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Kate Walter has a unique and quirky personal voice, a fresh and funny distinctive style. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, The Advocate, and many other places. She was a regular contributor to Newsday's "City Life" column. |
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The New York Press Association gave Kate Walter a "Best Column" award for her 2008 first person writing in The Villager. The judge deemed her essays "personal and profound and well constructed." Kate also created popular columns for two other downtown weeklies: the feisty and opinionated "A View from St. Marks Place" (New York Press) and the poignant "Queer City" (Manhattan Spirit). Her personal essays have been featured in anthologies, including Lost and Found: Stories from New York; In the Shadow of the Towers and the best-selling Nesting: It's a Chick Thing Kate has read her essays at numerous venues, including the Great Hall of Cooper Union, KGB Bar, Happy Ending Lounge, Fez under Time Cafe, Acme Underground, Gotham Comedy Club, and Stand Up NY. For more essays, click onto www.mrbellersneighborhood.com.
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" Cheering the Rescue Workers " The Villager, 2011 |
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The Villager, 2011 |
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ModernLoveRejects.com, 2011 |
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" Secrets of Surviving an Arts Commune:
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The Villager, 2010 |
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" Delayed Gratification is So Sweet" The Villager, 2009 |
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New York Press, 2009 |
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" Slim to None" New York Press, 2009 |
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" MTA's Bus Plan Proves the Wheels Are Coming Off" Daily News Editorial, 2009 |
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" Back in the Pew Again: Finding a Church that Fits" The Villager, 2008 |
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" Farewell to Superior Inks and that Old Funky Mix" The Villager, 2007 |
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" Fashion Designers Have Unraveled My Neighborhood" The Villager, 2007 |
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" What's Memorial Day without a parade?" The Christian Science Monitor, 2006 |
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"Saying Goodbye to Funkiness On Tribeca's Piers" Downtown Express, 2005 |
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Newsday, 2004 |
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"Fall Brings a Harvest of City Memories" Newsday, 2004 |
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"Today's the Day Success Works Like a Charm" Newsday, 2003 |
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"A Season's Landmarks Disappear Brick by Brick" Newsday, 2003 |
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