Motherhood is physically midwifing your kid through a difficult poop, then just…hanging out after like we didn’t go through something together.

(First tweet in a long time and it’s…this.)

For Vulture, I wrote about one of the most vexing expectations in the publishing process: that writers become mouthpieces for the issues in their books, and how that takes form in the promotional essay. Then I convinced them to run it on my pub day 😈: vulture.com/article/agains…

Shop Talk: Katie Gutierrez on Finding Space to Be Creative and Enjoying That Second Cup of Coffee crimereads.com/shop-talk-kati… via CrimeReads

Popping back on here to share this Shop Talk with Eli Cranor! We talk querying, drafting, revising, and everything in between, including my very boring habit before I start writing.

Our 10-Year Anniversary Issue: Fiction & Interviews is out now! Read free online or order in-print. Feat Dr. Ivelisse Rodriguez, Katie Gutierrez, Kianny, Mubanga Kalimamukwento📚OBLIGATIONS TO THE WOUNDED, Nathalie Handal / The City and the Writer, @sejalshahwrites, VI KHI NAO, Yalitza Ferreras! Edited by Angie Cruz asterixjournal.com/10th-anniversa…

We did it.

Little old Texas Highways Magazine published FICTION this year!

Yep, 6 short stories on small town Texas by Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social, Katie Gutierrez, Stephen Graham Jones, Kimberly King Parsons, Ben Fountain & Fernando A. Flores.

Gratitude to S. Kirk Walsh for guest editing!

texashighways.com/culture/small-…

Writer Katie Gutierrez made a pilgrimage to Balmorhea State Park Pool. She learned it’s more than just a tourist destination—San Solomon Springs has preserved communities in West Texas for centuries. texashighways.com/travel/outdoor…

To my mind, war is always wrong, always horror, always a moral and humanitarian failing - and one of the reasons, among many, is that when people have decided which “team” they’re on, as if it were a sporting event, they will excuse any atrocity as necessary. War is a horror.

I couldn't be more excited to share that Mercury was chosen by American Booksellers Association as a best book of January 2024 for their Indie Next list!

Booksellers are some of the most generous and inspiring people, and this is such an unbelievable honor. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I’ve been Off Here for a few months, but I miss the writing community/reading people’s essays and stories/hearing about books/commiserating with parents of young kids. Is anyone left here or has the mass exodus happened?

Back at Kim Rubio for Mayor HQ. This will be a tight race. Lines at the voting site. We need to keep working hard to get out every vote for Kim.

If, like me, you are heartbroken and angry and grieving everything about the past few weeks, please join me in continuing to call Congress to push for a ceasefire. More dead children won't bring back the ones lost on 10/7.

jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/urgen…!

Join us Tonight (10/18 @ 7PM CST) as we co-host with Gemini Ink a FREE Author Talk & Discussion with acclaimed Novelist Katie Gutierrez!

RSVP here, and we'll see you this evening: writingworkshops.com/products/the-b…

words whispered to a child under siege

such an honor to see MADDALENA next to these powerhouse books. it's been a stellar year for Chicago writers.

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Thanks for sharing, Women's Prize!

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A secret family.
A double life.
A murder.
This is a love story.
Read Katie Gutierrez's stunning debut More Than You’ll Ever Know now for just 99p!: bit.ly/3RIM0fD