Kathy Anderson
@kandersonwriter.bsky.social
Short Story Writer. Novelist. Author of VAMOOSE:STORIES (Vine Leaves Press), THE NEW TOWN LIBRARIAN (NineStar Press), BULL AND OTHER STORIES (Autumn House Press). kathyandersonwriter.com
I've wanted to go to the legendary Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival in New Orleans for a very long time and now I get to go as a speaker and panelist! Not until March 2027 but hey, Let the good times start rolling now. #SASfest27 t.e2ma.net/webview/7jio...
Speaker Spotlight: Kathy Anderson
SAS Speaker Spotlight Interview: Kathy Anderson We're excited to welcome Kathy Anderson as a SAS27 speaker! Read our interview with Kathy below to learn more about her and her work. Kathy Anderson is ...
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A wonderful full circle moment for me, a former librarian and forever library lover, to be featured on Turn the Page podcast from Syosset Public Library! Many thanks to Jenn Jordan for the pleasure of our conversation.
Now serving ep. 412E: Kathy Anderson shares VAMOOSE, a collection of fast-paced short stories celebrating queer women who take center stage as the stars of their own lives. @kandersonwriter.bsky.social @vineleavespress.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/07/23/t...
My short story collection, Vamoose, is full of older women's stories, so I'm thrilled to have it featured in wonderful Oldster Magazine's new Bookshelf! Thank you so much @oldstermag.bsky.social Oldster Bookshelf #5 open.substack.com/pub/oldster/...
Oldster Bookshelf #5
An occasional series, featuring books submitted by Oldsters and others.
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As my book launch month draws to an end, I wish I could hand a bouquet of flowers to every single one of you who cheered me on. It has been a most beautiful experience, thanks to you ❤️
This was such a wonderful conversation! Thank you for the pleasure, Kim Carson. Booktalking is FUN! Source: YouTube share.google/djgeNxwWrz7Y...
Kathy Anderson Vamoose From Librarian to Author & Why Older Women R Fiction's Most Subversive Voice
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I ❤️ Authors Guild, honored to be featured! authorsguild.org/member-spotl...
Member Spotlight: Kathy Anderson - The Authors Guild
Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? Writing is a delicious little secret world that I live in (before it’s published anyway). I can’t imagine l...
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In which I try to answer the utterly impossible question of "How long did it take you to write that story?" Thank you so much, Women Writers, Women's Books! booksbywomen.org/long-story-s...
Long Story Short by Kathy Anderson - Women Writers, Women's Books
“The general reading public has no idea of what goes into a short story because it is literally short and can give the impression that the writer sat down and rattled the thing out in an hour or two.”...
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In which I try to answer the utterly impossible question of "How long did it take you to write that story?" Thank you so much, Women Writers, Women's Books! booksbywomen.org/long-story-s...
Long Story Short by Kathy Anderson - Women Writers, Women's Books
“The general reading public has no idea of what goes into a short story because it is literally short and can give the impression that the writer sat down and rattled the thing out in an hour or two.”...
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My former librarian soul is so happy that amazing queer digital library @queerliblib.bsky.social has pre-ordered my new short story collection, Vamoose: Stories, due out June 9 from Vine Leaves Press. Anyone in the US can read from their large and growing queer book collection for FREE via Libby.
My heart has jumped out of my body and is cavorting around the world. Here she is, gorgeous thing, my new short story collection open for pre-orders at Vine Leaves Press before June 9 pub day. Hope your writer dreams come true too. vineleavespress.myshopify.com/products/vam...
Vamoose: Stories by Kathy Anderson
TO PURCHASE THE EBOOK CLICK HERE “In these amazing stories, told with such fierce humor and control, characters reckon with the end of things, the fallout, the cleaning up, but Anderson knows how that...
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"So if the violence of the deportations, and the crackdowns, and the cuts, and the raids, and the air strikes, haven’t been enough for you, let something so simple and evil as the daytime execution of a poet move you to action." Jonny Diamond, LitHub lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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Art and creativity in action! A wonderful inspiring read www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections
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Invisible? I think not. 😀 Funny signs are my favorites.
Writer friends, this novel by @rlmaizes.bsky.social nails our highest hopes and our biggest fears, while laughing all the way. Reader friends, enjoy the twists and turns. It's completely engaging!
Librarians for the right to read, always and forever! I love seeing this shared right now. Many thanks @hiddenpoetmusic.bsky.social
@kandersonwriter.bsky.social my favorite passage so far!
YAY for @queerliblib.bsky.social for creating this digital lending library for queer books via Libby app! Thrilled that my novel is part of it.
I love bookish travel! Two of my favorite ways to use my time on earth. Read, roam, repeat. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Beyond the beach read: The new wave of bookish travel
From Tuscan villas to Cornish coastlines, book lovers are swapping beach reads for immersive retreats that bring stories to life.
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Always a thrill to see my book in the world, thank you! Extra special with that beautiful sweetheart cuddling it ❤️
@kandersonwriter.bsky.social look what arrived in the mail today 😊
How cool is this! Reader alert.
My fifth novel, another gay romance, is being released October 11, which is my birthday and #NationalComingOutDay Follow me here or visit my website: www.authorlarrybenjamin.com for updates, including my cover reveal and debut of the book's trailer. #booksky #blacksky #romancebook 🌈📚
Good news today for so many authors like me whose books were pirated for AI training without permission or payment
LAWSUIT UPDATE: Anthropic and the plaintiffs in the case of Bartz v. Anthropic have reached an agreement. More info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
William N. Copley Untitled (Think/flag) 1967 Whitney Museum of American Art
If Christian Nationalist parents are allowed to have their kids opt-out of any books that dare mention anyone gay, then all the other parents should be allowed to let their kids opt-out from the Ten Commandments.
On this gorgeous post-storm summer morning, a kid walked by singing Jingle Bells for a reason known only to them, laughing all the way, and I am passing this tiny moment of joy and peace along to you ❤️
Sharing my short story that opens at a 1989 Texas Gay Pride. More important than ever to celebrate LGBTQ history, loves, resistance, joy! Thanks, StoryQuarterly #PrideMonth www.storyquarterly.org/alondra-and-...
Alondra and Krissie: A Photo Album
June 1989, 25 years old Dallas, Texas KRISSIE The very first one. We’re in the back of a pickup truck on the night we met, on our way to a Texas Gay Pride dance at the rodeo fairgrounds. She is ...
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I've loved Lori Ostlund's writing for a long time. Her extraordinary new short story collection, ARE YOU HAPPY? is SO rich, funny, wise. I wish I was still a public librarian so I could point you to it when you came in looking for your next read, but sharing here is the next best thing!