Kirin Khan
@kirinjaan.bsky.social
Pashtun-American writer living in Amsterdam. Pushcart nom, Tin House Fellow, Pen EV fellow, Steinbeck fellow, Vermont Studio Center, among others…
www.kirinkhan.com
www.kirinkhan.com
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happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.
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The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo
June 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo
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“It is interesting that countries that call themselves democracies—India, Israel, and the United States—are busy running military occupations.”
An interview with Arundhati Roy:
An interview with Arundhati Roy:
How to Think About Empire - Boston Review
An interview with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term "postcolonialism."
www.bostonreview.net
June 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“It is interesting that countries that call themselves democracies—India, Israel, and the United States—are busy running military occupations.”
An interview with Arundhati Roy:
An interview with Arundhati Roy:
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ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video
ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video
WASHINGTON—Disseminating grainy footage of the California Democrat meeting his disturbing and bloody end, Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a video Tuesday in which Gov. Gavin Newsom is see...
theonion.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video
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"Someone once said that God offers man the choice between repose and truth: he cannot have both." —Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Someone once said that God offers man the choice between repose and truth: he cannot have both." —Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard
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#PromptCombo thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for excellent hosting last week ❤️
This week I'm looking for poems on #Decay. Is decay inevitable? Can you find the beauty in it? If you get right up close to it - what does it look, smell, feel like?
Replies may be a little delayed as I've a busy week.
This week I'm looking for poems on #Decay. Is decay inevitable? Can you find the beauty in it? If you get right up close to it - what does it look, smell, feel like?
Replies may be a little delayed as I've a busy week.
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#PromptCombo thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for excellent hosting last week ❤️
This week I'm looking for poems on #Decay. Is decay inevitable? Can you find the beauty in it? If you get right up close to it - what does it look, smell, feel like?
Replies may be a little delayed as I've a busy week.
This week I'm looking for poems on #Decay. Is decay inevitable? Can you find the beauty in it? If you get right up close to it - what does it look, smell, feel like?
Replies may be a little delayed as I've a busy week.
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Consent isn't consent when you're scared out of your mind, deprived of vital information, or not in a position to realistically survive if you say "no." And "survival" has multiple dimensions beyond physical.
That's not an "excuse," that's reality.
That's not an "excuse," that's reality.
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Consent isn't consent when you're scared out of your mind, deprived of vital information, or not in a position to realistically survive if you say "no." And "survival" has multiple dimensions beyond physical.
That's not an "excuse," that's reality.
That's not an "excuse," that's reality.
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These kids aren't afraid of fake bullets. They've been faced with the threat of real ones since kindergarten.
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These kids aren't afraid of fake bullets. They've been faced with the threat of real ones since kindergarten.
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Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree.
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📣 We are hiring! Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square.
ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...
🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy
ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...
🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy
May 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📣 We are hiring! Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square.
ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...
🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy
ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...
🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy
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I went to a farm in the Netherlands that cares for #dementia patients. Here’s what I learned about a good life - and a good death, by Fay Martin www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com #eldercare
I went to a farm in the Netherlands that cares for dementia patients. Here’s what I learned about a good life - and a good death
Alternative living arrangements provide an option from long-term care homes that focuses on providing life with purpose
www.thestar.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I went to a farm in the Netherlands that cares for #dementia patients. Here’s what I learned about a good life - and a good death, by Fay Martin www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com #eldercare
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Hanif Abdurraqib just quoted this poem in a theater, and I needed it so bad. He said “the way that I want to love is not fully legible in a world like this one.” www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Intifada Incantation: Poem #8 for b.b.L.
I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED GENOCIDE TO STOP I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND REACTION I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED MUSIC OUT THE WINDOWS I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED N...
www.poetryfoundation.org
May 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hanif Abdurraqib just quoted this poem in a theater, and I needed it so bad. He said “the way that I want to love is not fully legible in a world like this one.” www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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If you are a teacher and assign one of our stories for your students to read, I'm happy to video conference into your class as the editor of After Dinner Conversation magazine to discuss the story and discussion questions with your class!
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you are a teacher and assign one of our stories for your students to read, I'm happy to video conference into your class as the editor of After Dinner Conversation magazine to discuss the story and discussion questions with your class!
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
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If taking it to hell is an art form i wanna be da Vinci
May 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If taking it to hell is an art form i wanna be da Vinci
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"i wouldn't wish ____ on my worst enemy"
not me... i "be" wishing it
not me... i "be" wishing it
May 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"i wouldn't wish ____ on my worst enemy"
not me... i "be" wishing it
not me... i "be" wishing it
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A favorite revision trick that almost always brings a dull scene to better life: transform anything the protagonist thinks into something they say aloud and then just write what happens next.
May 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A favorite revision trick that almost always brings a dull scene to better life: transform anything the protagonist thinks into something they say aloud and then just write what happens next.
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All the books I ordered last week just arrived! Can't wait to pour myself a drink, relax, be too tired to read and play around on my phone all night
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
All the books I ordered last week just arrived! Can't wait to pour myself a drink, relax, be too tired to read and play around on my phone all night
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"I asked ChatGPT, and--" ...the ghost of Ada Lovelace appeared and punched you in the face, I hope.
May 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"I asked ChatGPT, and--" ...the ghost of Ada Lovelace appeared and punched you in the face, I hope.
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complaining about my day means I’m in a decent mood. if I say some shit like “just practicing gratitude today” I’m probably at rock bottom and contemplating illegal activity
May 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
complaining about my day means I’m in a decent mood. if I say some shit like “just practicing gratitude today” I’m probably at rock bottom and contemplating illegal activity
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
May 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx
- Groucho Marx
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If your literary organization lost an NEA grant this week, I'd like to hear from you for a story I'm writing for the LARB.
DMs are open, email is adam@thefrontlist.org.
DMs are open, email is adam@thefrontlist.org.
May 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If your literary organization lost an NEA grant this week, I'd like to hear from you for a story I'm writing for the LARB.
DMs are open, email is adam@thefrontlist.org.
DMs are open, email is adam@thefrontlist.org.
I’m subscribing to as many literary journals that have lost their NEA grants as I can. Literary journals are so important for writers, readers, and to literature as a whole, and are mostly volunteer run, with tiny budgets. Every time we lose one, we lose unique voices & perspectives we so need.
May 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’m subscribing to as many literary journals that have lost their NEA grants as I can. Literary journals are so important for writers, readers, and to literature as a whole, and are mostly volunteer run, with tiny budgets. Every time we lose one, we lose unique voices & perspectives we so need.