McKenzie Watson-Fore

So, when is Netflix going to produce the reality tv show where you forge a connection through a wall and then the production team reveals you’ve been talking to an AI? I suggest they call it, LOVE IS BL(AI)ND #ai #loveisblind

I wrote about my love for communal bathing and compiled some of my favorite cathartic bathing scenes for Electric Literature! Check it out ~ electricliterature.com/8-books-featur…

I reviewed @annajrollins’s gorgeous and powerful FAMISHED for @ChristianCent. Find the review here — @eerdmansbooks @PineStatePub christiancentury.org/books/trained-…

Matt Mauch wrote this essay for sneaker wave magazine about what’s happening in Minneapolis right now. Please read and share — and #fuckice. #minneapolis #reneegood #AlexPretti #georgefloyd open.substack.com/pub/sneakerwav…

Cincinnati Romance Review’s new issue features my review of Anne Berest’s gripping “nonfiction novel,” LA CARTE POSTALE (The Postcard)—incredible storytelling and a chilling reminder about the costs of looking away from rising authoritarianism cincinnatiromancereview.org/current-issue/…

@coynewriter Yay! I’m glad my dad passed your book along to me. Thanks for writing it.

@WatsonFore Thank you for such a thorough and thoughtful reading of the Scotland book. Really enjoyed your essay.

I wrote about golf and reading as a portal to empathy and quests that never end. Thanks to @coynewriter for the inspiration, and to my dad for letting me borrow his book for three years. mwatsonfore.substack.com/p/on-reading-f…

I reviewed Stephanie Schechner’s new translation of Mireille Best’s Hymn to Moray Eels (out now via the Pride List from Seagull Books) for @fullstopmag! A sharp interrogation of gender and heteronormativity, set in a French sanatorium #bookreview full-stop.net/2025/12/15/rev…

Flu season is here, folks. Get yourself vaccinated, and then get yourself a cat-panion who will keep watch from the crook of your knee-pits.

"In Tait’s case, no part of his public persona allows him to name harmful elements of the theology he was raised with. Theology wielded to inculcate hatred or disgust rather than grace is one of the most destructive forces I know." @WatsonFore christiancentury.org/features/singi…

Has anyone written a cultural history of the paint-and-sip?? I would love to read that. #culturalcriticism #arthistory #historyinthemaking

I wrote about the #michaeltait scandal in light of an evening I spent with #flamygrant, the iconic drag queen of CCM. Read about how Christian music has prioritized performance over authenticity, up now at #christiancentury #personalessay #ccm christiancentury.org/features/singi…

Gabriella D'Italia’s memoir, GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK, is out now from @unsolicitedpress, and I wrote about it for Heavy Feather Review! A dazzling contemplative journey for anyone with a material art practice alongside your writing practice #bookreview heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/11/17/dit…

@bokchoygurltjong’s memoir WORLDLY GIRLS offers readers a tender journey through intergenerational trauma, female relationships, and the narrative unmooring that comes after leaving high-control religion. Read my review here! @bookhugpress full-stop.net/2025/11/12/rev…

Guess I’ve made an annual habit of writing an essay about my Halloween costume? Check out my new substack, Critic at Play, and read about my choice to dress up as The Good Place’s Bad Janet! #thegoodplace #badjanet #halloween #onhell mwatsonfore.substack.com/p/what-up-skid…

Had this thought in the shower this morning that I should stop saying I’m a freelancer and instead I should refer to myself an editorial mercenary.

Distribution is a facet of the book market that doesn't get discussed nearly enough, and Maria Bustillos does a great job breaking down its risks. cjr.org/analysis/the-b… via @cjr

My interview with the brilliant Natasha Lehrer — translator of SAD TIGER by Neige Sinno from @sevenstories and THE PROPAGANDIST by Cécile Desprairies from @NewVesselPress — is up now @MastersReview! #interview #translation #literarycriticism mastersreview.com/a-conversation…

“I saw the rot and I had the training to do something about it.” So grateful for the unflinching reporting coming from @reachjulieroys and #theroysreport, especially about the allegations toward #michaeltait // #ccm #michaeltaitallegations youtube.com/watch?v=37dYj7…

Grateful for this piece from Elizabeth Kaye Cook in @literaryhub today, and grateful to @clmporg for surfacing it. It’s a bleak time for small presses and lit mags—remember to support the ones you love. We really are all each other’s got. #litmags #funding lithub.com/on-the-future-…