsterdam // “I Meant It Once" from Algonquin Books (US) and Corsair (UK) in 2023 // www.katedoylewriter.com

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Alison Leigh Jones @alisonljoneswrites.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
@katedoyle.bsky.social has this ability to make a small action, feel so true to a character and circumstance and reverberate beyond the story. "I’m nowhere, I told him. I mean, I’m at home." @smokelong.bsky.social splitlipthemag.com/flash/0922/k...
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The Goldfish in the Pond at the Community Garden — Split Lip Magazine
In the years I lived in that neighborhood, when I was twenty-seven and later twenty-eight, I visited the goldfish daily.
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Luna Boeken @lunaboeken.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Why are we called Luna Boeken, you asked? 🐕📚
Photograph of a small brown dog beside a stack of books.Red text on a pink field: We're named after Luna, a former bookshop dog, and the Dutch word for "books," because Luna lives in the Netherlands.
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Working on a new project with Emma Hine!
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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Sundays are for finally reading this gem by @katedoyle.bsky.social. 📖
I Meant It Once by Kate Doyle in front of a fireplace.
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Basilicum, munt, peterselie. She reached across the lushness of the plants to shake your hand—offered to take a walk, to show you both the neighborhood." Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social 's new story "Try Hard" is out now Terrazzo Mag! Read it here: buff.ly/4h0PcfB
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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
One of our ANMLY comrades told me they can't continue reading because they lost their housing. If the work at ANMLY has ever meant anything to you, or if the work that I have ever done in any capacity has ever meant anything to you, please consider helping them stay safe. gofund.me/0e09177d
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Donate to Urgent Aid for Unhoused ANMLY Member, organized by Sarah Clark
Since December, one of our comrades at ANMLY has been unhoused. They were able to fin… Sarah Clark needs your support for Urgent Aid for Unhoused ANMLY Member
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A small piece of a longer work in progress — a little story from what I hope will be a larger whole. Thanks to Gina Nutt and Terrazzo Editions 🩵 www.terrazzoeditions.com/terrazzomag/...
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Try Hard by Kate Doyle — Terrazzo Editions
Kate Doyle is the author of the short story collection I Meant It Once, published by Algonquin Books in the US and Corsair in the UK and longlisted for The Story Prize in 2024. Her work appears in No ...
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
There's nothing like an interview on writing and translation for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥰 Contributor @katedoyle.bsky.social interviewed Bruna Dantas Lobato for Write or Die Magazine on her debut novel BLUE LIGHT HOURS: buff.ly/4fShVTw
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Bruna Dantas Lobato: On Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’ — Write or Die Magazine
Interview with Bruna Dantas Lobato on Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’
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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 15/11/2024
This joint is JUMPIN! So even though we just posted it, a smol reminder to those of you still looking for a home for your nonfiction/hybrid full-length project: we're halfway through our last month of NF/H SUBMISSIONS, so put your foot on the gas and get it sent before the end of the day on Dec 1!
purple square reading "October 1 - December 1, Nonfiction and Hybrid submissions! Send it our way: splitlipppress.submittable.com"
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
My good fortune to have known Bruna almost a decade and to interview her about her novel "Blue Lights Hours." This conversation was, for me -- and maybe you for you? -- a helpful reminder that there's no one kind of novel, and no one way to write one.
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Bruna Dantas Lobato: On Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’ — Write or Die Magazine
Interview with Bruna Dantas Lobato on Awakening to Language, Writing Slowly, How Quiet Books Can Be Momentous, and Her Debut Novel ‘Blue Light Hours’
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
The @splitlipthemag.bsky.social FAM IS ON FIRE!!! Congrats to @amystuber.bsky.social @janellebassett.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social @aureleo.bsky.social @reemarp.bsky.social @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @darrencdemaree.bsky.social @katedoyle.bsky.social & More!
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
The first story in my collection, inspired by one very weird Valentine's Day 💌 lithub.com/that-is-shoc...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Longlisted for The Story Prize!!
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Before Barbie there was Frances Ha... Thanks @wearebookanista.bsky.social for a place to say what I've wanted to say for a long time about Greta Gerwig.
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No I won’t ‘calm down’ about Greta Gerwig
Kate Doyle follows the dazzling trajectory of Great Gerwig’s career from Frances Ha to Barbie – and laments that women directors rarely receive due credit.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
This episode of Burned by Books with @katedoyle.bsky.social about her debut story collection I MEANT IT ONCE is fantastic! Listen to their conversation, and buy Kate's stunning book!
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‎Burned By Books: Kate Doyle, "I Meant It Once" (Algonquin Books, 2023) on Apple Podcasts
‎Show Burned By Books, Ep Kate Doyle, "I Meant It Once" (Algonquin Books, 2023) - Jul 28, 2023
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
I Meant It Once was a 2023 librarians' favorite at Brooklyn Public Library: "Guaranteed to make you feel all the feels!" I used to check out story collections from the Brower Park branch in the midst of writing this book. Honored! ❤️https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-128
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Brooklyn Public Library Announces Librarians’ Favorite Reads of 2023
Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Public Library has released its favorite reads of the year. With over 100 favorites, contributed by librarians and staff, the list includes something for everything one, includ...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
If you haven't read I MEANT IT ONCE by @katedoyle.bsky.social, what are you waiting for???
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
"Perfect for fans of Greta Gerwig" 💖 thegloss.ie/40-best-book...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
I Meant It Once a best of 2023 short story collection at Largehearted Boy, in good company: largeheartedboy.com/2023/12/03/l...
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Largehearted Boy’s Story Collections of 2023 – Largehearted Boy
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Happy to be on this year-end list from Electric Lit, among so many story writers I admire! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...
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Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2023 - Electric Literature
Collections by Alexandra Chang, Kelly Link, Yiyun Li, and Jamel Brinkley are among the year’s finest books of short fiction
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Jody Hobbs Hesler @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
My latest review!!
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
"With wry wit and meticulous precision, Doyle immerses us in the bittersweet aching of that last sliver of young adulthood." @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social, @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social, thank you! anotherchicagomagazine.net/2023/11/14/r...
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Review of Kate Doyle’s “I Meant It Once” by Jody Hobbs Hesler
Show me a mistake that isn’t avoidable or a person who never makes one. How much easier these characters’ lives would be if they allowed themselves to fail and learn and grow. (reviews)
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
This book!!
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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Don't miss today's conversation with translator, essayist & now novelist Kate Briggs. What happens when you place something deemed unworthy of narration at the center of your story? What do we learn about the biases baked into our storytelling? Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/kate...
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Kate Briggs : The Long Form - Tin House
Essayist and translator Kate Briggs’ first novel The Long Form is a book about, and happening within, the relationship between Helen and her infant daughter Rose. What does making a novel baby-centr...
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
I highly recommend this fantastic—and important—essay by @katedoyle.bsky.social about how we devalue the experiences of young women! "We learn to question our own experiences. As in: maybe it wasn’t that bad. Maybe it was all in my head. Maybe I had it coming."
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Stepping out from behind the veil of fiction after all these years is a strange feeling but I'm grateful to @cassmannes.bsky.social and @rachellayown.bsky.social for seeing this essay as, well, serious. chireviewofbooks.com/2023/10/18/t...
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“Take It Easy”: On the Seriousness of Young Women’s Stories
I’m hardly the first writer to suffer through some unkind feedback in a workshop—and still, I’m going to talk about it. This happened to me years ago, in grad school. In the short fiction draft ...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Talking about some favorites: Chang, Levy, Julavits, Gainza, Didion. shepherd.com/best-books/m...
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
This is a really special issue full of love, loss, and humans striving to be and get better. Thank you for taking the time to read it.
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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Happy Coming Out Day 🏳️‍🌈! It took me 80k words to come out as genderqueer (and to discover it) and I'm so happy I did! Sending love to all those who can't or choose not to come out for any reason ❤️
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Endpapers a book by Jennifer Savran Kelly
A queer book conservator finds a mysterious old love letter, setting off a search for the author who wrote it and for a meaningful life beyond the binary in early-2000s New York City. It's 2003, and ...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
I have still have some spare downloads of the I Meant It Once audiobook to give away — if you want one, let me know!
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
On selling a debut collection of stories: open.spotify.com/episode/1iT5...
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Season 3, Episode 18: Selling Short (Stories) - Kate Doyle, I Meant it Once
Listen to this episode from What Were You Thinking? on Spotify. Selling a collection of short stories is hard, but for a debut author to be able to it is astonishing. Kate Doyle managed to to exactly ...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
This week I was on the Debutiful podcast reading from I Meant It Once and talking about the writing process: open.spotify.com/episode/1oed...
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First Taste: Kate Doyle Reads From I Meant It Once
Listen to this episode from Debutiful on Spotify. Welcome to the First Taste Reading Series on the Debutiful podcast feed! Each week, a debut author will read five minutes from their book to kick star...
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Friday at 5 at NYU Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House! I started writing my book here, years ago, and I can't wait to be back.
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The New Salon: Kate Doyle and Dana Spiotta in Conversation with Darin Strauss
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Kate Doyle @katedoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Tuesday 9/26 at Poetry Society of America as part of Brooklyn Book Festival ... can't wait ✨
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Here's a link to Kate Doyle and my conversation. Thanks in advance for reading us! splitlipthemag.com/interviews/0...
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“You Could Jump off from There to Anywhere”: A Conversation with Kate Doyle — Split Lip Magazi...
When Kate Doyle’s story, “The Goldfish in the Pond at the Community Garden,” arrived to Split Lip Magazine’s submissions queue last year, it was like a revelation: I instantly wanted to publ...
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Check out these lovely graphics Pine State Publicity made from my interview with @katedoyle.bsky.social in the new issue of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
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Samantha Paige Rosen @samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
Literary Hub let me ask 10 Swiftie authors to choose books that match Taylor Swift's 10 eras! Read for the magic, feelings, vibes, personal connections, and stellar book recs (both in the books these authors chose & the books they themselves wrote)! lithub.com/10-books-for...
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