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Khadijah Queen

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Doctor of poems. In my crone era. https://www.khadijahqueen.com/ linktr.ee/authorKQ

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · Aug 5

She’s here! Order from your favorite bookseller! Leave a review, tag me in your photos! Reserve a copy at the library! I’ve got her in the woods today and reading tonight. Raise a cup of tea (or a shot of whisky) for us 💙🩵💜

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Khadijah‘s brown hand is holding her hardcover copy of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Veterans memoir. There is a backdrop of a forest. On her wrist are three bracelets: two of pearl and one labradorite

Turquoise, dark blue and lilac hardcover of Between the devil and the deep blue sea: A Veterans Memoir by Khadijah Queen, stood up on stone steps with greenery

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 22h

Sometimes I say "the poem speaks for itself" and what I really mean is like one of those possessed puppets in a horror film.

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Derek Pollard, PhD @doc-pollard.bsky.social · 8d

“Let’s make room for many modes of survival.”

@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this?

Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities.

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Front cover of the book ‘Radical Poetics’ by Khadijah Queen. The cover features a Black woman sitting barefoot in a dimly lit, eclectic space surrounded by books and fabric drapes. The atmosphere is reminiscent of steampunk with a Southern gothic twist. The woman is wearing a pink dress and sitting on a floral patterned surface. The subtitle reads ‘Essays on Literature & Culture.’

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 4d

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Thrilled to have a kind of performance essay in this anthology—thank you Chloe!

Chloe Martinez @chloemartinez.bsky.social · 5d

I haven’t been active on this site but I am excited to share this project, coming in March 2026 from @uchicagopress.bsky.social #coverreveal press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Chaos, Creativity, Completion

Fifteen essays that offer inspiration, encouragement, and advice from accomplished writers with ADHD. A rising number of ADHD diagnoses, particularly among adults, is not only confirmed by medical stu...

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 12d

You’re invited to my master class on how to finish your book, based on my 25 years of writing experience. For all of that time, I have been working and caregiving and writing at the same time. I love sharing what I’ve learned. Two scholarships are available: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...

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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social · 18d

From the archive, 1990: Svetlana Alexievich on the USSR and Afghanistan.

‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’

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Boys in Zinc

‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’ Svetlana Alexievich on the USSR and Afghanistan for Granta 34.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 20d

Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be; and then again, perhaps it won’t be, after all.

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 20d

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 20d

"Imagine thinking you can truly defeat a people so internally and generationally fortified. Never."

Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 20d

New Substack: I wrote about a surprise Corvette, a Jesmyn Ward novel, and the spirit of my dad--

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On the verge of being obscene, part 1, A Travel Report
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A red corvette stingray with black and silver accents, parked on a tree-lined street

A black man with light skin and silver hair and sunglasses, smiling, standing on one foot showing off his Jordans and his silver Porsche 911 cabriolet, in front of a California mountain and blue sky

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 20d

New Substack: I wrote about a surprise Corvette, a Jesmyn Ward novel, and the spirit of my dad--

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 20d

Upcoming opportunity to work with our INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS anthology co-editor @khadijahqueen.com !

( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )

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David @dxmthemachine.bsky.social · 23d

Autism formally recognised: 1943

Tylenol invented: 1955

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Harris Feinsod @feinsod.bsky.social · 28d

n+1 comes out swinging www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 28d

We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza.

His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28d

Overall, this rapid media consolidation during this political and economic moment scares me easily as much as the administrations political theater other the military.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28d

He must be fired or impeached. Plain and simple.

NPR @npr.org · 28d

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

Ousted CDC director testifies on why she was fired

Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

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Ann Gelder ❌👑 @anngelder.bsky.social · 29d

Let’s buy some books!

Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 29d

Shop Loyalty to support 💙

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 28d

Ngl, it's a bit disconcerting going about one's day when sitting legislators are calling for your entire community to be incarcerated and forcibly destroyed

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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People

Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 28d

They’re the ones causing harm. Every accusation is a confession

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · 29d

Shop Loyalty to support 💙

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29d

Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid

When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · Sep 15

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Poets & Writers @pw.org · Sep 15

Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze

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Jenny Shank @jennyshank.bsky.social · Sep 15

In the Tumbleweed, I discuss a mascot's retirement, what it teaches us about how to love, and book news starring @rlmaizes.bsky.social, @ninamcconigley.bsky.social, @khadijahqueen.com, @scottsemegran.com, @unmpress.bsky.social, @caralopezlee.bsky.social & @karenpalmer.bsky.social! bit.ly/42gAIDZ

Ralphie's Last Prance: Loving Creatures as Belonging to Themselves

A very chunky chipmunk, a new story collection, and September literary events.

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Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · Sep 15

Thank you, dear Jenny! ☀️💛☀️

Khadijah Queen @khadijahqueen.com · Sep 15

I taught a version of this class over the summer, and it went so well I decided to offer it again. If you’re stuck with a book project, or just want fresh strategies and support, this is the class for you!

The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · Aug 26

Khadijah Queen is the author of eight published books--poetry, memoir, criticism, drama--with three others in the works. She designed this class to share some of her strategies for finishing books in progress, so they get DONE rather than languish incomplete.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · Sep 15

Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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