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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 4h

I got to write about Logan Berry’s excellent Doom is the House Without a Door for @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/doom-is-the-...

'DOOM IS THE HOUSE WITHOUT A DOOR' BY LOGAN BERRY: AN INTRODUCTION by Kathleen Rooney

Introduction for Logan for his Reading from ‘Doom Is the House Without a Door’ at Comfort Station on Saturday, August 16, 2025 –Kathleen Rooney Book launch playlist: DOOM UNLEASHED Logan Berry’s lat...

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 9h

"What an outsider sees is a vague space, but, inside the mind and wonder of the child, the building is substantial and organized and beautiful." Huge thanks to Patrick Reardon of the @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social for this dreamy review of LEAF TOWN FOREVER! thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/10/...

Review: Just Imagine: <em>Leaf Town Forever</em>, by Kathleen Rooney and Beth Rooney, Illustrated by Betsy Bowen | Third Coast Review

The eight-year-old inside me perked up early in my reading of Leaf Town Forever

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 10h

"goldfish"
a typewriter poem
by Rachel Summerfield
from Chicago Botanic Garden
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7974737...

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

It's publication day for LEAF TOWN FOREVER, the picture book I co-wrote with my sister @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen & published by @uminnpress.bsky.social! See you at one of our upcoming events, & in the meantime, add to cart! www.leaftownforever.com/news-and-event

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

Best review!

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Martin Seay @martinseay.bsky.social · 1d

Do you like cities? Do you think they're miraculous instances of collective creativity, not despite but because of the fact that they always involve complex & improvisatory negotiations among dissimilar individuals? Would you like to explain that to kids? Allow me to recommend LEAF TOWN FOREVER:

Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

It's publication day for LEAF TOWN FOREVER, the picture book I co-wrote with my sister @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen & published by @uminnpress.bsky.social! See you at one of our upcoming events, & in the meantime, add to cart! www.leaftownforever.com/news-and-event

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X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 1d

Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social introduces Logan Berry's new book 'Doom is the House Without a Door' !!

writing as architecture + emily dickinson + "a visual and verbal fantasia of money, meat, and misery" + a good playlist to listen to

click the link !

xraylitmag.com/doom-is-the-...

'DOOM IS THE HOUSE WITHOUT A DOOR' BY LOGAN BERRY: AN INTRODUCTION by Kathleen Rooney

Introduction for Logan for his Reading from ‘Doom Is the House Without a Door’ at Comfort Station on Saturday, August 16, 2025 –Kathleen Rooney Book launch playlist: DOOM UNLEASHED Logan Berry’s lat...

xraylitmag.com

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

This review is a dream come true. Thank you!

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Monster Dan Kelly @mrdankelly.bsky.social · 1d

Lit Editor Business: Patrick Reardon reviews @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social and @bethrooney.bsky.social's new children's book Leaf Town Forever for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social

thirdcoastreview.com/lit/2025/10/...

Review: Just Imagine: <em>Leaf Town Forever</em>, by Kathleen Rooney and Beth Rooney, Illustrated by Betsy Bowen | Third Coast Review

The eight-year-old inside me perked up early in my reading of Leaf Town Forever

thirdcoastreview.com

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

Hooray and thank you for being a home for so much outstanding work!

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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social · 1d

Three beautiful books out today!
-Leaf Town Forever / @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen
-Mainstreaming Palestine / @umayyah.bsky.social
-Now in paperback: The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, translated by Tiina Nunnally

Book cover of Leaf Town Forever by Kathleen Rooney, Beth Rooney, and Betsy Bowen. Painting of eight children playing among autumn leaf bowers at top; at bottom, three children closer up also playing with leaves. Title in middle.

Book cover of Mainstreaming Palestine: Cinematic Activism and Solidarity Politics in the United States by Umayyah Cable. Silhouette of Palestine blended behind red and green filters and dust specks. Title above, subtitle below in large type. Author name between.

Book cover of The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, translated by Tiina Nunnally. Painting of an alpine landscape. A person with a walking stick and backpack is seen from behind looking toward a distant sunlit mountaintop.

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

It's publication day for LEAF TOWN FOREVER, the picture book I co-wrote with my sister @bethrooney.bsky.social, illustrated by Betsy Bowen & published by @uminnpress.bsky.social! See you at one of our upcoming events, & in the meantime, add to cart! www.leaftownforever.com/news-and-event

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

I’m gonna take a break from both King and super-long books after I finish this one, but I’m excited to read another one of his massive epics one of these days.

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

Hooray!

Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

I’m loving it. It’s so excessive and insane. I mean…an ever-shifting orange-haired evil force that’s brutal & cruel at every opportunity but especially to the relatively powerless? It feels eerily appropriate to be reading right now. I can’t wait to talk to you about it when I’m done!

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

The physical object is too much man, but I’m enjoying the heck out of it electronically.

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

It *would* be a great title and that is a great concept. I love Ulysses, but I’ve never been able to get into Finnegan’s Wake. One of these days!

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve made it to page 953 of Stephen King’s it. I’m reading it on my Kindle because it’s heavy to the point of impracticality, but I’m also charting my progress in the paper book because it’s satisfying to see how much of this bonkers tome I have devoured and how much I have yet to get through.

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 2d

"Walking through the woods after reading Leaf Town Forever, I couldn’t help but see the forest floor differently." Thanks to Sarah Simon of the North Shore Journal for this lovely article about @bethrooney.bsky.social's & my book from @uminnpress.bsky.social! northshorejournal.co/lifestyle/en...

Leaf Town Forever: A Story of Play and Collaboration Illustrated by Local Artist Betsy Bowen | North Shore Journal | Two Harbors, Silver Bay & Lake Superior

Walking through the woods after reading Leaf Town Forever, I couldn’t help but see the forest floor differently. Acorns, twigs, curled leaves, and bits of m ...

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 3d

Oh hi

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 6

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 4d

Update: this book is so good that I’m going to teach it in my Writing the Body class winter quarter!

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 4d

"Moby"
a typewriter poem
by Emma Hospelhorn
from Grayslake Author Fest!
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7971111...

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"Moby" by Emma Hospelhorn -- Grayslake Author Fest, 6.21.25

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · 4d

Got a flight today and am excited to read this book in the airport and on the plane.

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