Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
Being hungover in Mexico City after going to a gay rave on the Day of the Dead is so chic. It was in a former women’s prison. 10/10.
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Being hungover in Mexico City after going to a gay rave on the Day of the Dead is so chic. It was in a former women’s prison. 10/10.
Every Wednesday, I live in fear of the memes our intern comes up with for VIBE CHECK. She’s hilarious and diabolical. Anyway:
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Every Wednesday, I live in fear of the memes our intern comes up with for VIBE CHECK. She’s hilarious and diabolical. Anyway:
Keri Russell is coming for that Emmy. #TheDiplomat
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Keri Russell is coming for that Emmy. #TheDiplomat
It was such an honor to give the keynote at the Decatur Book Festival last night. Thank you and thank you and thank you to contributors Victoria Chang and Aruni Kashyap for helping me bring THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT to live. And big love to everyone who joined us.
October 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It was such an honor to give the keynote at the Decatur Book Festival last night. Thank you and thank you and thank you to contributors Victoria Chang and Aruni Kashyap for helping me bring THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT to live. And big love to everyone who joined us.
Am I tripping or are airports starting to incorporate “chic” hostile architecture into their redesigns?
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Am I tripping or are airports starting to incorporate “chic” hostile architecture into their redesigns?
A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.
Columbus showed up and showed out for the launch of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT. We love y’all so much! Now it’s on to New York… and then Boston… and then Burlington and then… and then… 💙
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Columbus showed up and showed out for the launch of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT. We love y’all so much! Now it’s on to New York… and then Boston… and then Burlington and then… and then… 💙
HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
Anyway, stream “Operation Fortune.” Y’all are welcome.
September 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Anyway, stream “Operation Fortune.” Y’all are welcome.
I’m watching “Zodiac” for the first time — it’s very good — but I just clocked an old fashioned soda vending machine in this scene and it triggered a memory. They had one of these at my first barbershop in Memphis! I loved it so much! I was like five years old and obsessed with it.
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m watching “Zodiac” for the first time — it’s very good — but I just clocked an old fashioned soda vending machine in this scene and it triggered a memory. They had one of these at my first barbershop in Memphis! I loved it so much! I was like five years old and obsessed with it.
Thus far, every episode of #Peacemaker this season has featured a hot guy in his underwear.
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thus far, every episode of #Peacemaker this season has featured a hot guy in his underwear.
An… interesting post-script:
August 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
An… interesting post-script:
““This idea that Republicans hate gays, that’s just so not the case, as clearly evidenced by all of us,” Mr. Flores said, referring to all of his gay friends who moved to Washington to work for Mr. Trump. “We’re so over it. We just want to help the country.””
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
““This idea that Republicans hate gays, that’s just so not the case, as clearly evidenced by all of us,” Mr. Flores said, referring to all of his gay friends who moved to Washington to work for Mr. Trump. “We’re so over it. We just want to help the country.””
““The gay left just can’t handle the fact that President Trump loves the gays,” said Casey Flores, a 34-year-old MAGA gay who moved to Washington in April…”
August 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
““The gay left just can’t handle the fact that President Trump loves the gays,” said Casey Flores, a 34-year-old MAGA gay who moved to Washington in April…”
I’m excited to announce that I’m hitting the road with @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social next month to celebrate our new book THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT! Come on out and join us! Pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m excited to announce that I’m hitting the road with @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social next month to celebrate our new book THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT! Come on out and join us! Pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Hasan Piker should’ve been the GQ cover.
August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hasan Piker should’ve been the GQ cover.
It was a compliment!
August 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It was a compliment!
This moment has lived rent-free for five years and Beyoncé ain’t even in it.
August 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This moment has lived rent-free for five years and Beyoncé ain’t even in it.
YAAAAASSSS, ROZ!!!!!
July 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
YAAAAASSSS, ROZ!!!!!