Kate Walter

Kate Walter is a NYC based freelance writer and author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the Epicenter ( 2021); Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing (2015). Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, New York Daily News, AM-NY, Next Avenue, the Advocate, the Village Sun and many other places. She taught writing at NYU and CUNY for three decades. Walter has documented her life in downtown Manhattan since 1975. She has been dubbed "that world's Samuel Pepys."

Five Years Ago, Melting Down in Lockdown:  May 2020, Book Excerpt by Kate Walter     

I called my sister to wish her happy Mother’s Day. She has four daughters and nine grandkids. “I know this might sound crazy,” I said, “but I’m really glad Mom is gone and not here for this.” My sister said that she was thinking the same thing. We would be so worried, even though our […]

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New Yorkers say hands off, story and photos by Kate Walter

“Show me what democracy looks like.” “This is what democracy looks like.” The call and response chant rang out loudly as thousands of protestors filled 20 blocks of Fifth Avenue on a chilly, rainy afternoon. The massive action in New York City on April 5 was part of the nationwide Hands Off mobilization. It was organized by

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