Catherine Gammon
@nonabiding.bsky.social
Fiction writer. THE GUNMAN & THE CARNIVAL (stories) Baobab Press, find it on Bookshop, and Indiebound. Novels: The Martyrs, The Lovers; China Blue; Sorrow; and Isabel Out of the Rain.
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Catherine Gammon
@nonabiding.bsky.social
· Sep 16
What is your work?
and other Little Misfits
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A beautiful short video about how these books are made, along with news -- Books and Bistros, City of Asylum's indie book fair coming October 12 -- and more. 💙
A beautiful short video about how these books are made, along with news -- Books and Bistros, City of Asylum's indie book fair coming October 12 -- and more. 💙
What is your work?
and other Little Misfits
substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A beautiful short video about how these books are made, along with news -- Books and Bistros, City of Asylum's indie book fair coming October 12 -- and more. 💙
Phillipsburg PA protest against Moshannon ICE facility, August 24 --
August 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Phillipsburg PA protest against Moshannon ICE facility, August 24 --
If you're in Pittsburgh, join us for a celebration at Bottom Feeder Books Saturday August 30 from 6 to 8 pm.
Something's coming
On the way from Almost Perfect Press —
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August 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're in Pittsburgh, join us for a celebration at Bottom Feeder Books Saturday August 30 from 6 to 8 pm.
Tonight, live and online
PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series - City of Asylum
The Free Association Reading series showcases local writers every month in an intimate reading at City of Asylum.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tonight, live and online
Coming soon ... in Pittsburgh in person and livestreamed -- signup in the link
PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series - City of Asylum
The Free Association Reading series showcases local writers every month in an intimate reading at City of Asylum.
cityofasylum.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Coming soon ... in Pittsburgh in person and livestreamed -- signup in the link
news old and new
Readings
past and future
catherinegammon.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
news old and new
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Sounds like the Hegseth vote is going to be close, so tomorrow morning would be a really good time to call your senators and ask them to vote against someone so reprehensible and unqualified. Ask them to please put the good of the country ahead of the desire of Donald Trump.
January 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Sounds like the Hegseth vote is going to be close, so tomorrow morning would be a really good time to call your senators and ask them to vote against someone so reprehensible and unqualified. Ask them to please put the good of the country ahead of the desire of Donald Trump.
From his bio: “Sen.McCormick is looking forward to using his unique leadership experiences...to deliver results for the Keystone State. He isn’t afraid to stand up to both parties to do what’s right...”
And he’s a vetaran.
Let’s flood his inbox & phone lines asking him to demonstrate courage
And he’s a vetaran.
Let’s flood his inbox & phone lines asking him to demonstrate courage
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
From his bio: “Sen.McCormick is looking forward to using his unique leadership experiences...to deliver results for the Keystone State. He isn’t afraid to stand up to both parties to do what’s right...”
And he’s a vetaran.
Let’s flood his inbox & phone lines asking him to demonstrate courage
And he’s a vetaran.
Let’s flood his inbox & phone lines asking him to demonstrate courage
Anyone with a Republican senator needs to write to them ASAP and oppose the appointment of Pete Hegseth. Write, phone, phone, write. Ad nauseam. Or even just once.
January 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Anyone with a Republican senator needs to write to them ASAP and oppose the appointment of Pete Hegseth. Write, phone, phone, write. Ad nauseam. Or even just once.
I'm here on Blue Sky so little that I didn't include it in this farewell to social media, but now that I'm reminded, I've just come by to say that in the interest of simplicity I'm just going to be on Substack for some long time to come. If you're there too, come by and say hello.
Stop Scrolling
Thank you, I think I will
catherinegammon.substack.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:36 AM
I'm here on Blue Sky so little that I didn't include it in this farewell to social media, but now that I'm reminded, I've just come by to say that in the interest of simplicity I'm just going to be on Substack for some long time to come. If you're there too, come by and say hello.
A beautiful story from the beautiful Heather von Rohr
A Cinema of Gestation: On Returning to Filmmaking After a False Start, Multiple Life Changes, and 14 Years of Motherhood | Filmmaker Magazine
Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
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July 10, 2024 at 1:16 AM
A beautiful story from the beautiful Heather von Rohr
Reposted by Catherine Gammon
“We are educated to think that we should be able to know the meaning of a piece of writing, but what if the intention of the writing is to throw us into confusion, induce a state of wonder, and unravel the basic tenets of our experience?” —Robert Glück
June 3, 2024 at 11:27 PM
“We are educated to think that we should be able to know the meaning of a piece of writing, but what if the intention of the writing is to throw us into confusion, induce a state of wonder, and unravel the basic tenets of our experience?” —Robert Glück
Please give -- my beautiful daughter's beautiful movie
A Bird Came Down
A short film by Heather von RohrwithMitzi Akaha, Raúl Castillo,b, and Jessie Pinnick Fundraising goal $20,000 Amount raised $9,000 A Bird Came Down is a story of love, pregnancy, and birdwatchi...
www.nyfa.org
June 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Please give -- my beautiful daughter's beautiful movie
Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Sunday 🌸
May 2, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Brooklyn Botanic Garden last Sunday 🌸
In Pittsburgh, this Thursday night -- 💙📚📚🐦
@littsburgh.bsky.social -- join
@sherrieflick.bsky.social, Mike Good and me for a reading at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.
@littsburgh.bsky.social -- join
@sherrieflick.bsky.social, Mike Good and me for a reading at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.
April 16, 2024 at 1:47 AM
In Pittsburgh, this Thursday night -- 💙📚📚🐦
@littsburgh.bsky.social -- join
@sherrieflick.bsky.social, Mike Good and me for a reading at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.
@littsburgh.bsky.social -- join
@sherrieflick.bsky.social, Mike Good and me for a reading at Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill.
My eclipse gear ... 97% totality here, good view with the glasses, nothing like twilight but an eerie light, bright and dim at once -- and it went perfectly with this perfectly eerie book.
💙📚📚🐦
💙📚📚🐦
April 8, 2024 at 11:19 PM
My eclipse gear ... 97% totality here, good view with the glasses, nothing like twilight but an eerie light, bright and dim at once -- and it went perfectly with this perfectly eerie book.
💙📚📚🐦
💙📚📚🐦
Reposted by Catherine Gammon
Somebody has to remind Bluesky of Lord Byron's "Darkness" (1816, the "year without a summer"). Here's the opening.
Btw, the skies were blue here in Cambridge until just after 3, when the world switched to something closer to black & white. Grateful that others had eclipse glasses I could borrow.
Btw, the skies were blue here in Cambridge until just after 3, when the world switched to something closer to black & white. Grateful that others had eclipse glasses I could borrow.
April 8, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Somebody has to remind Bluesky of Lord Byron's "Darkness" (1816, the "year without a summer"). Here's the opening.
Btw, the skies were blue here in Cambridge until just after 3, when the world switched to something closer to black & white. Grateful that others had eclipse glasses I could borrow.
Btw, the skies were blue here in Cambridge until just after 3, when the world switched to something closer to black & white. Grateful that others had eclipse glasses I could borrow.
Reposted by Catherine Gammon
THE LONG SWIM by Terese Svoboda (UMass Press). Reviewed by Catherine Gammon (@nonabiding.bsky.social).
The Long Swim – Necessary Fiction
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April 8, 2024 at 1:23 PM
THE LONG SWIM by Terese Svoboda (UMass Press). Reviewed by Catherine Gammon (@nonabiding.bsky.social).
This is so sad! I have so much to say about this I have to bite my tongue and remain silent.😢
Missed this, from December: "If you read or listened to only one book in 2023, then you read more than 46% of Americans."
54% of Americans read a book this year | YouGov
Just over half of all Americans said they read at least one book in 2023. Most of them read just a few books this year.
today.yougov.com
April 7, 2024 at 10:34 PM
This is so sad! I have so much to say about this I have to bite my tongue and remain silent.😢
In case you'd like to write a personal message to the president objecting to continuing military aid to Israel -- www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
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April 2, 2024 at 1:46 PM
In case you'd like to write a personal message to the president objecting to continuing military aid to Israel -- www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Reposted by Catherine Gammon
This week's newsletter
This week at Necessary Fiction
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March 30, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This week's newsletter
April 18 -- one last Pittsburgh event for THE GUNMAN AND THE CARNIVAL -- this time with Sherrie Flick @sherrieflick.bsky.social and Mike Good -- come on down to Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill
A Reading with Catherine Gammon, Sherrie Flick, and Mike Good
Eventbrite - Riverstone Books presents A Reading with Catherine Gammon, Sherrie Flick, and Mike Good - Thursday, April 18, 2024 at Riverstone Books, Pittsburgh, PA. Find event and ticket information.
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March 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
April 18 -- one last Pittsburgh event for THE GUNMAN AND THE CARNIVAL -- this time with Sherrie Flick @sherrieflick.bsky.social and Mike Good -- come on down to Riverstone Books in Squirrel Hill