Brenna Womer
@brennawomer.bsky.social
she/they ✨ queer 🏳️🌈 Latine 🇲🇽 childfree ✂️ sober ☕️ Fresno State MFA professor | views mine | author of Unbrained (FlowerSong Press) & Honeypot (Spuyten Duyvil) | brennawomer.com
So very neat to be scrolling through the 2025 @pw.org Guide to MFA Programs and see us! Come write with Venita Blackburn, @stevenchurch.bsky.social, Ra Jarrar, Brynn Saito, Mai Der Vang, & myself at Fresno State, and work on The Normal School! I’m so proud to work where I do ✍🏽
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So very neat to be scrolling through the 2025 @pw.org Guide to MFA Programs and see us! Come write with Venita Blackburn, @stevenchurch.bsky.social, Ra Jarrar, Brynn Saito, Mai Der Vang, & myself at Fresno State, and work on The Normal School! I’m so proud to work where I do ✍🏽
Brain creases
increase the available
surface area, like the fins
of car radiators,
a highly evolved trait
which allows us to lie
and know we are being
lied to, and still be happy,
still laugh in our sleep,
a flaw that’s not quite
a flaw.
Dorianne Laux, from “Moonflaw”
increase the available
surface area, like the fins
of car radiators,
a highly evolved trait
which allows us to lie
and know we are being
lied to, and still be happy,
still laugh in our sleep,
a flaw that’s not quite
a flaw.
Dorianne Laux, from “Moonflaw”
August 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Brain creases
increase the available
surface area, like the fins
of car radiators,
a highly evolved trait
which allows us to lie
and know we are being
lied to, and still be happy,
still laugh in our sleep,
a flaw that’s not quite
a flaw.
Dorianne Laux, from “Moonflaw”
increase the available
surface area, like the fins
of car radiators,
a highly evolved trait
which allows us to lie
and know we are being
lied to, and still be happy,
still laugh in our sleep,
a flaw that’s not quite
a flaw.
Dorianne Laux, from “Moonflaw”
Well, this is super exciting news to wake up to 🥳 See you in the new year, Baltimore! #AWP26
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August 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Well, this is super exciting news to wake up to 🥳 See you in the new year, Baltimore! #AWP26
@stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social
@kaicoggin.bsky.social
@janehuffman.bsky.social
@christinastoddard.bsky.social
@stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social
@kaicoggin.bsky.social
@janehuffman.bsky.social
@christinastoddard.bsky.social
This semester is all grads all the time 📚 Here are the combined booklists for my two MFA seminars, form & theory of CNF and the nonfiction workshop. A few of these I’ve taught before, but mostly I’m bringing lots of new energy. All are fabulous & brilliant, and I can’t wait to dive in ⚡️
August 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This semester is all grads all the time 📚 Here are the combined booklists for my two MFA seminars, form & theory of CNF and the nonfiction workshop. A few of these I’ve taught before, but mostly I’m bringing lots of new energy. All are fabulous & brilliant, and I can’t wait to dive in ⚡️
Sharing the cover of DEAR MOM, with blurbs from three writers I deeply admire, has me feeling quite a lot. The chapbook is forthcoming from @petrichorlit.bsky.social this fall as part of their digital chapbook series. I'm so lucky to be working with Seth and his team.
Read the blurbs on my website!
Read the blurbs on my website!
August 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sharing the cover of DEAR MOM, with blurbs from three writers I deeply admire, has me feeling quite a lot. The chapbook is forthcoming from @petrichorlit.bsky.social this fall as part of their digital chapbook series. I'm so lucky to be working with Seth and his team.
Read the blurbs on my website!
Read the blurbs on my website!
Taking care of this poor feral girl for the next week. She went in for spay with a runny eye and came out with it removed—a surprise to us both. They handed me her trap, showed me a picture of a setup, said she needs to be inside, and then basically said figure it out. So figuring it out we are…
June 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Taking care of this poor feral girl for the next week. She went in for spay with a runny eye and came out with it removed—a surprise to us both. They handed me her trap, showed me a picture of a setup, said she needs to be inside, and then basically said figure it out. So figuring it out we are…
My neighbor agreed to let me take her two 16-week-old sibling-kittens to be fixed & ear-tipped since they’re outdoor and have started wandering into the neighborhood a bit more with the colony. So, I get to hang out with these cuties, Poncho & Poncha, today! 🖤🩶🤍🤎
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My neighbor agreed to let me take her two 16-week-old sibling-kittens to be fixed & ear-tipped since they’re outdoor and have started wandering into the neighborhood a bit more with the colony. So, I get to hang out with these cuties, Poncho & Poncha, today! 🖤🩶🤍🤎
Waylon is neutered, ear-tipped, dopey, & in a comfier crate now before release 🐱👂✂️💕
The washable caves for under my porch furniture arrived too, & omg I’m up to $160 in Venmo donations thanks to another badass, cat-loving woman! 🥹🙏🏽 Taking two kitten-siblings (4mo, 1M 1F) to be fixed in the morning!
The washable caves for under my porch furniture arrived too, & omg I’m up to $160 in Venmo donations thanks to another badass, cat-loving woman! 🥹🙏🏽 Taking two kitten-siblings (4mo, 1M 1F) to be fixed in the morning!
May 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Waylon is neutered, ear-tipped, dopey, & in a comfier crate now before release 🐱👂✂️💕
The washable caves for under my porch furniture arrived too, & omg I’m up to $160 in Venmo donations thanks to another badass, cat-loving woman! 🥹🙏🏽 Taking two kitten-siblings (4mo, 1M 1F) to be fixed in the morning!
The washable caves for under my porch furniture arrived too, & omg I’m up to $160 in Venmo donations thanks to another badass, cat-loving woman! 🥹🙏🏽 Taking two kitten-siblings (4mo, 1M 1F) to be fixed in the morning!
Just transported this sweet boy, wailin’ Waylon, my second neighborhood feral, for TNR 🧡 I received $110 in donations yesterday via Venmo (@brenna-womer) from two badass women 🥹 That money will pay to fix 4–5 more feral babes! 🙏🏽
P.s. Merle was released this morning, hissy & pissy as ever 🐱👂🏼✂️💕
P.s. Merle was released this morning, hissy & pissy as ever 🐱👂🏼✂️💕
May 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just transported this sweet boy, wailin’ Waylon, my second neighborhood feral, for TNR 🧡 I received $110 in donations yesterday via Venmo (@brenna-womer) from two badass women 🥹 That money will pay to fix 4–5 more feral babes! 🙏🏽
P.s. Merle was released this morning, hissy & pissy as ever 🐱👂🏼✂️💕
P.s. Merle was released this morning, hissy & pissy as ever 🐱👂🏼✂️💕
Trapped my first neighborhood feral for TNR yesterday! Meet Merle 💛 He was hissy & pissy about it, but I would be too.
He got a small cut trying to escape, but my bf’s mom, a TNR pro, told me to zip-tie the door in place. Worked like a charm! Next up are Patsy, Waylon, Johnny, & Loretta Lynn 🐱✨
He got a small cut trying to escape, but my bf’s mom, a TNR pro, told me to zip-tie the door in place. Worked like a charm! Next up are Patsy, Waylon, Johnny, & Loretta Lynn 🐱✨
May 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trapped my first neighborhood feral for TNR yesterday! Meet Merle 💛 He was hissy & pissy about it, but I would be too.
He got a small cut trying to escape, but my bf’s mom, a TNR pro, told me to zip-tie the door in place. Worked like a charm! Next up are Patsy, Waylon, Johnny, & Loretta Lynn 🐱✨
He got a small cut trying to escape, but my bf’s mom, a TNR pro, told me to zip-tie the door in place. Worked like a charm! Next up are Patsy, Waylon, Johnny, & Loretta Lynn 🐱✨
My maracuyá didn’t flower last year, and I felt like I’d failed the vine, like it wasn’t happy enough to flower. I’ve been caring for it extra this spring, and this is the second bloom in three days. I’m so happy it’s happy. (Still working on a better trellis system after the first collapsed!) 💚💜🤍
May 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My maracuyá didn’t flower last year, and I felt like I’d failed the vine, like it wasn’t happy enough to flower. I’ve been caring for it extra this spring, and this is the second bloom in three days. I’m so happy it’s happy. (Still working on a better trellis system after the first collapsed!) 💚💜🤍
Recent belly blaster I forgot to share! Finished ‘er up a couple weeks ago 🥳 Sooo happy to have that spot over with 🥴
May 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Recent belly blaster I forgot to share! Finished ‘er up a couple weeks ago 🥳 Sooo happy to have that spot over with 🥴
It was an incredible honor to hood our MFA graduates today on stage at Commencement for California State University, Fresno’s College of Arts & Humanities (while wearing what my undergrads affectionately call my “wizard cloak”) 🥹 Be still my heart! ❤️💥
May 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It was an incredible honor to hood our MFA graduates today on stage at Commencement for California State University, Fresno’s College of Arts & Humanities (while wearing what my undergrads affectionately call my “wizard cloak”) 🥹 Be still my heart! ❤️💥
White Castle’s Nottoway Plantation, “one of the nation's oldest remaining Antebellum-era plantation structures, is a ‘total loss’ following a fire, authorities say.”
May 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
White Castle’s Nottoway Plantation, “one of the nation's oldest remaining Antebellum-era plantation structures, is a ‘total loss’ following a fire, authorities say.”
Accidental twinning with my fav barista-friend yesterday 💛💙
May 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Accidental twinning with my fav barista-friend yesterday 💛💙
It was so disheartening to see my story pop up 😞
Use @theatlantic.com’s tool to check if your writing has been used illegally by Meta to train AI, and see this a response from @authorsguild.bsky.social with info and next steps.
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Use @theatlantic.com’s tool to check if your writing has been used illegally by Meta to train AI, and see this a response from @authorsguild.bsky.social with info and next steps.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It was so disheartening to see my story pop up 😞
Use @theatlantic.com’s tool to check if your writing has been used illegally by Meta to train AI, and see this a response from @authorsguild.bsky.social with info and next steps.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Use @theatlantic.com’s tool to check if your writing has been used illegally by Meta to train AI, and see this a response from @authorsguild.bsky.social with info and next steps.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Found copies of @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social 34 in the mailbox today, featuring my essay “Child(free),” about my journey to elective sterilization ✂️✨ I love this mag & the editors I got to work with 🙏🏽
Purchase the $9 hardcopy or $4 digital copy here: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit/25741...
Purchase the $9 hardcopy or $4 digital copy here: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit/25741...
March 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Found copies of @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social 34 in the mailbox today, featuring my essay “Child(free),” about my journey to elective sterilization ✂️✨ I love this mag & the editors I got to work with 🙏🏽
Purchase the $9 hardcopy or $4 digital copy here: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit/25741...
Purchase the $9 hardcopy or $4 digital copy here: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit/25741...
Someone eavesdropped on the last phone call I had with my parents before we went fully no-contact 👀 @motherwoundproject.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Someone eavesdropped on the last phone call I had with my parents before we went fully no-contact 👀 @motherwoundproject.bsky.social
