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Maribeth Batcha

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Executive Director @onestorymag.

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Join us May 16th for a writing field trip to the Queens Museum & Flushing Meadows Corona Park! This inspirational afternoon includes a guided tour, a craft lecture by @iamlisako.bsky.social, generative writing exercises & a reading of student work. For details visit: bit.ly/3QFDfVg

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Maribeth Batcha @mbatcha.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Perks of 19 years of SNL widowhood. #SNL50.

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Maribeth Batcha @mbatcha.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Freakishly proud of @onestorymag.bsky.social’s end of year campaign. Working with Kerstin Vogdes-Diehn is a joy! Support literary mags, y’all!

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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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Maribeth Batcha @mbatcha.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Things this cabinet has in common: Assault and flattery.

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Maribeth Batcha @mbatcha.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Happy to be here with the @onestorymag.bsky.social team and all y’all. It’s like the first day of high school. New haircut, new profile pic. Some lunch table anxiety.

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