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: colliding black holes, new poems, extreme astronomy, and sniffing out new friends.

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

What now? Three ways to resist chaos

By Kate Blackwood | January 31, 2025

I can acknowledge that there’s trouble in the world without panicking.

Eat cinnamon rolls for a lucky New Year

By Kate Blackwood | December 29, 2024

When eaten in a spiral, a cinnamon roll represents forward motion, but in a circle, the way life often moves.

Running at sunset

By Kate Blackwood | December 21, 2024

My week of sunset runs took on a coherent shape: my own slow, quiet celebration of our hemisphere’s descent into darkness.

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