Acree Graham Macam
@acreegrahammacam.bsky.social
Words in Narrative, Electric Lit, Harvard Review, The Rumpus, Mass Review, LARB, and others. Stonecoast MFA grad. Authored the children's book The King of the Birds (Groundwood).
(Profile artwork by Natalie Nelson.)
(Profile artwork by Natalie Nelson.)
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
I’d love an essay on the ups and downs of the NEA throughout history.
This is from a 1997 essay by Adrienne Rich about her refusal of the National Medal for the Arts
This is from a 1997 essay by Adrienne Rich about her refusal of the National Medal for the Arts
February 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I’d love an essay on the ups and downs of the NEA throughout history.
This is from a 1997 essay by Adrienne Rich about her refusal of the National Medal for the Arts
This is from a 1997 essay by Adrienne Rich about her refusal of the National Medal for the Arts
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
I wasn’t sure anyone would want to publish this when I wrote it, and now it is in this brilliant magazine today. Thank you @theforge.bsky.social editors and readers for selecting my piece 🖤
Our story this week is The Genocide Unfolds on My Phone, the winner of our 2025 Forge Flash Nonfiction Contest! Congratulations to Acree Graham Macam! @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social
The Genocide Unfolds on My Phone - The Forge Literary Magazine
The Genocide Unfolds on My Phone by Acree Graham Macam, 2025 The Forge Flash Nonfiction Winner
forgelitmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I wasn’t sure anyone would want to publish this when I wrote it, and now it is in this brilliant magazine today. Thank you @theforge.bsky.social editors and readers for selecting my piece 🖤
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“...the book is kind to a woman who—mistreated by her partners and the media alike—received less than her fair share of kindness in life.”
The Object of Our Attention: @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social reviews Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl (@atriabooks.bsky.social).
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The Object of Our Attention: @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social reviews Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl (@atriabooks.bsky.social).
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November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“...the book is kind to a woman who—mistreated by her partners and the media alike—received less than her fair share of kindness in life.”
The Object of Our Attention: @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social reviews Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl (@atriabooks.bsky.social).
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The Object of Our Attention: @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social reviews Marisa Meltzer’s It Girl (@atriabooks.bsky.social).
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I deeply enjoyed this juicy read and reflecting on it for @therumpus.net
Thank you @jbrookewrites.bsky.social !
@atriabooks.bsky.social
Thank you @jbrookewrites.bsky.social !
@atriabooks.bsky.social
This reviewer gets INTO what it means to attempt an artist’s life and ultimately be known for a handbag named after you… proud we @therumpus.net could publish @acreegrahammacam.Bsky.social excellent bit of #criticism therumpus.net/2025/11/20/t...
The Object of Our Attention: Marisa Meltzer’s 'It Girl' - The Rumpus
…what is it? And can it explain why Birkin’s life is the one we are currently examining, when there are so many others out there who likewise deserve to be “at the center of own narrative”?
therumpus.net
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I deeply enjoyed this juicy read and reflecting on it for @therumpus.net
Thank you @jbrookewrites.bsky.social !
@atriabooks.bsky.social
Thank you @jbrookewrites.bsky.social !
@atriabooks.bsky.social
This piece from @recolston.bsky.social in @thenation.com (recommended by the always astute @studyhall.bsky.social) is such a smart meditation on the myth of objectivity and the structural problems of news media ❤️
A Reflection on “Objective” Journalism From the Global Sumud Flotilla
A so-called precept in the practice of news coverage is that “if it bleeds, it leads.” Well, apparently, if a Palestinian is bleeding, this isn’t true.
www.thenation.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This piece from @recolston.bsky.social in @thenation.com (recommended by the always astute @studyhall.bsky.social) is such a smart meditation on the myth of objectivity and the structural problems of news media ❤️
Sooooo delightfully surprised by this news. I got the golden ticket! Thanks to the readers & editors at @theforge.bsky.social for selecting my piece, and congrats to fellow winner Kaitlyn and all the finalists 🔥
Hearty congratulations to the winners of this year's Forge Flash Competition, Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social ! 🎉🔥
Their pieces will be published in November.
The full results are here: forgelitmag.com/2025/10/04/2...
Their pieces will be published in November.
The full results are here: forgelitmag.com/2025/10/04/2...
October 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sooooo delightfully surprised by this news. I got the golden ticket! Thanks to the readers & editors at @theforge.bsky.social for selecting my piece, and congrats to fellow winner Kaitlyn and all the finalists 🔥
Has Ezra Klein always been like this
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Has Ezra Klein always been like this
Feeling exhuasted yet nourished by a pilgrimage with the Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine this morning, and by this excellent essay by Michelle Gurule in @electricliterature.com
electricliterature.com/my-uncle-doe...
electricliterature.com/my-uncle-doe...
My Uncle Doesn’t Need to Die in Prison to Learn His Lesson - Electric Literature
Despite his crimes, every last one of them, I still believe he deserves a good, happy, vibrant life
electricliterature.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Feeling exhuasted yet nourished by a pilgrimage with the Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine this morning, and by this excellent essay by Michelle Gurule in @electricliterature.com
electricliterature.com/my-uncle-doe...
electricliterature.com/my-uncle-doe...
Looks like this is in collaboration with LitHub. Pitch them your reviews of books by trans/queer authors that were overlooked by the NYT under Pamela Paul
Speaking of which: Second thing we're looking for is writers who want to pitch us reviews. Paid opportunity. Details at that page I shared above ... Probably some flexibility, but that's what the publication's said so far to me.
If you want to pitch a review, please email me a paragraph or two ...
If you want to pitch a review, please email me a paragraph or two ...
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Looks like this is in collaboration with LitHub. Pitch them your reviews of books by trans/queer authors that were overlooked by the NYT under Pamela Paul
Been really enjoying this essay by Jessica Winter, and also reminded of this piece I wrote about my great-grandfather who became addicted to morphine as a medic in WW1 and his grandsons (one of them my dad) who never met him but both died of opioid overdoses: www.harvardreview.org/content/the-...
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Been really enjoying this essay by Jessica Winter, and also reminded of this piece I wrote about my great-grandfather who became addicted to morphine as a medic in WW1 and his grandsons (one of them my dad) who never met him but both died of opioid overdoses: www.harvardreview.org/content/the-...
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Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
This is censorship and cowardice.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
I can only hope this helps reasonable people lose their faith in the Times once and for all
a simple reminder that Bret Stephens once wrote a column describing hatred of Israel as a “disease of the Arab mind” and got hired by the Times AFTER that
This is from TODAY. Utter lunacy
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I can only hope this helps reasonable people lose their faith in the Times once and for all
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Atlanta Police Fd'n released doc's in what was likely 1st open records lawsuit ag't a police fd'n. They show how the fd'n leaned on mayor and city council to stop voters fm deciding if they wanted Cop City.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly 300 pages of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ records released after first-of-its-kind ruling
Atlanta Police Foundation forced to disclose a year after a lawsuit, and could have implications for other cities
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Atlanta Police Fd'n released doc's in what was likely 1st open records lawsuit ag't a police fd'n. They show how the fd'n leaned on mayor and city council to stop voters fm deciding if they wanted Cop City.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“To Hugh, his mother is just that: his mother. His own burgeoning manhood demands her constant presence and the sacrifice of her selfhood.”
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July 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“To Hugh, his mother is just that: his mother. His own burgeoning manhood demands her constant presence and the sacrifice of her selfhood.”
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Get your summer ghost story fix! We’ll haunt the patriarchy together in my latest essay, out today in @electricliterature.com 👻
These Carson McCullers Stories Are Haunted By Mothers Who Can’t Be Their Authentic Selves - Electric Literature
Women, men, and children alike are confined and defined by the artifice of the “tradwife”
electricliterature.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Get your summer ghost story fix! We’ll haunt the patriarchy together in my latest essay, out today in @electricliterature.com 👻
In addition to really appreciating this book in general, I’m enjoying how much @equalityalec.bsky.social is coming for frat boys
(this is the third mention)
#copaganda
(this is the third mention)
#copaganda
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In addition to really appreciating this book in general, I’m enjoying how much @equalityalec.bsky.social is coming for frat boys
(this is the third mention)
#copaganda
(this is the third mention)
#copaganda
Fully intend on having a #hotcommiesummer
"Nothing says summertime like reading a book on the beach, which is why every good worker will have all three volumes of Das Kapital with them when they hit the sand. Just be sure to bring a tote for your tomes."
"With temperatures across the country rising, and the 'red wave' of the election giving way to a different kind of 'red wave,' here’s everything you need to have a hot commie summer to remember."
July 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fully intend on having a #hotcommiesummer
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OK so I penned this review myself — but ONLY after the slated reviewer had a conflict — So like my words or not, but please BUY and READ @jackiedwrites.bsky.social ‘s book: No Offense
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“What is remarkable...is what Domenus does to unite this relatively small sector of the queer community with a far greater maligned population.”
@jbrookewrites.bsky.social reviews @jackiedwrites.bsky.social’s No Offense (@emergejournal.bsky.social).
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@jbrookewrites.bsky.social reviews @jackiedwrites.bsky.social’s No Offense (@emergejournal.bsky.social).
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June 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
OK so I penned this review myself — but ONLY after the slated reviewer had a conflict — So like my words or not, but please BUY and READ @jackiedwrites.bsky.social ‘s book: No Offense
@therumpus.net @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social
@therumpus.net @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social
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the thing about the NYT releasing a podcast about trans healthcare is that if it’s not the story of how the alliance defending freedom captured the most influential liberal media outlet in the us and got it to provide a veneer of scientism to a bigoted religious crusade, what is it about?
June 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the thing about the NYT releasing a podcast about trans healthcare is that if it’s not the story of how the alliance defending freedom captured the most influential liberal media outlet in the us and got it to provide a veneer of scientism to a bigoted religious crusade, what is it about?
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“Aw adds several elements to the somewhat familiar—if undeniably engaging—romance storyline to make it fresh.”
In @therumpus.net, Aaron Hamburger reviews Tash Aw’s new novel, “The South” - therumpus.net/2025/05/27/t...
In @therumpus.net, Aaron Hamburger reviews Tash Aw’s new novel, “The South” - therumpus.net/2025/05/27/t...
A Summertime Swoon Tash Aw’s The South - The Rumpus
The relationship helps Jay achieve a sense of selfhood that promises to outlast the usual parameters of a summer romance. In a sense, he’s coming out to himself.
therumpus.net
June 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I loved this essay by Sarah Miller. Happy Thursday, world. We're all still here. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/ess...
@nplusonemag.com #amreading
@nplusonemag.com #amreading
Pirates of the Ayahuasca | Sarah Miller
I saw the outline of the Americas from space. North America was belching out strands of fat pearls, diamonds, gold and silver coins, swimming pools, cars, high-end watches, like the whole landmass was...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I loved this essay by Sarah Miller. Happy Thursday, world. We're all still here. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/ess...
@nplusonemag.com #amreading
@nplusonemag.com #amreading
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This review by @emmdubb16.bsky.social for @therumpus.net is a gift. Thank you, Maya!
“The novels deal with the visceral incisions faced by hyphenated identities.”
@emmdubb16.bsky.social reviews @jverchwrites.bsky.social’s novels.
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@emmdubb16.bsky.social reviews @jverchwrites.bsky.social’s novels.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This review by @emmdubb16.bsky.social for @therumpus.net is a gift. Thank you, Maya!