MegKearney.bsky.social
@megkearney.bsky.social
Award-winning author/poet w/ 8 books & 1 forthcoming (kids, teens, adults, megkearney.com); Founding dir, Solstice MFA Low-Residency Program, Lasell U (MA): dedicated to nurturing an inclusive, safe community of writers since ’06.
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Ready to prioritize your writing life? Join us for our next virtual information session to learn more about what it takes to earn an MFA with Solstice. We're excited to see you on February 11 at 6 p.m. ET. Register here: applygrad.lasell.edu/register/?id...
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Ready to prioritize your writing life? Join us for our next virtual information session to learn more about what it takes to earn an MFA with Solstice. We're excited to see you on February 11 at 6 p.m. ET. Register here: applygrad.lasell.edu/register/?id...
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"It seems weird to say so, but we need more poems now." Read more from Charles Baxter in @literaryhub.bsky.social:
Letter From Minnesota: “Mad Means Something”
The greatest poem ever written about Minneapolis is a curse on the city. It‘s by James Wright, who wrote “The Minneapolis Poem” and published it in Shall We Gather at the River in 1968. He hated th…
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January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"It seems weird to say so, but we need more poems now." Read more from Charles Baxter in @literaryhub.bsky.social:
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How Moon Palace Books became a hub of anti-ICE resistance.
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
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January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
How Moon Palace Books became a hub of anti-ICE resistance.
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ICE will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday, stoking a backlash among Italians angered by agents' conduct in Minneapolis.
ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation in Italy. Many Italians are Angry.
The Italian government said it had requested clarification from American diplomats after D.H.S. said that ICE agents would help secure the U.S. Olympic delegation next week in northern Italy.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
ICE will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday, stoking a backlash among Italians angered by agents' conduct in Minneapolis.
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Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny?
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
How to Rein in ICE–NOW | Indivisible
Act now with Indivisible to demand Congress rein in ICE, end aggressive enforcement, restrict ICE and Border Patrol funding, and protect communities.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Democrats in the Senate must grow a spine. They can rein in this murderous regime next week. Why on Earth would they continue to fund this tyranny?
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
Call your senators now: indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
There's no place like Solstice! #writingcommunity #lowres
Many thanks to all who joined us for last night's #solsticemfares reading featuring @megkearney.bsky.social, Adi Rule, and Ethan Gilsdorf. Check out the recording here: youtu.be/EPAJkCetBTw
January 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
There's no place like Solstice! #writingcommunity #lowres
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"This Moment is Our Proof" by Poet Cornelius Eady.
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“This Moment Is Our Proof”: Poet Cornelius Eady Stuns Crowd at Mamdani's Inauguration | AC1G
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January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"This Moment is Our Proof" by Poet Cornelius Eady.
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Trump 2.0’s second year may be even worse than the first. So, what can you do? Here are the 10 most important actions you can take in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trump 2.0’s second year may be even worse than the first. So, what can you do? Here are the 10 most important actions you can take in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
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Join us for our January 2026 reading series, which runs Jan. 9-16. Readings start at 7:30pm ET (except Jan. 13, which starts at 4:30pm ET) in the Arnow Campus Center 1851 Lounge at Lasell University.
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Join us for our January 2026 reading series, which runs Jan. 9-16. Readings start at 7:30pm ET (except Jan. 13, which starts at 4:30pm ET) in the Arnow Campus Center 1851 Lounge at Lasell University.
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
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Doing your holiday gift search? Browse these new reads for the book lovers in your lives—coming out this month from more than 20 indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Books Launching in December 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books forthcoming in December 2025 from CLMP members. Bite More Smash More Red Ogre Review |…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing your holiday gift search? Browse these new reads for the book lovers in your lives—coming out this month from more than 20 indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Amazing line-up of writers! And the live stream has terrific sound. See you in January in Newton, MA, or Zoom!
Join us for our January 2026 reading series, which runs Jan. 9-16. Readings start at 7:30pm ET (except Jan. 13, which starts at 4:30pm ET) in the Arnow Campus Center 1851 Lounge at Lasell University.
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
Register for in-person or livestream attendance here: events.lasell.edu/event/solsti...
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Amazing line-up of writers! And the live stream has terrific sound. See you in January in Newton, MA, or Zoom!
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Excellent round-up of small press leaders on the current crisis, interviewed by @lucymercer.bsky.social @twoseriousladies.bsky.social in @literaryhub.bsky.social, including my publisher @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social
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Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis
A recent letter co-written and signed by small press publishers has highlighted the significant pressures they face, threatening them with closure and potentially damaging the literary ecosystem ir…
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December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Excellent round-up of small press leaders on the current crisis, interviewed by @lucymercer.bsky.social @twoseriousladies.bsky.social in @literaryhub.bsky.social, including my publisher @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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Today, PEN America introduces the Incarcerated Writers Bureau, a digital resource for professionals seeking to work with writers and journalists in US prisons. The website features a database of best practices, a submission hub, and writer profiles. Read more here: pen.org/press-releas...
New Digital Resource to Help Publishers, Journalists and Literary Agents Work Directly with Incarcerated Writers
The Prison and Justice Writing Program at PEN America launches Incarcerated Writers Bureau, a digital resource that will help make professional and creative opportunities more accessible to writers in...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today, PEN America introduces the Incarcerated Writers Bureau, a digital resource for professionals seeking to work with writers and journalists in US prisons. The website features a database of best practices, a submission hub, and writer profiles. Read more here: pen.org/press-releas...
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The New York Times is interested in hearing how President Trump’s sweeping changes — for example, on immigration, education, health and the economy — are affecting communities all over the U.S.
Are these changes making your life in America better or worse? Tell us in the form below.
Are these changes making your life in America better or worse? Tell us in the form below.
How Is America Changing Under President Trump? We Want to Hear From You.
A New York Times reporter wants to hear from you about changes you are seeing in your community since Mr. Trump took office.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The New York Times is interested in hearing how President Trump’s sweeping changes — for example, on immigration, education, health and the economy — are affecting communities all over the U.S.
Are these changes making your life in America better or worse? Tell us in the form below.
Are these changes making your life in America better or worse? Tell us in the form below.
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Why a library’s “most abundant resource” isn’t books, but time.
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why a library’s “most abundant resource” isn’t books, but time.
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Congrats to our spring 2026 fellowship winners! Incoming students Darren Black and Millie Sullivan and incoming certificate program student Patricia Achiro Olwoch each receive $1,500 awards.
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Congrats to our spring 2026 fellowship winners! Incoming students Darren Black and Millie Sullivan and incoming certificate program student Patricia Achiro Olwoch each receive $1,500 awards.
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💌Great news: Lammy Awards submission deadline extended! If it's been a busy fall, you've got an additional week to get your Lambda Literary Awards book submissions in! Submissions are now open until 11:59pm ET on December 7th. Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
💌Great news: Lammy Awards submission deadline extended! If it's been a busy fall, you've got an additional week to get your Lambda Literary Awards book submissions in! Submissions are now open until 11:59pm ET on December 7th. Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
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We're more than 96% funded toward our goal! As of this post, we've raised more than $4,830, meaning we have less than $200 left until our target.
We're so close to $5,000 with six more weeks left in the campaign. Gift a $25, $50, or $100 gift today to bring us over the line.
We're so close to $5,000 with six more weeks left in the campaign. Gift a $25, $50, or $100 gift today to bring us over the line.
Writers Helping Writers: Solstice MFA Scholarships
Join me and make a gift to Writers Helping Writers: Solstice MFA Scholarships
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November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're more than 96% funded toward our goal! As of this post, we've raised more than $4,830, meaning we have less than $200 left until our target.
We're so close to $5,000 with six more weeks left in the campaign. Gift a $25, $50, or $100 gift today to bring us over the line.
We're so close to $5,000 with six more weeks left in the campaign. Gift a $25, $50, or $100 gift today to bring us over the line.
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"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
For anyone who missed her post
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."
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Today is the final day to apply to Solstice and start this winter/spring 2026! Get your application (manuscript, personal statement, and recommendations requested at minimum) in by 11:59pm ET tonight to be considered to start this January.
Apply now: buff.ly/9g8kzms
Apply now: buff.ly/9g8kzms
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today is the final day to apply to Solstice and start this winter/spring 2026! Get your application (manuscript, personal statement, and recommendations requested at minimum) in by 11:59pm ET tonight to be considered to start this January.
Apply now: buff.ly/9g8kzms
Apply now: buff.ly/9g8kzms
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Hey #writers! Send us your work. We accept submissions in #fiction, #poetry, #nonfiction, #graphiclit, and #poetryintranslation. Learn more about submitting here: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hey #writers! Send us your work. We accept submissions in #fiction, #poetry, #nonfiction, #graphiclit, and #poetryintranslation. Learn more about submitting here: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit
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I want to see this shutdown ended as soon as possible.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I want to see this shutdown ended as soon as possible.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
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Housed in the trunk of a car, AUTO Books travels throughout Los Angeles, bringing art, photography, and poetry books to readers across the city. “…being mobile allows us to…[reach] new audiences without being tied to a fixed location,” says co-owner/curator Sarah Taylor-Winch. at.pw.org/AUTOBooks
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Housed in the trunk of a car, AUTO Books travels throughout Los Angeles, bringing art, photography, and poetry books to readers across the city. “…being mobile allows us to…[reach] new audiences without being tied to a fixed location,” says co-owner/curator Sarah Taylor-Winch. at.pw.org/AUTOBooks