🏳️⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; IAFA Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Faculty at unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social. Newsletter & more: linktree.com/naseemjamnia
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!
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this is the year I'm putting my money where my mouth is and subscribing to a bunch of mags. you can support on khōréō's patreon to help keep them afloat in the longer term AND back their ks now!
I am SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!! of my former student Aishatu who has been absolutely KILLING IT!!!!!!!
Ever have a teacher who made SUCH a positive difference in your life? If you can, drop them a line with today's poem by Ian Li, "Your Cause and Your Effect"
Y'all, CALLS TO ACTION 👇
khōréō is simply one of the best magazines in our industry. There are only 28 Backers. If you are somebody who says they support marginalized SFF creators and posted about your sadness over Fantasy & FIYAH closing, you have this opportunity to make sure khōréō continues publishing amazing things.
First day of class was perched / on a black hole’s periphery, / late summer’s siren call / pulling us in
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I've got BOOK TOUR NEWS! Yes, my dragon is taking flight.
Join me this July for shenanigans in NYC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington DC, and Baltimore!
Where exactly can you see me? I’m glad you asked!
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST!
At the Nebula convention several of us poets recommended @smallwondersmag.com as a great venue for folks interested in reading more spec poetry. This poem by @ianli.bsky.social is a perfect example of what makes Small Wonders so great (and what makes Ian Li so great as well!)
Small Wonders
Thank you all for being patient with me. You’re probably aware how profoundly sick I was for several months there, and the road to recovery ...
Oh hey! That's me talking about aromantic representation over on Publishers Weekly! 💚✌️
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
ICYMI, THE POISON PALACE, my Alexander meets Indian poison maidens historical/myth retelling is out in January 2027. It traces his India expeditions upto his last days, but the story belongs to its teller, Eka, an Indian singer/courtesan/priestess to a powerful deity of snakes.
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Michael Damian Thomas
Thor reflects on her new YA anthology, 'Being Aro,' co-edited with Madeline Dyer, and the importance of representing aromantic identities and experiences.
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Ever have a teacher who made SUCH a positive difference in your life? If you can, drop them a line with today's poem by Ian Li, "Your Cause and Your Effect"
Take Action to Fund Libraries in 2027: The Latest on the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The IMLS's 2027 funding was restored in the House Appropriations Committee. It's time to take action to ensure that funding remains.
bookriot.com/fund-imls-20...
Big news 🎊 My chapbook BLACK BOX FLIGHT RECORDER is now available for pre-order after winning the 2025 Button Poetry Chapbook Contest out of 1,000+ submissions. 🏆
Interested in experimental poetry, Afrofuturism?
Pre-order here and share the link with your network: buttonpoetry.com/product/blac...
First day of class was perched / on a black hole’s periphery, / late summer’s siren call / pulling us in
Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡
With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more!
Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡
With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more!
Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
The IMLS's 2027 funding was restored in the House Appropriations Committee. It's time to take action to ensure that funding remains.
June 10, 323 BCE: Alexander the Great dies in the nighttime (/11th). I am not a huge Alexander girlie, but a few years ago, Jodi Magness & her UNC team at Huqoq found a great new late antique synagogue mosaic possibly of Alexander hyperallergic.com/discovery-of... + hyperallergic.com/mosaic-possi...
