Khadijah Queen
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Khadijah Queen
@khadijahqueen.com
· Aug 5
She’s here! Order from your favorite bookseller! Leave a review, tag me in your photos! Reserve a copy at the library! I’ve got her in the woods today and reading tonight. Raise a cup of tea (or a shot of whisky) for us 💙🩵💜
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“I hear that song,
that unending crescendo, feels like I’m the one who’s unbreakable.“
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Jubi Arriola-Headley.
Our condolences to the Miami poetry community and to the many who knew and cared about him.
that unending crescendo, feels like I’m the one who’s unbreakable.“
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Jubi Arriola-Headley.
Our condolences to the Miami poetry community and to the many who knew and cared about him.
Jubi Arriola-Headley reads "Superhero Origin Story [S. O. S.]"
It’s Easter morning, & though I hear I’m as likely to catch hell
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
October 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“I hear that song,
that unending crescendo, feels like I’m the one who’s unbreakable.“
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Jubi Arriola-Headley.
Our condolences to the Miami poetry community and to the many who knew and cared about him.
that unending crescendo, feels like I’m the one who’s unbreakable.“
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Jubi Arriola-Headley.
Our condolences to the Miami poetry community and to the many who knew and cared about him.
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art and literature, theory and philosophy, history and sociology and languages are not "content" and universities do their students a disservice when we pretend they are
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
art and literature, theory and philosophy, history and sociology and languages are not "content" and universities do their students a disservice when we pretend they are
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Sometimes I say "the poem speaks for itself" and what I really mean is like one of those possessed puppets in a horror film.
October 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sometimes I say "the poem speaks for itself" and what I really mean is like one of those possessed puppets in a horror film.
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“Let’s make room for many modes of survival.”
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this?
Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this?
Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“Let’s make room for many modes of survival.”
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this?
Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS asks: what would our literary spaces look like if we actually meant this?
Her book challenges us to expand what we consider possible – in our teaching, our writing, our communities.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
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Thrilled to have a kind of performance essay in this anthology—thank you Chloe!
Thrilled to have a kind of performance essay in this anthology—thank you Chloe!
I haven’t been active on this site but I am excited to share this project, coming in March 2026 from @uchicagopress.bsky.social #coverreveal press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Chaos, Creativity, Completion
Fifteen essays that offer inspiration, encouragement, and advice from accomplished writers with ADHD. A rising number of ADHD diagnoses, particularly among adults, is not only confirmed by medical stu...
press.uchicago.edu
October 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Thrilled to have a kind of performance essay in this anthology—thank you Chloe!
Thrilled to have a kind of performance essay in this anthology—thank you Chloe!
You’re invited to my master class on how to finish your book, based on my 25 years of writing experience. For all of that time, I have been working and caregiving and writing at the same time. I love sharing what I’ve learned. Two scholarships are available: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You’re invited to my master class on how to finish your book, based on my 25 years of writing experience. For all of that time, I have been working and caregiving and writing at the same time. I love sharing what I’ve learned. Two scholarships are available: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/mast...
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From the archive, 1990: Svetlana Alexievich on the USSR and Afghanistan.
‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’
granta.com/boys-in-zinc/
‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’
granta.com/boys-in-zinc/
Boys in Zinc
‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’ Svetlana Alexievich on the USSR and Afghanistan for Granta 34.
granta.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
From the archive, 1990: Svetlana Alexievich on the USSR and Afghanistan.
‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’
granta.com/boys-in-zinc/
‘I was trying to present a history of feelings, not the history of the war itself.’
granta.com/boys-in-zinc/
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Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be; and then again, perhaps it won’t be, after all.
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Well, well, what’s signed, is signed; and what’s to be, will be; and then again, perhaps it won’t be, after all.
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"Imagine thinking you can truly defeat a people so internally and generationally fortified. Never."
New Substack: I wrote about a surprise Corvette, a Jesmyn Ward novel, and the spirit of my dad--
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September 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Imagine thinking you can truly defeat a people so internally and generationally fortified. Never."
New Substack: I wrote about a surprise Corvette, a Jesmyn Ward novel, and the spirit of my dad--
authorkqueen.substack.com/p/on-the-ver...
authorkqueen.substack.com/p/on-the-ver...
September 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
New Substack: I wrote about a surprise Corvette, a Jesmyn Ward novel, and the spirit of my dad--
authorkqueen.substack.com/p/on-the-ver...
authorkqueen.substack.com/p/on-the-ver...
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Upcoming opportunity to work with our INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS anthology co-editor @khadijahqueen.com !
( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )
( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Upcoming opportunity to work with our INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS anthology co-editor @khadijahqueen.com !
( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )
( Do you have your copy of INFINITE CONSTELLATIONS? fc2.org/anthologies/... )
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Autism formally recognised: 1943
Tylenol invented: 1955
Tylenol invented: 1955
September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Autism formally recognised: 1943
Tylenol invented: 1955
Tylenol invented: 1955
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n+1 comes out swinging www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
n+1 comes out swinging www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
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We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
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Overall, this rapid media consolidation during this political and economic moment scares me easily as much as the administrations political theater other the military.
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Overall, this rapid media consolidation during this political and economic moment scares me easily as much as the administrations political theater other the military.
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He must be fired or impeached. Plain and simple.
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
Ousted CDC director testifies on why she was fired
Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.
n.pr
September 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
He must be fired or impeached. Plain and simple.
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Let’s buy some books!
September 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Let’s buy some books!
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Ngl, it's a bit disconcerting going about one's day when sitting legislators are calling for your entire community to be incarcerated and forcibly destroyed
www.erininthemorning.com/p/two-republ...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/two-republ...
Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ngl, it's a bit disconcerting going about one's day when sitting legislators are calling for your entire community to be incarcerated and forcibly destroyed
www.erininthemorning.com/p/two-republ...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/two-republ...
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
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Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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In the Tumbleweed, I discuss a mascot's retirement, what it teaches us about how to love, and book news starring @rlmaizes.bsky.social, @ninamcconigley.bsky.social, @khadijahqueen.com, @scottsemegran.com, @unmpress.bsky.social, @caralopezlee.bsky.social & @karenpalmer.bsky.social! bit.ly/42gAIDZ
Ralphie's Last Prance: Loving Creatures as Belonging to Themselves
A very chunky chipmunk, a new story collection, and September literary events.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In the Tumbleweed, I discuss a mascot's retirement, what it teaches us about how to love, and book news starring @rlmaizes.bsky.social, @ninamcconigley.bsky.social, @khadijahqueen.com, @scottsemegran.com, @unmpress.bsky.social, @caralopezlee.bsky.social & @karenpalmer.bsky.social! bit.ly/42gAIDZ
I taught a version of this class over the summer, and it went so well I decided to offer it again. If you’re stuck with a book project, or just want fresh strategies and support, this is the class for you!
Khadijah Queen is the author of eight published books--poetry, memoir, criticism, drama--with three others in the works. She designed this class to share some of her strategies for finishing books in progress, so they get DONE rather than languish incomplete.
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I taught a version of this class over the summer, and it went so well I decided to offer it again. If you’re stuck with a book project, or just want fresh strategies and support, this is the class for you!
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Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Joy Reid. Karen Attiah. Gene Robinson. Jonathan Capehart. There are lots of others. Circumstances differ. But really sad to see new organizations not keeping super-talented Black staffers. The news industry spent decades talking about diversity, improved some from 2014-2020 and is now going back.