Kathy MacKay's Aesthetic Encounters: On Writing and the Arts
Kathy MacKayEssays and stories about writing and works of art that I believe are worth sharing, whether deeply meaningful or happily whimsical.
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Reflecting on "Here There Are Blueberries"
Colony Theatre, Miami Beach, December 2025
It’s their laughter—that’s what haunts.
Twelve women, dressed alike in white blouses and pleated skirts, sit on a railing outside a mountainside chalet eating blueberries. A photographer captures...
And now it's time for something slightly different
Exciting Newsletter Changes
Hello everyone! I hope you and your families are well.
I’ve been on an unplanned hiatus from my newsletter while refining its focus and trudging through the narrative challenges of finishing my memoir. Gett...
Publishing an Opinion Piece on Blood Safety
Greetings everyone,
In my last post, a memorial tribute to my friend Ken Baxter published in POZ Stories, I prefaced the essay with my search to find a news outlet to publish an opinion piece I’d just completed. The new writing addresses m...
Blood Safety – One Reason I Tell My Story
A few words before my tribute to a friend
I try to have a little fun with my posts, but this one cuts to the reason I write about certain issues related to my story …
In the past several weeks, the budget cuts to the FDA and CDC hav...
My Meeting with a Harper Collins/William Morrow Editor
Comparing Myself to the Rock Bottom Remainders
The highlights during my November visit to the Miami Book Fair—a feast of author events—are many. Bad music was one of them. Really bad. So bad that writer Dave Barry, the frontman for Th...
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Former photojournalist and educator now revising my memoir and writing about the creative arts. My memoir is a story of love, betrayal, and resilience amid the one of the worst (unknown) Pharma scandals in recent history.
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