Nomi Stone
nomistone.bsky.social
Nomi Stone
@nomistone.bsky.social
Poet. Anthropologist. Author of 3 books, 2 of them about war and empire. Wife to a farmer wife. Mama to a peach. I cry a lot.

Pinelandia: An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire (UC Press 2022)

Kill Class (Tupelo Press 2019)
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“Dogs don't hold back. They don't keep secrets. And they accept you as you are right now,” shares Tracy K. Smith in today’s encore episode.

Read “Waiting for Happiness” by Nomi Stone @nomistone.bsky.social: bit.ly/443VtEy

📸: Melissa Spurrier
April 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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It is our honor to serve you. America, you broke through— the media is finally picking up on what’s happening. We love you!! 🦬 💚 🇺🇸
February 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Good morning #5amwritersclub 👋🏾 This morning I made my wife @nomistone.bsky.social get up to write too so here we are, poems and prose before breakfast, the baby still asleep 👶🏼 I’m on coffee duty today! ☕️
November 19, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Gorgeous writing about queerness, science, adoption, coming out, death, grief and love ❤️
Hey, friends! Today is #LGBTQSTEMDay, which celebrates the work and highlights the barriers of LGBTQIA+ people in science, tech, engineering, math.

I came out publicly on this day in 2019. Here’s my original essay—all about biology, adoption, and queerness. 🥚🧪🌈

www.terrain.org/2019/guest-e...
Always Knew I Was Adopted; Just Found Out I’m Gay
A Coming Out Essay in Ten Parts   1. I’m gay. Five letters. Two syllables. Is there another declaration in the English language both smaller and bigger than this one? My 17-year-old son says mom it’s ...
www.terrain.org
November 18, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Good job everyone!
November 15, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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Hard recommend for @smathewss.bsky.social’s newsletter this week: smathewss.substack.com/p/every-day-...
every day is all there is 🫡
on affective politics and the election result
smathewss.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM
My one wistfulness in leaving that once beautiful and now contaminated site is that I don’t know where to find granular #gaza #palestine content here. I want to know what’s happening on the ground. Any recs?
November 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Hi, here is my slightly shy first bluesky post! (Hello from zero friends and now…. 1 post!)
November 15, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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“Yesterday I visited my son's school and I saw a bright colored bench in the yard. I asked if it was new.

He said to me, ′′no, that's the ‘friend’s bench.’ When someone is down, they'll sit there so others find them."

To me, that’s how finding Bluesky feels.

Follow us if you’d like a friend! 💙
November 15, 2024 at 1:10 AM