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: new poems, Augustine and slavery, extreme astronomy, and a submarine robot named Icefin.

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Recent Blog Posts

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Social media stage fright

By Kate Blackwood | September 12, 2020

Some people feel awkward in the virtual spotlight.

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In the best shape of my life. Really.

By Kate Blackwood | September 6, 2020

It’s a little like a fish story (“It was THIS big!”) but you have to believe me.

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Shadows shaped like people on a sidewalk

Best read of the week: Nonconforming

By Kate Blackwood | August 28, 2020

Reintroducing the college campus as a place one comes not to fit in but to stand out

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