How We Spend Our Days
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.”
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writers by date
2009
August: Pam Houston
September: Dani Shapiro
October: Adam Braver
November: Sheri Reynolds
December: Elizabeth Benedict
2010
January: Abigail Thomas
February: Alexander Chee
March: Miciah Bay Gault
April: Robin Black
May: Daniel Asa Rose
June: Lucia Orth
July: Tracy Winn
August: Diane Lefer
September: Louise W. Knight
October: Hannah Tinti
November: Bruce Machart
December: Susanna Daniel
2011
January: Jean Thompson
February: Cornelius Eady
March: Summer Wood
April: Shaindel Beers
May: Kim Wright
June: Robin Oliveira
July: Robert Boyers
August: Heather Newton
September: Heidi Durrow
October: Barb Johnson
November: Mari Strachan
December: Daniel Torday
2012
January: Cheryl Strayed
February: Alan Heathcock
March: Ann Hood
April: William Lychack
May: Marge Piercy
June: Sybil Baker
July: Michael Martone
August: Paul Lisicky
September: Stacy Bierlein
October: Natalie Serber
November: Darrelyn Saloom
December: Dan Chaon
2013
January: Claire Vaye Watkins
February: Dave Malone
March: Dawn Tripp
April: Alexis M. Smith
June: Christine Schutt
July: Caroline Leavitt
August: Nichole Bernier
September: Sheri Joseph
October: Thomas Larson
November: Rebecca Makkai
December: Matthew Limpede
2014
January: Jane Smiley
February: Lindsey Mead
March: Robert Boswell
April: Kathryn Craft
June: Roxana Robinson
July: Fenton Johnson
August: Ron Carlson
September: Richard Gilbert
October: David Jauss
November: Andrea Portes
December: BK Loren
2015
January: Josh Weil
February: Dylan Landis
March: Erika Anderson
April: Katrina Kenison
May: Richard McCann
June: Judy Pascoe
July: Lidia Yuknavitch
August: Joy Castro
September: Helen Phillips
October: Carmela Ciuraru
November: Josephine Humphreys
December: Sarah Stone
2016
January: Steve Almond
February: Elizabeth Marro
March: Sarah Seltzer
April: Abby Frucht
May: Jodi Paloni
June: David Abrams
July: Sari Wilson
August: Kristopher Jansma
September: Robin MacArthur
October: Jon Davis
November: Amy Gottlieb
December: Myfanwy Collins
2017
January: Sawnie Morris
February: Derek Palacio
March: Mary Miller
April: Karen Brown
May: Jericho Parms
June: Robert Olen Butler
July: Sandy Gingras
August: Donald Quist
September: Kai Carlson-Wee and Anders Carlson-Wee
October: Sophfronia Scott
November: Christian Kiefer
December: Ramona Ausubel
2018
January: Samantha Dunn
February: Debra Spark
March: Andrea Lewis
April: Kelle Groom
May: Elle Johnson
June: Joshua Mohr
July: Becky Mandelbaum
August: Lisa Romeo
September: Cherise Wolas
October: Peter Ho Davies
November: Leslie Lawrence
December: Lesley Dahl
2019
January: Sunil Yapa
February: Tessa Fontaine
March: Mario Chard
April: Margaret McMullan
May: Louise Ells
June: Michele Filgate
July: Julia Phillips
August: Andre Dubus III
September: Sion Dayson
October: Cynthia Newberry Martin
November: Nick Norwood
December: Peg Alford Pursell
2020
January: Carl Phillips
February: Emily Arnason Casey
March: Alan Michael Parker
April: Allen Gee
June: Anna Solomon
July: Abigail DeWitt
August: Sean Hill
September: Lisa McGuinness
October: Bettye Kearse
November: Kathy Gunst
December: Anne Korkeakivi
2021
January: Lily King
February: Toni Jensen
March: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
April: Shelagh Connor Shapiro
May: Jeff G. Peters
June: Christina Chiu
July: Melissa Cronin
August: Vivian Gibson
September: Greg Changnon
October: Bonnie Tsui
November: Mandy Haynes
December: J. Drew Lanham
2022
January: Alice Elliott Dark
February: Donna Miscolta
March: Lee Zacharias
April: Michael Kleber-Diggs
May: Heath Hardage Lee
June: Jeffrey J. Higa
July: Kirie Pedersen
August: Eric Nguyen
September: Wendy J. Fox
October: Therese Walsh
November: Ginger Eager
December: Kimberly Garrett Brown
2023
January: Alexandra Zapruder
February: Cassandra Lane
March: Cheryl Clark Vermeulen
April: Charlie J. Stephens
May: Rachel Swearingen
June: Marjan Kamali
July: Katy Yocom
August: Michael Bourne
September: Sari Botton
October: Minda Honey
November: Brendan Shay Basham
December: Minrose Gwin
2024
January: Minrose Gwin
February: T Kira Madden
March: Joan Frank
April: Dede Cummings
May: Anjali Enjeti
June: Christy Cashman
July: Sanderia Faye
August: Roberta S. Kuriloff
September: Gina Ferrara
October: Laurie Stone