K Amato
@kmamato.bsky.social
Writer / Teacher
MFA Vermont College of Fine Arts
Tin House Winter Workshop '25
kayamato.com
MFA Vermont College of Fine Arts
Tin House Winter Workshop '25
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After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause
After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza.
This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...
wck.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)
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Good Monday Moring! Are you working on your Writer in Residence Application? portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...
Porter Square Books Writers in Residence Program
Porter Square Books will once again be hosting Writers in Residence in 2025
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July 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good Monday Moring! Are you working on your Writer in Residence Application? portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...
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The cruelty of this is, genuinely, staggering. This is a policy that saves virtually no money whatsoever whose success is measured in the number of children it kills.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The cruelty of this is, genuinely, staggering. This is a policy that saves virtually no money whatsoever whose success is measured in the number of children it kills.
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i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
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New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached further than previously disclosed.
Donald Trump’s administration is holding up $50M for Maine universities
New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached further than previously disclosed.
www.bangordailynews.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached further than previously disclosed.
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"For more than a century, our country and state have moved closer to protecting the rights of all, toward inclusion and equity."
Editorial: Maine lawmakers should reject anti-trans bills
"For more than a century, our country and state have moved closer to protecting the rights of all, toward inclusion and equity."
www.bangordailynews.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"For more than a century, our country and state have moved closer to protecting the rights of all, toward inclusion and equity."
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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“Jose is a 17-year-old kid following a lawful immigration process. He has no criminal record. He wasn’t even driving the car. ... It is needless, abject cruelty.”
A teenager’s immigration arrest started with a Maine State Police traffic stop
The details of how 17-year-old Jose Adalberto Herrera and his uncle went from driving to work to federal custody highlights the role that local police play in aiding federal immigration enforcement.
www.bangordailynews.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Jose is a 17-year-old kid following a lawful immigration process. He has no criminal record. He wasn’t even driving the car. ... It is needless, abject cruelty.”
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gonna start saying “is the pope from Chicago?” when someone asks me an obvious question
May 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
gonna start saying “is the pope from Chicago?” when someone asks me an obvious question
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Reminder to everyone who loves #Kidslit that we're hosting a huge virtual reading tomorrow! Register for one session or both, drop in when you've got a moment or stay all day. It will be a chance to celebrate the power of books!
Join us this Friday May 9! for a Freedom Read-In! A ton of fantastic writers for young readers will be sharing their work throughout the school day!
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Freedom to Read-In Morning Session
Register now for Freedom to Read-In Morning Session on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on May 9, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT.
www.crowdcast.io
May 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reminder to everyone who loves #Kidslit that we're hosting a huge virtual reading tomorrow! Register for one session or both, drop in when you've got a moment or stay all day. It will be a chance to celebrate the power of books!
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Nothing says teacher appreciation like gutting the Department of Education and firing half of the people that make the agency run.
May 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nothing says teacher appreciation like gutting the Department of Education and firing half of the people that make the agency run.
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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In good news, @authorsabb.bsky.social is launching our first fundraiser for @flfreedomread.bsky.social!
These women do such INCREDIBLE work under such difficult circumstances. They're the real heroes in our fight.
Watch, then donate: www.fftrp.org/donate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2J...
These women do such INCREDIBLE work under such difficult circumstances. They're the real heroes in our fight.
Watch, then donate: www.fftrp.org/donate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2J...
Florida Freedom to Read Project Needs Our Help!
YouTube video by AuthorsAgainstBookBans
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In good news, @authorsabb.bsky.social is launching our first fundraiser for @flfreedomread.bsky.social!
These women do such INCREDIBLE work under such difficult circumstances. They're the real heroes in our fight.
Watch, then donate: www.fftrp.org/donate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2J...
These women do such INCREDIBLE work under such difficult circumstances. They're the real heroes in our fight.
Watch, then donate: www.fftrp.org/donate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2J...
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My new book WAKE THE WILD CREATURES comes out in ONE WEEK. I worked on this book for about 6 years. I'm a different person after writing it. It hurt me. It broke me. It changed me. I can’t believe I’m thisclose to it being out in the world.
In this thread I wanted to share a few things about it…
In this thread I wanted to share a few things about it…
April 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My new book WAKE THE WILD CREATURES comes out in ONE WEEK. I worked on this book for about 6 years. I'm a different person after writing it. It hurt me. It broke me. It changed me. I can’t believe I’m thisclose to it being out in the world.
In this thread I wanted to share a few things about it…
In this thread I wanted to share a few things about it…
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I acutally looked at the books that Sam Alito thinks are pro-gay propaganda designed to "indoctrinate" children. I've read my kids a million stories like these. There's nothing objectionable about them, unless you find the *existence* of LGBTQ people objectionable ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mahmo...
Let’s Take a Look at the Children’s Books Sam Alito Is So Afraid Of
Stories like "Uncle Bobby's Wedding" are only objectionable if you find the very existence of LGBTQ people to be objectionable.
ballsandstrikes.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I acutally looked at the books that Sam Alito thinks are pro-gay propaganda designed to "indoctrinate" children. I've read my kids a million stories like these. There's nothing objectionable about them, unless you find the *existence* of LGBTQ people objectionable ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mahmo...
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I wrote a pep talk? I started with how I actually feel powerful that an expensive computer program that ate all of my work and that of all writers is still not as good as all of us it stole from. Then I went a few places. Anyway, it's here. mailchi.mp/e87ac78bc7b7...
Alexander Chee: Let's Go
mailchi.mp
April 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I wrote a pep talk? I started with how I actually feel powerful that an expensive computer program that ate all of my work and that of all writers is still not as good as all of us it stole from. Then I went a few places. Anyway, it's here. mailchi.mp/e87ac78bc7b7...
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At the link below, you can learn about the case being argued at SCOTUS today, which will surely impact LGBTQ+ kids and families, and may also be devastating to authors of LGBTQ+ books in general. I'm not exactly optimistic, but you never know. I'm aiming to not be depressed in advance.
The authors and illustrators have done an extraordinary job of showing why this case matters and who will be harmed. I encourage all to look at these sites - charlotteswild.com/mahmoud-v-ta...
Mahmoud v. Taylor Links and Resources - Charlotte Sullivan Wild
In less than two weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case Mahmoud v. Talyor, which asks whether public schools can include LGBTQIA+ books without advance notice to families and the option for c...
charlotteswild.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
At the link below, you can learn about the case being argued at SCOTUS today, which will surely impact LGBTQ+ kids and families, and may also be devastating to authors of LGBTQ+ books in general. I'm not exactly optimistic, but you never know. I'm aiming to not be depressed in advance.
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Hi friends! A good friend asked me to share this awesome new project— a literary magazine by trans kids, for trans kids, with a little help from trans adults. If you have a trans kid in your life, definitely check out Chrysalis Magazine! www.chrysalismagazine.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hi friends! A good friend asked me to share this awesome new project— a literary magazine by trans kids, for trans kids, with a little help from trans adults. If you have a trans kid in your life, definitely check out Chrysalis Magazine! www.chrysalismagazine.org
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HEY YOU! Because of your support we have donated almost 40 books for Trans Mainers! As wonderful as that is, WE NEED MORE! Donate if you can, or share far and wide to get the word out!
To donate, visit the link in our bio or stop by the store where we have a selection of titles to choose from!
To donate, visit the link in our bio or stop by the store where we have a selection of titles to choose from!
April 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
HEY YOU! Because of your support we have donated almost 40 books for Trans Mainers! As wonderful as that is, WE NEED MORE! Donate if you can, or share far and wide to get the word out!
To donate, visit the link in our bio or stop by the store where we have a selection of titles to choose from!
To donate, visit the link in our bio or stop by the store where we have a selection of titles to choose from!
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I don’t understand why HarperCollins refused to join other major publishers and sign the letter to Congress in support of IMLS.
So, I wrote a letter to HarperCollins.
Libraries and librarians need our support. Authors and industry professionals, please sign this letter using this form. 👇 🙏 📚
So, I wrote a letter to HarperCollins.
Libraries and librarians need our support. Authors and industry professionals, please sign this letter using this form. 👇 🙏 📚
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I don’t understand why HarperCollins refused to join other major publishers and sign the letter to Congress in support of IMLS.
So, I wrote a letter to HarperCollins.
Libraries and librarians need our support. Authors and industry professionals, please sign this letter using this form. 👇 🙏 📚
So, I wrote a letter to HarperCollins.
Libraries and librarians need our support. Authors and industry professionals, please sign this letter using this form. 👇 🙏 📚
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Subbing for Mary Harris today. I spoke with Callie Ferguson from the @bangordailynews.bsky.social about Trump's efforts to starve Maine into submission. Federal funds are being withheld across the state after Gov. Janet Mills refused Trump's order to violate state law.
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
When a State Tells Trump ‘No’
Not California, New York or even the rest of New England—this purple state is going toe-to-toe with the federal government.
slate.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Subbing for Mary Harris today. I spoke with Callie Ferguson from the @bangordailynews.bsky.social about Trump's efforts to starve Maine into submission. Federal funds are being withheld across the state after Gov. Janet Mills refused Trump's order to violate state law.
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
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This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
wapo.st
April 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This Tufts student was grabbed off the street, cuffed and taken out of state solely because she co-wrote a completely respectful oped in the student paper.
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
And Rubio’s State Dept now admits they have nothing more damning than that.
Gift link wapo.st/4j8d5Uh
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I’m not going to tell people how to feel about protests… at least not today.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993
bookshop.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I’m not going to tell people how to feel about protests… at least not today.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.
Instead, I’ll recommend Sarah Schulman’s book about ACT UP. It’s not just a history of the organization; she also talks strategy in a very practical way, especially regard coalitions.