K. Meera (they/them)
@kmeera.bsky.social
professional pollambifier on unceded duwamish lands meaning i write furiously (not measured via quantity)
https://linktr.ee/kmeera
https://linktr.ee/kmeera
Pinned
K. Meera (they/them)
@kmeera.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Baddies: Grad School
or Parting Gifts
steffajae.substack.com
“In my head, there’s a certain type of writer who gets to go into their study with at least a blank page (if not a solid, ready-for-workshop draft), and then there are the writers who have to spend their time erasing from their page what someone else had already written, like me.” #blackwriters #MFA
oscillating constantly between the intense sadness and rage and despair and intense tomfoolery i am my own jester in my own court mostly i just want to see that seagull deepthroating a whole bagel again
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
oscillating constantly between the intense sadness and rage and despair and intense tomfoolery i am my own jester in my own court mostly i just want to see that seagull deepthroating a whole bagel again
PLEASE this is so good argh
Being here for the duration & doing the dishes. Altar rails & touching up mullets. Disastrous atrophy & boba tea. Setting our fields ablaze.
beestung #25 is here!
www.beestungmag.com
beestung #25 is here!
www.beestungmag.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:33 AM
PLEASE this is so good argh
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
llps.substack.com/p/2026-and-i... new world war 3 griefstack just dropped.
2026 and I think a lot about what Alice would be doing
DJ TJ practice, tools and poetry, structural engineering, archive in progress from a real one known to be on one.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:07 AM
llps.substack.com/p/2026-and-i... new world war 3 griefstack just dropped.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
✨ Announcing...our FIRST NOVELLA ✨
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
![An announcement card for Augur's first novella acquisition, CREST. A mountain peak is featured in the background, with a pink gradient below.
Text reads:
ANNOUNCING AUGUR SOCIETY'S FIRST NOVELLA
CREST by A.D. Sui
After more than a decade no-contact, two former friends keep their promise from undergrad and meet up to hike the Pacific Crest Trail together.
But urban legends haunt the trails; secrets hang between them; and an eerie otherside pulls at them both, threatening to keep them from ever going home.
CREST weaves a story about complex friendships, love, and regret, told as an atmospheric contemporary fantasy travelogue by the Nebula-winning author of The Dragonfly Gambit (Neon Hemlock).
Coming Fall 2027
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, Queer MC
For lovers of [When Marnie Was There, Love Death and Robots, Wild] as images](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lamjrufb4kabavnm4jojmbre/bafkreidlmhp2jdgite5bcvhxp4xwiah6hymfxxpcxlny7fu6im2atnfln4@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
✨ Announcing...our FIRST NOVELLA ✨
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
“Bad Apples” is out today! A vampire story about a Zimbabwean mother who buys a coffin one day while running errands & decides to abandon her children to become a vampire. What does it mean to be a “good woman”? Is a “good woman” one who denies her hunger?
theseventhwave.org/publication/...
theseventhwave.org/publication/...
Bad Apples - Seventh Wave
"I was 15 years old when my mother decided to become a vampire."
theseventhwave.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“Bad Apples” is out today! A vampire story about a Zimbabwean mother who buys a coffin one day while running errands & decides to abandon her children to become a vampire. What does it mean to be a “good woman”? Is a “good woman” one who denies her hunger?
theseventhwave.org/publication/...
theseventhwave.org/publication/...
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
"...we wanted to create a space where translation isn’t just a bridge but a form of companionship, between poets, readers, and the worlds they inhabit, between languages that hold memory."
Norah Alkharashi, in conversation with Yasmine Haj & Alton Melvar M. Dapanas.
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Norah Alkharashi, in conversation with Yasmine Haj & Alton Melvar M. Dapanas.
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
The Four Colours of Blood: An Interview with Norah Alkharashi and Yasmine Haj on the Arabic Poetry of Love and War - Asymptote Blog
The more we bridge our languages, the more effective our collective resistance can be.
www.asymptotejournal.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
"...we wanted to create a space where translation isn’t just a bridge but a form of companionship, between poets, readers, and the worlds they inhabit, between languages that hold memory."
Norah Alkharashi, in conversation with Yasmine Haj & Alton Melvar M. Dapanas.
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
Norah Alkharashi, in conversation with Yasmine Haj & Alton Melvar M. Dapanas.
#ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar
was very excited to be an adult when I was older as most kids are stopped being excited for the things I was excited about and now am watching the unfurling of age with ????
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
was very excited to be an adult when I was older as most kids are stopped being excited for the things I was excited about and now am watching the unfurling of age with ????
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
👋🏿 I'm Winifred. In 2025 I:
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
Donate to Help Make Winifred a Midwife, organized by Aurelius Raines
My desire to leave Norway is perhaps Twitter's best kept secret but the cat is out of the… Aurelius Raines needs your support for Help Make Winifred a Midwife
www.gofundme.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
👋🏿 I'm Winifred. In 2025 I:
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
*Survived a MN winter w/o consistent heat/hot water
*Sold an "erotic houseplant horror" story
*Had surgery
*Did births in 3 diff states w/ 4 diff midwifery practices from off grid shacks to urban mansions to tiny apts
I'm exhausted but I'm only 9% away from fully funded.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
This is not an unhopeful thing.
Historian Alfred McCoy says the United States "is an empire in decline," following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
This is not an unhopeful thing.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
Donate to Palestinian writers.
In the spirit of making my needs known, I’m heading for over draft again. All of my funds will go to paying rent, leaving me with nothing to pay bills or buy groceries in January, which is my birth month (yay).
Any help would be much appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
Any help would be much appreciated. ko-fi.com/soniasulaima...
Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee
Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!
ko-fi.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Donate to Palestinian writers.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
Poems, prose, fragments, forms—send us the work that won’t leave you alone.
Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
January 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Poems, prose, fragments, forms—send us the work that won’t leave you alone.
Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit
Regularly fighting the urge to send things out immediately instead of waiting for them to settle
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Regularly fighting the urge to send things out immediately instead of waiting for them to settle
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
if you can donate to keith porter's gfm for his daughters, i would appreciate it tremendously. keith was killed by an ice agent on new years eve.
Donate to Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy, organized by Keith Porter
My 43-year-old son, Keith, was tragically killed on New Year's Eve in Northri… Keith Porter needs your support for Support for Keith’s Daughters After Tragedy
www.gofundme.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
if you can donate to keith porter's gfm for his daughters, i would appreciate it tremendously. keith was killed by an ice agent on new years eve.
Reverting to home-bred diction because no one can say that’s AI, Code switching coming to save me yet again
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Reverting to home-bred diction because no one can say that’s AI, Code switching coming to save me yet again
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
So much of what I say and do is done with the knowledge that the future I want for me is not my end goal, but the future I want for my descendants is. I am working for a world I may never see. A world that might not even be for me.
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
So much of what I say and do is done with the knowledge that the future I want for me is not my end goal, but the future I want for my descendants is. I am working for a world I may never see. A world that might not even be for me.
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
There was heavy bombing all through yesterday afternoon and evening in Gaza, shaking the ground and scaring Samaa's children. This feels like full-blown war. Please help the family if you can. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
There was heavy bombing all through yesterday afternoon and evening in Gaza, shaking the ground and scaring Samaa's children. This feels like full-blown war. Please help the family if you can. tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily @mommunism.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social @gofund-gaza.bsky.social #MutualAid 🍉
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
And if anyone is even vaguely thinking
"This isn't the right time for this type of conversation"
It is ALWAYS the right time for this sort of conversation.
"This isn't the right time for this type of conversation"
It is ALWAYS the right time for this sort of conversation.
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
And if anyone is even vaguely thinking
"This isn't the right time for this type of conversation"
It is ALWAYS the right time for this sort of conversation.
"This isn't the right time for this type of conversation"
It is ALWAYS the right time for this sort of conversation.
The rage and frustration you feel is not incompatible with conversations we should all be having around who gets to be humanized as a mother and a poet and who doesn’t. What happened in Minneapolis is a tragedy but do you know what it reminds me of?
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The rage and frustration you feel is not incompatible with conversations we should all be having around who gets to be humanized as a mother and a poet and who doesn’t. What happened in Minneapolis is a tragedy but do you know what it reminds me of?
Reposted by K. Meera (they/them)
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.
Two Americas.
Two Americas.