Poet, writer, artist. Now out: Hybrid flash memoir Scrap: Salvaging a Family (ELJ Editions 2026)! Best Microfiction 2026. 4 award-winning poetry collections. https://www.luannecastle.com/ Hunting the Cosmos forthcoming 2026 from Shanti Arts
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May 28, 2026. Perry, my very best friend, passed away yesterday. I am closest to Perry of all the cats I have or have ever had. If you’ve ever loved a cat or dog so completely, you will understand.
Three and a half years ago Perry was diagnosed with a bad heart and IBD. Now he’s gone.
My scrappy baby.
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I'm rich in books! Excited to read / reread collections by Jared Yates Sexton, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social Leslie O'Connel, @luannecastle.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social & poems by @lesliearchibald.bsky.social 💙 Congratulations, all!
All three of my grandmother’s children were born out of wedlock in 1920s Chicago, and she raised them as a single mother. While today this would be typical of many families, in those days it was ex…
The Digest from the week of April 13, 2026, featuring micromemoirs by Toni Artuso, Xing Zhang @luannecastle.bsky.social Salvador Juarez Perez @jpariseye.bsky.social and Darcy Alsop.
Thanks, Luanne, for sending STANDING ROOM our way. Very moving, beautifully written.
