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Catherynne M. Valente

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I moved to Peaks Island #Maine 12 years and two days ago.Right before the 2008 #election.I was very careful to vote absentee in Ohio before I moved so as to

I don’t understand the idea that Woodward releasing his tapes earlier wouldn’t have matteredHearing Trump’s own voice saying 5% death rate & young people are at serious risk in FEBRUARY

It’s amazing how helpless & weak he’s willing to make himself look.You’re the President, you feculent pile of hair dye & panic sweat. You ARE the deep state. You’re in

You must understand nothing can happen in real life that will change the minds of Trump’s base.He uses the words they learned from Rush & Fox for years. He believes

The void is unmanageably terrifying.The suburban house teetering on the edge of the void is titillating.This is actually the definition of the word “uncanny.”It’s also why the mail disappearing shakes

They played the song all portentously like it really was this magic song out of nowhere that no one knew but went right to your soul…Yeah, it was the theme

So I have severe scars all over my legs. They are very dramatic.When I was 19 I was a camp counselor with some horrible little demons under my care. All

I’ve always wondered why certain anti-mask folk hate *other people* wearing them so much they rage out when it doesn’t affect them at allI think they hate that people can

I’ve been an author for 16 yearsIt only occurred to me TODAY to question the followingI’ll be paid to teach writing or performingI’ll be paid to give talks (perform) on

I am so sick of hearing people suddenly so deeply concerned about the socialization of America’s schoolchildren.They’re fine with shooter drills, LGBT students bullied into suicide, punishing girls for wearing

Also to people I work with please understand this. I am always trying so hard. You have not idea how hard.https://twitter.com/CarmenReine/status/1276348949331357698 Re: ADD and being a full time writer.I am

If you believed in their potential, you wouldn’t act the fool, because you’d think that someday they might have power over youEditorial, artistic, social, collaborative power? You’re telling them you’re

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