Writer of facts and fiction

I write novels and stories inspired by sets of facts and bodies of knowledge. I'm a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and my writing appears in Iron Horse, Stone Canoe, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. Find my review of Best Microfiction 2021 at Trampset. I'm at work on a novel composed of short stories, all connected by water.

As a writer for Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, I report on faculty research in a wide range of subjects. Recent favorites include articles on: exoplanets, Augustine and slavery, extreme astronomy, and a submarine robot named Icefin.

Send me a thought, a link, or a poem. I love to connect with people in the writing community. And fellow runners and theater geeks, too.

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Recent Blog Posts

wide open green meadow under a blue sky; there's a sculpture of a naked woman in the center. There's a bird on the head of the sculpture

Prairie is my new ocean

By Kate Blackwood | September 30, 2024

For the first time in my life, I am not in obvious proximity to a body of water. I feel marooned.

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Several people in gymnastics leotards high-five each other near a balance beam

Women’s gymnastics grows up

By Kate Blackwood | August 15, 2024

It’s not crazy for a female athlete to want to live a full, mature life and also compete at the top of her sport. In fact, many gymnasts and runners are proving that it’s eminently possible.  

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Cambridge monuments you may have missed

By Kate Blackwood | July 19, 2024

A memorial for everything, almost. And if there isn’t one, make it up.

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