Maya Williams

a book, Just Us by Claudia Rankine on a wooden shelf

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AND! Lovely call from Grandma Reece 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Spent my Valentine’s Day cuddling with my love, listening to my friend play great music, and reading/listening to readings of historic queer love letters in downtown Portland. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Day well spent. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Photos by Kat Moraros and Sarah Schuldt.

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My full name is Maya Not-A-Lady Williams.

How much does earnestness intersect with my neurodivergence?

Anyone coming to AWP Baltimore?

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NEW MAYA

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wow i love putting together a packet of other people's poems for teaching. it's one of my favorite things. assembling a packet of other people's poems for a class. like, i can't wait to share something beautiful. and talk about it together. other people's poems. a packet of them!

On Building An Assignment at Birth Maya Williams I come from the placement of oldest daughter syndrome. I am banshee yelling upon entry into the world. Scaly new skin reaching for comfortin the midst of confusion. The light is too b…

New poem! ❤️‍🔥

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there is no limit to my gay

A lot of breathing.

A lot of sighing.

I appreciate the desire to ensure everybody feels as pressed and heavy as we do right now, but the most important thing is to inspire and encourage action, community, togetherness and love. [2/2]

If you have something to say about the moment, try to be mindful of resisting the urge to make folks as anxious as you are. This discourages action rather than inspire it. [1/2]

any lit mags out there looking for longer creature feature fiction, like 5,000 words and up?

As a religious person, THIS is what I mean when I say I am “Blessed and Highly Favored.” 🙌🏼

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The Hungering Years by Summer Farah Utterly magnetic, Summer Farah’s debut poetry collection The Hungering Years is a rush of breathless song, voicing confessions so often left unsung amidst personal and collective crisis. “I am afraid ...

my POETRY COLLECTION that ENGAGES WITH MITSKI'S MUSIC / MY RELATIONSHIP TO HER ARTISTRY / WHAT IT MEANS 2 B OBSESSED is releasing THE SAME WEEK AS MITSKI'S NEW ALBUM you can PRE-ORDER IT and ENJOY THEM TOGETHER !!!!!! hostpublications.com/products/the...

There are still days I forget momentarily I can’t text or call my Granny anymore.

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After the second day of classes, I've stayed up to 2 a.m. writing a new poem 🙃

Gender expansiveness, faith, and honoring: a poetry reading with Maya Williams | Poetry Medicine for the Soul ** SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: This episode references suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 in the U.S., or visit www.988maine.com ** Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a po...

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just finished reading my 10th book of 2026 🤭 no wonder I was voted “best reader” by my third grade class

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Me and mom at my stepdad’s funeral on Wednesday. I’ll have more to say about it soon, but for now I’m just very grateful for all the love and support my family has received in recent weeks ❤️

Chicago stands with Minneapolis

Hooray! What's your exact email so I'm sending a pitch correctly? (I had a bounce back trying to send it) Thank you!

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“...no matter how many external systems try to erase this community, it is not disappearing anytime soon.”

From “Gaar Adams’ Guest Privileges Deconstructs ‘Isn’t it Harder There?’ for LGBTQ+ People in the Gulf,” a new original essay by @emmdubb16.bsky.social.

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poetry rocks and going to poetry readings is the best