Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
@fklein907.bsky.social
Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025)
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You know what everyone loves for holiday gifts? Books of poetry!
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
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We've been a little quiet here, but it's because we've been working hard getting ready for Flight 2!
On November 30th, we'll have four incredible new works of literature for you to sample.
Until then, tide yourself over by rereading the work from Flight 1!
On November 30th, we'll have four incredible new works of literature for you to sample.
Until then, tide yourself over by rereading the work from Flight 1!
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We've been a little quiet here, but it's because we've been working hard getting ready for Flight 2!
On November 30th, we'll have four incredible new works of literature for you to sample.
Until then, tide yourself over by rereading the work from Flight 1!
On November 30th, we'll have four incredible new works of literature for you to sample.
Until then, tide yourself over by rereading the work from Flight 1!
The final product:
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The final product:
“iTs ToO eArLY tO dEcOrAtE fOr ChRiStMaS”
Are these, or are these not, unprecedented times?
Are these, or are these not, unprecedented times?
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“iTs ToO eArLY tO dEcOrAtE fOr ChRiStMaS”
Are these, or are these not, unprecedented times?
Are these, or are these not, unprecedented times?
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I hope Alice Wong knew how hugely important she was to so many of us. How deeply she was loved.
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I hope Alice Wong knew how hugely important she was to so many of us. How deeply she was loved.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
Gah, so sad to hear about the passing of the great Alice Wong. Better people than me will have more meaningful words to say, but her work meant a great deal to me and to many.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Gah, so sad to hear about the passing of the great Alice Wong. Better people than me will have more meaningful words to say, but her work meant a great deal to me and to many.
He’s out of the shower now but still hasn’t answered the question
Me, trying to include my husband in the creative process: “hey, what’s a pizza topping that starts with B? It’s for a poem.”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He’s out of the shower now but still hasn’t answered the question
Me, trying to include my husband in the creative process: “hey, what’s a pizza topping that starts with B? It’s for a poem.”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Me, trying to include my husband in the creative process: “hey, what’s a pizza topping that starts with B? It’s for a poem.”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
Him: “we’ve talked about this, the shower is the ONE place I get to be alone”
The Shakespeare in the park version (with Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Lupita Nyongo) is streaming on PBS now and it is DELIGHTFUL
I love Twelfth Night because it’s 90% just characters being like
a woman in a red shirt asks am i gay now
Alt: a woman in a red shirt asks am i gay now
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The Shakespeare in the park version (with Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Lupita Nyongo) is streaming on PBS now and it is DELIGHTFUL
I love Twelfth Night because it’s 90% just characters being like
a woman in a red shirt asks am i gay now
Alt: a woman in a red shirt asks am i gay now
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I love Twelfth Night because it’s 90% just characters being like
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Monday! Monday! MondayMondayMonday!
Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and
@toosiewatson.bsky.social!
Hit the RSVP link!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
@toosiewatson.bsky.social!
Hit the RSVP link!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Monday! Monday! MondayMondayMonday!
Gave an essay exam over the novel “Never Fall Down” today. Going to thread my favorite “I didn’t read the book so I’m tap dancing” openers here.
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gave an essay exam over the novel “Never Fall Down” today. Going to thread my favorite “I didn’t read the book so I’m tap dancing” openers here.
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sign The Boy up for a HAD call!
Having some creative differences with The Boy as I help him with his submission for the local Xmas story contest.
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
sign The Boy up for a HAD call!
Having some creative differences with The Boy as I help him with his submission for the local Xmas story contest.
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Having some creative differences with The Boy as I help him with his submission for the local Xmas story contest.
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
I know they want cute stories, but so far his ideas are:
“Santa stops bringing presents and kids come with pitchforks and torches”
And
“Dasher can’t get off the toilet”
You know what everyone loves for holiday gifts? Books of poetry!
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know what everyone loves for holiday gifts? Books of poetry!
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
Your options are:
1. Chapbook about the Angel Gabriel hanging out on earth
2. Multi-award nominated collection about parenting, pregnancy loss, and the internet
Ordering links: www.frances-klein.com/books
Picked up this game at the Portland Art museum and it’s a blast. Pictured: my attempt to draw Mr Burns next to my husband’s much, much better one
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Picked up this game at the Portland Art museum and it’s a blast. Pictured: my attempt to draw Mr Burns next to my husband’s much, much better one
Went aurora chasing last night, but all I got were some blurry oranges
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Went aurora chasing last night, but all I got were some blurry oranges
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Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "The Flooded Grave" by Jared Beloff (@readinstead.bsky.social) #TBT
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The Flooded Grave
by Jared Beloff
Sweat fell from the digger’s brow or maybe rain from the gray sky; it was just a little water, nothing to worry about until they felt their legs pulled down into it. They grabbed th...
stonecirclereview.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "The Flooded Grave" by Jared Beloff (@readinstead.bsky.social) #TBT
stonecirclereview.com/the-flooded-...
stonecirclereview.com/the-flooded-...
Absolutely bonkers messaging from the avocado-breast cancer alliance
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Absolutely bonkers messaging from the avocado-breast cancer alliance
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fun fact, this is everything we publish
Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
fun fact, this is everything we publish
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Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Found this one in the notes app from a year ago
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This is fantastic and eye-opening reporting from @gracesegers.bsky.social about SNAP and hunger in a remote part of Alaska -- Americans we don't hear from much in national reporting.
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is fantastic and eye-opening reporting from @gracesegers.bsky.social about SNAP and hunger in a remote part of Alaska -- Americans we don't hear from much in national reporting.
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
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JMWW Submission Manager
jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, hybrid work, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
Ladies, if you want your man to communicate, don’t take him to therapy. Give him one of those business astrology tests (myers-Briggs, enneagram) and tell him it’s what Tim Cook gave to all his mentees. You’ll crack him like a walnut.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ladies, if you want your man to communicate, don’t take him to therapy. Give him one of those business astrology tests (myers-Briggs, enneagram) and tell him it’s what Tim Cook gave to all his mentees. You’ll crack him like a walnut.