Blog Posts

Writing about music

By Kate Blackwood / September 30, 2023

“This Woman’s Work” gathers 17 essays by women who use concrete experiences of music – a mix tape, a favorite song, an embarrassing encounter with a rock star – to open up larger stories.  

Live from Kyiv

By Kate Blackwood / August 26, 2023

The conversation on an August Saturday morning (evening for those in Ukraine) was delightful, informative, heartrending – and, like the novel is purported to be, heartening

Slim Cranky’s Greatest Hits

By Kate Blackwood / July 29, 2023

The songs stuck in my head after two years of parenting

Lucky number 1000

By Kate Blackwood / June 25, 2023

“Great number!” one voice called to me as I tried to find my way into the start corral, a quarter mile long and crammed with runners.