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Na Mee

@yourfriendnamee.bsky.social

Poet, storyteller, teaching artist. Fellowships from PEN America, Kundiman, Aspen Institute. Studying at Randolph MFA. Fat bear nerd 🀎 www.tsunamee.com

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06.12.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

06.12.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honored to be on this magnificent wall!

02.12.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yessssss!!!

19.11.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what a sweet and gentle wave

19.11.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.11.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Different kinds of waves make different sounds when it comes to/kisses/crashes into the coast. In this chapter I'm working on, I'm trying to spell some of those sounds. (e.g Kshhh kshhh, mlp mlp, mshhhh mshhhh)

Will you help me brainstorm more? How would you spell your favorite wave sounds? πŸŒŠπŸ’™

19.11.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This stopped me in my tracks. And when I started again, it was to run to @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social’s website to find offerings and teachings and ways to support.

27.10.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

16.11.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing the 2025 Granum Prize Longlist β€” Granum Foundation https://www.granumfoundation.org/news/2025-granum-prize-longlist

Honored to find out I’m on the 2025 Granum Prize longlist with these other fine arse writers!! This award would support my memoir-in-progress 🀞🏽🀞🏽🀞🏽
Thank you Granum Foundation for lifting up our stories βœ¨πŸŒ™

www.granumfoundation.org/news/2025-gr...

21.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such an amazing piece - best thing I've read this month

20.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much πŸ™πŸ½

20.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is wonderful πŸŒ•

11.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing πŸŒ™πŸš™

11.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

10.10.2025 06:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous writing. Take a minute and read this.

10.10.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

10.10.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Must read!!!

10.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸŒ™

10.10.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Moon Boots Our baby could not yet hold his head up. I lay on my parents’ living room floor next to my son, wondering how I was going to afford and overcome everything by myself, thinking I was too clumsy to take...

Honored that my piece Moon Boots found the best home in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social

It's about the mayhem and magic of being a single mother. I hope you'll read it

www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/moo...

09.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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Building a Bridge to Transformation A statement from KTOO President and General Manager, Justin Shoman Juneau, AK - September 18th: Two months ago today, at the President's behest, Congress

Oct. 1 is a historic day. It marks the official end of federal funding for public radio and television.

But public media endures: independent, resilient and powered by you. Here at KTOO, we’ll keep telling the stories that matter to Juneau and Alaska.

We may be defunded, but we remain determined.

01.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fat Bear Week crowns its 2025 winner: 32 Chunk the Champ First-time winner 32 Chunk defeated enormous elder 856 in the finals on Tuesday, ousting two-time title holder 128 Grazer.

Ultimately, 32 Chunk’s grit and determination tipped the scale. Fat Bear Superfan Na Mee celebrates the impressive, massive, emphatically fat champion and all his resilience.

01.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May your story be as great as theirs

May you be loved and protected

May you eat well

and live large

01.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our communities are interconnected. If you feel endeared to the FBW bears, I hope you’ll also nurture the wildlife in your area, and the wild life within yourself. The champions do more than survive; they engage w/ their world in their own extraordinary ways, w/ their own unique strengths & stories

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want to support Katmai Conservancy’s research, education, and outreach, I encourage you to donate to their Otis Fund (named for beloved bear 480 Otis). This is their biggest fundraiser of the year and Explore will match all funds donated before 10/4!

katmaiconservancy.org/the-otis-fund

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This was Fat Bear Week’s biggest year ever. Online: over 1.5 million votes streamed in from around the world. Offline: some of the fattest fat bears to date, thanks to their top sponsor, salmon. Shout out to the ecosystem for being so dang epic, and big ups to all who preserve it.

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ultimately, 32 Chunk’s grit and determination tipped the scale. We celebrate this impressive, massive, emphatically fat bear and all his resilience. Congratulations Chunk the Hunk!

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Then, the bracket offered an unseen advantage: a final match against the only bear on the bracket with a rap sheet longer than his, 856.

Oooh, the plot thickened!

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

By the time Fat Beat Week rolled around, 32 Chunk had more than qualified in size, hustle, and gains. He took the week one match at a time, but his bad boy history threatened to weigh him down. Could he make a comeback from the darkness of his past?

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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32 Chunk started the season strong but had a major setback when he showed up w/ a broken jaw. Lucky for him, a historic salmon run spelled a rags to fishes story for this busted up behemoth, & he managed to side-mouth slow-chew his way through summer.

01.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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