Sim Kern
@simkern.bsky.social
Bestselling author of THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE and DEPART, DEPART! among others
Environmental journalism
Trans, Jewish, Gulf Coast, they/them
Environmental journalism
Trans, Jewish, Gulf Coast, they/them
Genocide Bad is a PW Best Book of 2025!
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Genocide Bad is a PW Best Book of 2025!
Gaza City faces invasion. Every $3k raised in this fund goes directly to a family so they can arrange transportation south and the purchase of a tent. If you read GENOCIDE BAD, you’ll want to know that baby Elena is one of these families. Please donate & share widely: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
September 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Gaza City faces invasion. Every $3k raised in this fund goes directly to a family so they can arrange transportation south and the purchase of a tent. If you read GENOCIDE BAD, you’ll want to know that baby Elena is one of these families. Please donate & share widely: chuffed.org/project/gaza...
We’re back!!! After a summer hiatus, Saffana Monajed & I will be live-streaming this Sunday, exposing the rhetoric elites use to sell us our own death, doom, and destruction. Join us as we pick apart the manipulation behind the headlines: lu.ma/ebdxjrau
August 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We’re back!!! After a summer hiatus, Saffana Monajed & I will be live-streaming this Sunday, exposing the rhetoric elites use to sell us our own death, doom, and destruction. Join us as we pick apart the manipulation behind the headlines: lu.ma/ebdxjrau
Monday, 7PM, IG LIVE, I’ll be chatting with the magnificent hala.n.alyan about writing, parenting, and bringing children and books into a world on fire, and discussing her new, achingly beautiful memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME.
July 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Monday, 7PM, IG LIVE, I’ll be chatting with the magnificent hala.n.alyan about writing, parenting, and bringing children and books into a world on fire, and discussing her new, achingly beautiful memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME.
THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE was spotlighted by TJ Klune in the New York Times today
June 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE was spotlighted by TJ Klune in the New York Times today
GENOCIDE BAD is a NYT and USA Today Bestseller!!! In 40 years of publishing, indie press @interlinkbooks.bsky.social, the only Palestinian-owned press in the US, has faced severe censorship and hate. I am so honored to have worked with them on this book!
April 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
GENOCIDE BAD is a NYT and USA Today Bestseller!!! In 40 years of publishing, indie press @interlinkbooks.bsky.social, the only Palestinian-owned press in the US, has faced severe censorship and hate. I am so honored to have worked with them on this book!
GENOCIDE BAD is a USA Today Bestseller!!! This is huge win for our indie press book! Thank you @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social for dreaming up this book, and @interlinkbooks.bsky.social for trusting me to write it. And thank you to all of you who’ve supported its release and made it a bestseller!!!
April 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
GENOCIDE BAD is a USA Today Bestseller!!! This is huge win for our indie press book! Thank you @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social for dreaming up this book, and @interlinkbooks.bsky.social for trusting me to write it. And thank you to all of you who’ve supported its release and made it a bestseller!!!
Tickets are still available for GENOCIDE BAD book tour events in Amherst, Boston, and Brooklyn! get tickets: sites.google.com/interlinkboo...
April 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tickets are still available for GENOCIDE BAD book tour events in Amherst, Boston, and Brooklyn! get tickets: sites.google.com/interlinkboo...
It’s pub day!!! GENOCIDE BAD is now available at bookstores worldwide, and I love getting tagged in y’all’s posts! Join me and the book’s editor, @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social tonight for a virtual launch event at 6PM ET. Get tickets: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It’s pub day!!! GENOCIDE BAD is now available at bookstores worldwide, and I love getting tagged in y’all’s posts! Join me and the book’s editor, @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social tonight for a virtual launch event at 6PM ET. Get tickets: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
My book asserts that genocide...is bad. Josh's book, on the other hand, asserts that "tolerance "and "multiculturalism" are bad, and genocide is justified in defense of Western Civ--that genocidal, ecocidal death cult enslaving the global masses all so Elon can be the world's first trillionaire 3/🧵
April 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My book asserts that genocide...is bad. Josh's book, on the other hand, asserts that "tolerance "and "multiculturalism" are bad, and genocide is justified in defense of Western Civ--that genocidal, ecocidal death cult enslaving the global masses all so Elon can be the world's first trillionaire 3/🧵
The top new releases right now in "History of Judaism" are both books written by Texan Jews: Me and Josh Hammer. And weirdly, both of us have a similar central argument, though we're coming from totally opposite ends of the political and zionist/anti-Zionist spectrum. 1/🧵
April 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The top new releases right now in "History of Judaism" are both books written by Texan Jews: Me and Josh Hammer. And weirdly, both of us have a similar central argument, though we're coming from totally opposite ends of the political and zionist/anti-Zionist spectrum. 1/🧵
Massachusetts & New York, I’m coming to your neck of the woods for a lil book tour (and to sign a whole bunch of preorders). Get tickets here: sites.google.com/interlinkboo...
April 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Massachusetts & New York, I’m coming to your neck of the woods for a lil book tour (and to sign a whole bunch of preorders). Get tickets here: sites.google.com/interlinkboo...
Ayyyy I would love to come on and talk about my forthcoming book, GENOCIDE BAD with you, Amanda! It’s being published by @interlinkbooks.bsky.social the US’s only Palestinian-owned press
February 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Ayyyy I would love to come on and talk about my forthcoming book, GENOCIDE BAD with you, Amanda! It’s being published by @interlinkbooks.bsky.social the US’s only Palestinian-owned press
So I'm sorry to announce that we've had to push back GENOCIDE BAD's on-sale date from March 11 to April 22 for the paperback. The special-edition hardcover will come a few weeks later, but we're sending everyone who pre-orders one a free e-book on April 22 to make it right! /4
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So I'm sorry to announce that we've had to push back GENOCIDE BAD's on-sale date from March 11 to April 22 for the paperback. The special-edition hardcover will come a few weeks later, but we're sending everyone who pre-orders one a free e-book on April 22 to make it right! /4
🚨Book Update for GENOCIDE BAD🚨
This book has many haters, one of them is Yisrael Medad of the Jerusalem Post, who smeared it as "lies, misrepresentations, and insidious insanity," --an assessment he shared before I'd even finished the final draft!
Just based on the metadata! 1/🧵
This book has many haters, one of them is Yisrael Medad of the Jerusalem Post, who smeared it as "lies, misrepresentations, and insidious insanity," --an assessment he shared before I'd even finished the final draft!
Just based on the metadata! 1/🧵
February 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Book Update for GENOCIDE BAD🚨
This book has many haters, one of them is Yisrael Medad of the Jerusalem Post, who smeared it as "lies, misrepresentations, and insidious insanity," --an assessment he shared before I'd even finished the final draft!
Just based on the metadata! 1/🧵
This book has many haters, one of them is Yisrael Medad of the Jerusalem Post, who smeared it as "lies, misrepresentations, and insidious insanity," --an assessment he shared before I'd even finished the final draft!
Just based on the metadata! 1/🧵
His book is currently the 78th bestselling book on Jewish History on Amzn, very respectable—top 100. But you know what book is currently the #1 bestseller? G3NOCIDE BAD, An anti-Zionist book written by one of the “radical left enablers” he targets in his work. 4/
December 8, 2024 at 6:54 PM
His book is currently the 78th bestselling book on Jewish History on Amzn, very respectable—top 100. But you know what book is currently the #1 bestseller? G3NOCIDE BAD, An anti-Zionist book written by one of the “radical left enablers” he targets in his work. 4/
Alan Dershowitz has been on TV my whole life, pitched to the US public as an authority figure who gets to speak for all Jews. He’s also literally Israel’s lawyer, defending them against charges of G3nocide to the ICC. He’s an internationally renowned celebrity worth $25mil… 3/
December 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Alan Dershowitz has been on TV my whole life, pitched to the US public as an authority figure who gets to speak for all Jews. He’s also literally Israel’s lawyer, defending them against charges of G3nocide to the ICC. He’s an internationally renowned celebrity worth $25mil… 3/
I currently find myself in this position with Alan Dershowitz. We’re both Jewish authors. We’ve both written books on the current situation in Gaza. Both books are shelved as Jewish history, and his comes out next week and mine in a few months. 2/
December 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I currently find myself in this position with Alan Dershowitz. We’re both Jewish authors. We’ve both written books on the current situation in Gaza. Both books are shelved as Jewish history, and his comes out next week and mine in a few months. 2/
The day after its announcement, indie-book GENOCIDE BAD is now the top-selling book in History of Judaism, Middle Eastern Politics, and Israel & Palestine History.
That’s like…a STORY. But I haven’t gotten any press requests yet. 🤔 Do you cover a publishing beat? Let’s talk!
That’s like…a STORY. But I haven’t gotten any press requests yet. 🤔 Do you cover a publishing beat? Let’s talk!
December 8, 2024 at 2:07 AM
The day after its announcement, indie-book GENOCIDE BAD is now the top-selling book in History of Judaism, Middle Eastern Politics, and Israel & Palestine History.
That’s like…a STORY. But I haven’t gotten any press requests yet. 🤔 Do you cover a publishing beat? Let’s talk!
That’s like…a STORY. But I haven’t gotten any press requests yet. 🤔 Do you cover a publishing beat? Let’s talk!
It is actually maybe a huge deal that the #1 bestselling book on Jewish history today, from the largest retailer in the world, was GENOCIDE BAD, written by an anti-Zionist Jewish author, for a tiny, indie Palestinian-owned press, and we outsold every Zionist book on Judaism ever written.
December 7, 2024 at 4:33 AM
It is actually maybe a huge deal that the #1 bestselling book on Jewish history today, from the largest retailer in the world, was GENOCIDE BAD, written by an anti-Zionist Jewish author, for a tiny, indie Palestinian-owned press, and we outsold every Zionist book on Judaism ever written.
GENOCIDE BAD is the #1 book in "History of Judaism" right now.
I wonder how Zionists are going to feel when they read the subtitle and realize this is a book that draws comparisons between Jewish and Palestinian history, written by a Jewish author, for a Palestinian-owned publisher....
I wonder how Zionists are going to feel when they read the subtitle and realize this is a book that draws comparisons between Jewish and Palestinian history, written by a Jewish author, for a Palestinian-owned publisher....
December 6, 2024 at 10:11 PM
GENOCIDE BAD is the #1 book in "History of Judaism" right now.
I wonder how Zionists are going to feel when they read the subtitle and realize this is a book that draws comparisons between Jewish and Palestinian history, written by a Jewish author, for a Palestinian-owned publisher....
I wonder how Zionists are going to feel when they read the subtitle and realize this is a book that draws comparisons between Jewish and Palestinian history, written by a Jewish author, for a Palestinian-owned publisher....
Y'all I am blown away!!! In the first 24 hours, GENOCIDE BAD got over 700 preorders through Interlink Books' site alone! International folks are asking how to preorder it outside of Am*zon, so I've started compiling a list of bookstores outside the US that can help 1/
December 6, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Y'all I am blown away!!! In the first 24 hours, GENOCIDE BAD got over 700 preorders through Interlink Books' site alone! International folks are asking how to preorder it outside of Am*zon, so I've started compiling a list of bookstores outside the US that can help 1/
My latest book is GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION, coming out March 11th with Interlink, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the US. It has been the greatest honor of my life to work on this book with Hannah Moushabeck as an editor. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 9:44 PM
My latest book is GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION, coming out March 11th with Interlink, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the US. It has been the greatest honor of my life to work on this book with Hannah Moushabeck as an editor. 🧵
In the 1st 24 hours, we’ve raised $3,500 for 🍉! I’m giving away 5 of my 1st edition copies of THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE between now and 3/21!
To enter:
-Be a U.S. resident
-Donate >$6 to a Gaza-supporting org or mutual aid fund
-Email screenshot to T4Gaza[at]gmail[dot]com
To enter:
-Be a U.S. resident
-Donate >$6 to a Gaza-supporting org or mutual aid fund
-Email screenshot to T4Gaza[at]gmail[dot]com
March 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
In the 1st 24 hours, we’ve raised $3,500 for 🍉! I’m giving away 5 of my 1st edition copies of THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE between now and 3/21!
To enter:
-Be a U.S. resident
-Donate >$6 to a Gaza-supporting org or mutual aid fund
-Email screenshot to T4Gaza[at]gmail[dot]com
To enter:
-Be a U.S. resident
-Donate >$6 to a Gaza-supporting org or mutual aid fund
-Email screenshot to T4Gaza[at]gmail[dot]com
Folks are being very sweet about crediting me for creating the #TransRightsReadathon last year, even tho I’m on parental leave from content creation right now. But don’t forget I’m also a trans author who writes trans-as-hell books when you’re building your TBR. 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️
March 16, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Folks are being very sweet about crediting me for creating the #TransRightsReadathon last year, even tho I’m on parental leave from content creation right now. But don’t forget I’m also a trans author who writes trans-as-hell books when you’re building your TBR. 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️⚧️❤️