Erika Meitner
@rika99.bsky.social
poet • professor • parent • perambulator • erikameitner.com | also keeper of https://post-mfa.tumblr.com
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Superb reportage on Minneapolis from one of the all time greats.
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Superb reportage on Minneapolis from one of the all time greats.
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I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
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Not now exploding trees, we’re busy
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Not now exploding trees, we’re busy
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i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM
On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.
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…it should break your heart to kill.
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 AM
…it should break your heart to kill.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
It is possible that this Hanukkah, especially, you might need a little poetry to bring some light through the darkness. If so, we’ve got you covered. #hanukkah #poetry
Register (for free) here and join us on Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
Register (for free) here and join us on Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It is possible that this Hanukkah, especially, you might need a little poetry to bring some light through the darkness. If so, we’ve got you covered. #hanukkah #poetry
Register (for free) here and join us on Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
Register (for free) here and join us on Zoom: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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I got to talk 100 Notable Small Press Books on the Lit Hub podcast this week!
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
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#100smallpress
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast
A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Br…
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December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I got to talk 100 Notable Small Press Books on the Lit Hub podcast this week!
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
You guys: this is an actual Buche De Noel complete with fondant mushrooms 🍄🟫 that my amazing colleague @bethnguyen.bsky.social made for our Secret Wisconsin Interdenominational Solstice (gift) Swap (SWISS) + party!
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
You guys: this is an actual Buche De Noel complete with fondant mushrooms 🍄🟫 that my amazing colleague @bethnguyen.bsky.social made for our Secret Wisconsin Interdenominational Solstice (gift) Swap (SWISS) + party!
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Hanukkah is just a week and a few days away. Sign up for @notatawp.bsky.social's third annual Hanukkah reading!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1976404024...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1976404024...
From Darkness to Light: Poetry in Celebration of Hanukkah
A group of Jewish poets sharing poetry for Hanukkah. Hosted by NAWP.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hanukkah is just a week and a few days away. Sign up for @notatawp.bsky.social's third annual Hanukkah reading!
www.eventbrite.com/e/1976404024...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1976404024...
Calling all fiction writers: our MFA application deadline here at UW-Madison is fast approaching! Apply! We fully fund everyone we admit! We’ve got everything: lakes, stellar faculty, snow, cheese, and summer funding!
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Calling all fiction writers: our MFA application deadline here at UW-Madison is fast approaching! Apply! We fully fund everyone we admit! We’ve got everything: lakes, stellar faculty, snow, cheese, and summer funding!
I love a residency that offers shorter options especially for parents & caregivers alongside standard residencies! Go Saltonstall! Calling all New York artists! #artist #ny #poetrycommunity #artistresidency
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I love a residency that offers shorter options especially for parents & caregivers alongside standard residencies! Go Saltonstall! Calling all New York artists! #artist #ny #poetrycommunity #artistresidency
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than gin-&-limes you are cooler, darling, o come back to me (john berryman)
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
than gin-&-limes you are cooler, darling, o come back to me (john berryman)
today was over 20 so i went out skiing. i am trying to winter. this is a color photo. 🥶 #wisconsin
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
today was over 20 so i went out skiing. i am trying to winter. this is a color photo. 🥶 #wisconsin
Hey NY poet + CNF friends! $8k artist awards! Apply! www.nyfa.org/awards-grant...
This year:
Craft/Sculpture
Digital/Electronic Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
This year:
Craft/Sculpture
Digital/Electronic Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship - Nyfa
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship - Nyfa
www.nyfa.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hey NY poet + CNF friends! $8k artist awards! Apply! www.nyfa.org/awards-grant...
This year:
Craft/Sculpture
Digital/Electronic Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
This year:
Craft/Sculpture
Digital/Electronic Arts
Nonfiction Literature
Poetry
Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
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Tomorrow is December. Only two weeks until Hanukkah! NAWP is hosting our 3rd annual Hanukkah reading with 22 Jewish poets (we know, it isn't chai, but we have some great readers!)
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tomorrow is December. Only two weeks until Hanukkah! NAWP is hosting our 3rd annual Hanukkah reading with 22 Jewish poets (we know, it isn't chai, but we have some great readers!)
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
Please join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
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Please join us in congratulating the 2026-27 SWWIM Residency at The Betsy Hotel awardees!
Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith
@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith
@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Please join us in congratulating the 2026-27 SWWIM Residency at The Betsy Hotel awardees!
Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith
@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith
@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
This is rad!
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is rad!
Y’all it’s wild out here tonight in WI! These are from my front yard, with ambient light. The northern lights were visible sans phone/camera they were so bright!
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Y’all it’s wild out here tonight in WI! These are from my front yard, with ambient light. The northern lights were visible sans phone/camera they were so bright!