Erika Meitner
@rika99.bsky.social
poet • professor • parent • perambulator • erikameitner.com | also keeper of https://post-mfa.tumblr.com
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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.
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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!
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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
Advantage to running all-analog classes this semester: me + my students aren’t impacted by the Canvas outage plaguing the rest of campus. 10/10 recommend! Bezos can suck it. Notebooks 4eva. ✏️ 📕
October 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Advantage to running all-analog classes this semester: me + my students aren’t impacted by the Canvas outage plaguing the rest of campus. 10/10 recommend! Bezos can suck it. Notebooks 4eva. ✏️ 📕
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No Kings in Madison, Wisconsin:
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
No Kings in Madison, Wisconsin:
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BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
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“Everything ends up being an ode to death.”
—Martha Silano in TERMINAL SURREAL (@acrebooks.bsky.social)
—Martha Silano in TERMINAL SURREAL (@acrebooks.bsky.social)
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Everything ends up being an ode to death.”
—Martha Silano in TERMINAL SURREAL (@acrebooks.bsky.social)
—Martha Silano in TERMINAL SURREAL (@acrebooks.bsky.social)
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“This is not haiku. This
is more like fog and we’re
socked in and your body
is invisible and right across from me simultaneously.
How much ammo you got? says one guy to another in the cola-chip aisle of the Food Lion.”
—Erika Meitner (@rika99.bsky.social) poets.org/poem/non-lieux
is invisible and right across from me simultaneously.
How much ammo you got? says one guy to another in the cola-chip aisle of the Food Lion.”
—Erika Meitner (@rika99.bsky.social) poets.org/poem/non-lieux
Non-lieux
Hand-painted on the side
poets.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“This is not haiku. This
is more like fog and we’re
socked in and your body
is invisible and right across from me simultaneously.
How much ammo you got? says one guy to another in the cola-chip aisle of the Food Lion.”
—Erika Meitner (@rika99.bsky.social) poets.org/poem/non-lieux
is invisible and right across from me simultaneously.
How much ammo you got? says one guy to another in the cola-chip aisle of the Food Lion.”
—Erika Meitner (@rika99.bsky.social) poets.org/poem/non-lieux
It’s me!
“Today’s poem considers how we regard ourselves—our physical selves. It’s a poem I love, a poem that I see a lot of beauty in,” shares host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.
Read “Parts of a Body House” by Erika Meitner: www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
📸: B.A. Van Sise
Read “Parts of a Body House” by Erika Meitner: www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
📸: B.A. Van Sise
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s me!
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
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A union that represents university professors published a guide tailored to help its members navigate social media during the “current climate.”
The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted.
🔗 www.404media.co/union-warns-...
The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted.
🔗 www.404media.co/union-warns-...
Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’
Academic workers are re-thinking how they live and work online after some have been fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk following his death.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A union that represents university professors published a guide tailored to help its members navigate social media during the “current climate.”
The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted.
🔗 www.404media.co/union-warns-...
The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted.
🔗 www.404media.co/union-warns-...
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Love this poem about "The little things in our ecosystem" Manifesto of Fragility / Terraform by Erika Meitner @rika99.bsky.social in You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World #poetry #poems @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2024/03/29/f...
from You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World - The Rumpus
The Rumpus, in partnership with Milkweed Editions, is pleased to preview this anthology with poems from Paul Tran, Cecily Parks, and Erika Meitner.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Love this poem about "The little things in our ecosystem" Manifesto of Fragility / Terraform by Erika Meitner @rika99.bsky.social in You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World #poetry #poems @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2024/03/29/f...
my week is going great—thanks for asking!
September 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
my week is going great—thanks for asking!
It’s possible you might want to read my poem in the new issue of Bennington Review taken almost entirely from lines in the @nytimes.com that begin with “Scientists say…”? www.benningtonreview.org/fourteen-mei... #ecopoetry #poetry
Erika Meitner — Bennington Review
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August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s possible you might want to read my poem in the new issue of Bennington Review taken almost entirely from lines in the @nytimes.com that begin with “Scientists say…”? www.benningtonreview.org/fourteen-mei... #ecopoetry #poetry
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
pretty much august in a nutshell
August 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
pretty much august in a nutshell
Or perhaps, NYC art + poetry lovers, you want to go see the Rashid Johnson exhibit at the Guggenheim on Monday 8.18 + hear me read some poems on the main stage? www.guggenheim.org/event/perfor... #poetry #art #nyc
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August 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Or perhaps, NYC art + poetry lovers, you want to go see the Rashid Johnson exhibit at the Guggenheim on Monday 8.18 + hear me read some poems on the main stage? www.guggenheim.org/event/perfor... #poetry #art #nyc
NYC peeps: perhaps you’d like to come on a Dream Walk with me at the Guggenheim on Sunday 8.17? www.guggenheim.org/event/museum... #poetry #dreamwalk #art
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August 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NYC peeps: perhaps you’d like to come on a Dream Walk with me at the Guggenheim on Sunday 8.17? www.guggenheim.org/event/museum... #poetry #dreamwalk #art
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
It is possible I’ve hit peak #wisconsin at the @madisonmallardsfan.bsky.social game last night….
August 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It is possible I’ve hit peak #wisconsin at the @madisonmallardsfan.bsky.social game last night….
prairie szn + heat dome + air quality alert + dusk - stricker’s pond (madison, wi)
July 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
prairie szn + heat dome + air quality alert + dusk - stricker’s pond (madison, wi)
Excited to be leading a dream walk thru the Rashid Johnson exhibit at the Guggenheim on 8/17 + doing a poetry reading on their main stage 8/18! NYC friends, I’d love to see you there! www.guggenheim.org/press-releas...
Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence Traci Brimhall Programs Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers Public Performance Series for August | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation
This August, the series features poetry readings inspired by A Poem for Deep Thinkers, programmed by Guggenheim Poet-in-Residence Traci Brimhall.
www.guggenheim.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Excited to be leading a dream walk thru the Rashid Johnson exhibit at the Guggenheim on 8/17 + doing a poetry reading on their main stage 8/18! NYC friends, I’d love to see you there! www.guggenheim.org/press-releas...