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Kate Arden McMullen
@katearden.bsky.social
she/her 🌞 Managing Editor at Hub City Press
fiction in Carve, Ninth Letter, BULL, The Boiler, Reckon, etc etc
read me at kateamcmullen.com or whatimcooking.substack.com
piedmont small press club getting left out, i guess! loved your list this year
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
y'all had such a good list this year!
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
suuuch a bummer! deep vellum missed out too I think? there are so many books out so I both get it and… don’t
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this one:
lithub.com/100-notable-...

i'm not hiding my sadness in missing out on this one. and we get ignored a lot! we submitted to the editors of the list and sent books
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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See the whole lineup and read my letter here: www.hubcity.org/news/lauren-...

cc @katearden.bsky.social and @rainbowfish523.bsky.social who have worked so tirelessly everyday to make this incredible thing what it is today.
Lauren Groff, Kevin Wilson, Wiley Cash to lead Hub City's first National Advisory Council | Hub City Writers Project
www.hubcity.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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In Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia and West Virginia, ACA enrollment has tripled in the last five years.

Nearly all of the enrollees in Florida, West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi are getting subsidies.

www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...
The federal government shutdown hurts the South a lot more
When it comes to health care, which is what the federal government shutdown is about, some states will bleed. The South will gush.
www.thelivingsouth.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Robert's also got an essay in @southrevbooks.bsky.social on his journey to publication. A great read for anyone who has been through the submission ringer and needs some inspiration.

southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/06/03/b...
Death and Ice Storms In and Around “Bodock”
Author Robert Busby writes about the making of his new short story collection, “Bodock.”
southernreviewofbooks.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM