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Karuna Das
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PGH-based writer, antifascist, tantrika, polyamorous, pansexual, cat dad. He/they. Author of literature flavored by mysticism, including award-winning visionary grounded sci-fi and new adult LGBTQ novels. 🙏🕉️☮️💖 www.karunadaswriter.com
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It's official! My award-winning novels are back in print!

I'm profoundly grateful to Ten16 Press for their support.

To my existing - and future - readers ... heartfelt thanks for going on this journey with me and the characters of these stories. 🙏

#writingcommunity #authorlife #awardwinningbooks
It's official! My award-winning novels are back in print!

I'm profoundly grateful to Ten16 Press for their support.

To my existing - and future - readers ... heartfelt thanks for going on this journey with me and the characters of these stories. 🙏

#writingcommunity #authorlife #awardwinningbooks
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My "fictionalized memoir" that won awards for New Adult Fiction and LGBTQ Fiction and releases from a new publisher on 12/2 (see pinned post) take places from '85 to '92, in part in Seattle, home to Nirvana. Of course it includes an allusion to the famous anthem!

#80sculture #writingcommunity #GenX
This is correct. The 80s didn’t end until Smells Like Teen Spirit.
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Author copies of the Ten16 Press editions of my novels arrived today! They'll release together in two weeks, on 12/2.

If you're in Pittsburgh, you can buy them at the talk and signing at a local bookstore in January. (Details coming soon!)

Preorder links in the thread.

#writingcommunity
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Author copies of the Ten16 Press editions of my novels arrived today! They'll release together in two weeks, on 12/2.

If you're in Pittsburgh, you can buy them at the talk and signing at a local bookstore in January. (Details coming soon!)

Preorder links in the thread.

#writingcommunity
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.

That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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On a podcast last summer, I performed an original 17.5-minute work of creative nonfiction: "My New Tattoo, or, The Incomparable Lightness of Being."

I've now uploaded the audio recording to my YouTube channel as video with a still image of the titular tattoo.

If you listen, enjoy the journey. 🙏🕉️☮️💓
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Name an album with zero skips.

"The Unforgettable Fire" by U2
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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block this shit
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If you haven't seen Freaky Tales, I found the entire film quite entertaining. As a bonus, it will likely vicariously fulfill any desire you have to commit violence against Nazis!

Streaming on HBO MAX and available on other platforms.

#antifa #iamantifa #antifascist #fucknazis
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This seems like a good time to be crystal clear about something:

I am Antifa.

#IAmAntifa #antifa #antifascist #defenddemocracy #nokings #resist #wethepeople
September 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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(1/3) Sept. 14 is #SexWorkerPrideDay! Sex Worker Pride Day is one of four significant days in the sex-working calendar- the other three include International Sex Workers’ Rights Day (March 3), International Whores’ Day (June 2), & the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (Dec. 17).
September 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Galleys for the Ten16 Press editions of my novels arrived today! One's dedicated to my mother's memory. This would've been her 88th birthday. The other's dedicated to my life partner. The books will be released on the anniversary of our first date, 12/2.

#writingcommunity #authorlife #synchronicity
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Galleys for the Ten16 Press editions of my novels arrived today! One's dedicated to my mother's memory. This would've been her 88th birthday. The other's dedicated to my life partner. The books will be released on the anniversary of our first date, 12/2.

#writingcommunity #authorlife #synchronicity
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I got a handful of suggested revisions for my 5k-word story "The Bubble" from the editors of the anthology in which it will appear soon. They were good ones: changes from pronoun to the noun being referred to and other simple clarifications.

#writingcommunity #authorlife #ampublishing #scifi #clifi
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On a podcast last summer, I performed an original 17.5-minute work of creative nonfiction: "My New Tattoo, or, The Incomparable Lightness of Being."

I've now uploaded the audio recording to my YouTube channel as video with a still image of the titular tattoo.

If you listen, enjoy the journey. 🙏🕉️☮️💓
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you thought the creators of South Park would tone it down after the season premiere ... think again. The new episode might even take it up a notch. If you haven't see it, find a way to watch!
From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV
Rightwing media mouthpieces and ICE get both barrels in South Park’s latest zeitgeist-capturing satire. You can feel Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s disdain in every frame
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ummm ... "Shall we play a game?"

IYKYK
August 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In doing a light edit to Kat's Cradle for the forthcoming Ten16 Press edition, I've fallen in love with the characters all over again.

Given that the second book in the Webolution series is my next project, this is an inspiring development.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #scifi #authorlife
August 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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JUST IN: Heard Island Government responds before the midnight Tariff deadline with what can only be described as ice cold diplomacy. @cnn.com @msnbc.com @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com @theonion.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What movie did you see way too young?
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I often write about the *ineffable* -- experiences that cannot be expressed in words. I had such an experience this morning while sitting in the Hanuman Temple at the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram in Taos. Om Shanti! 🙏🕉️☮️💓
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Of all the great moments at today's No Kings Day #protest in #Pittsburgh today, this one was the most quintessential demonstration of the Steel City character. Make sure your sound is on for the video!

#NoKings #June14 #wethepeople #peacefulprotest #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #50501pgh #steelcity
June 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM