Amitha Jagannath Knight
@amitha.bsky.social
Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
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www.amithaknight.com
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Writer | Amitha Jagannath Knight, Children's Author | Boston
Website and blog for writer and children's author Amitha Jagannath Knight and her books.
www.amithaknight.com
My picture book: USHA AND THE BIG DIGGER (Mathical Honor Award winner)
Kids poems in: GNOMES AND UNGNOMES anthology
Adult speculative poem in: BRAVE NEW WEIRD vol 2 award anthology
Adult Spec. short story: "Kaliya, Queen of Snakes"
more info: www.amithaknight.com
Kids poems in: GNOMES AND UNGNOMES anthology
Adult speculative poem in: BRAVE NEW WEIRD vol 2 award anthology
Adult Spec. short story: "Kaliya, Queen of Snakes"
more info: www.amithaknight.com
I write full time, have published a picture book that produces royalty checks, and some shorter fiction and poetry that paid small amounts. I also do paid school visits occasionally. This does not add up to a living wage. My husband is my primary benefactor so I can focus on my craft.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I write full time, have published a picture book that produces royalty checks, and some shorter fiction and poetry that paid small amounts. I also do paid school visits occasionally. This does not add up to a living wage. My husband is my primary benefactor so I can focus on my craft.
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In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
Absolutely appalling.
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Absolutely appalling.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Exciting news! The Spanish/English bilingual version of Usha y la Gran Excavadora/Usha and the Big Digger is now available at the Scholastic Teacher Store. 💜 (The English only version is also still available.)
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Storytelling Math: Usha y la Gran Excavadora | Scholastic Education
Our editors are hard at work, detailed description coming soon.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exciting news! The Spanish/English bilingual version of Usha y la Gran Excavadora/Usha and the Big Digger is now available at the Scholastic Teacher Store. 💜 (The English only version is also still available.)
shop.scholastic.com/teachers-eco...
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it is new years yet? i'm ready for 2025 to be over
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it is new years yet? i'm ready for 2025 to be over
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This is just how we sing it now.
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is just how we sing it now.
😻
Alt: vegetables in baskets at the market, the basket labeled "FRESH CATNIP 2.00" has a black or gray and white cat snuggled inside, fuzzy belly up, eyes closed.
Alt: vegetables in baskets at the market, the basket labeled "FRESH CATNIP 2.00" has a black or gray and white cat snuggled inside, fuzzy belly up, eyes closed.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
😻
Alt: vegetables in baskets at the market, the basket labeled "FRESH CATNIP 2.00" has a black or gray and white cat snuggled inside, fuzzy belly up, eyes closed.
Alt: vegetables in baskets at the market, the basket labeled "FRESH CATNIP 2.00" has a black or gray and white cat snuggled inside, fuzzy belly up, eyes closed.
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Here’s a video the @carlemuseum.bsky.social and I made about the fadeaway technique I used in “A Big Mooncake for Little Star”! I hope you go see the exhibit before it closes at the end of the year!
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Here’s a video the @carlemuseum.bsky.social and I made about the fadeaway technique I used in “A Big Mooncake for Little Star”! I hope you go see the exhibit before it closes at the end of the year!
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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so i guess the preview dropped WHICH MEANS I CAN TELL YOU I AM WRITING THE BROTHERS WINCHESTER!!!!!!!!
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
so i guess the preview dropped WHICH MEANS I CAN TELL YOU I AM WRITING THE BROTHERS WINCHESTER!!!!!!!!
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
Got an email offering animation services for my book. I assume the animation would be AI generated. Pretty sure the illustrator who created all the artwork for our book would be delighted if I gave them her artwork which I have no rights to 🤗 especially since she is an animator herself...
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Got an email offering animation services for my book. I assume the animation would be AI generated. Pretty sure the illustrator who created all the artwork for our book would be delighted if I gave them her artwork which I have no rights to 🤗 especially since she is an animator herself...
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Back in the day, Barnes and Noble and Borders used to partner with local groups during the holidays to offer gift wrapping as fundraising opportunities. So you would pick a date and show up and wrap people's books for donations. It was a great way to also get the word out about your group.
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Back in the day, Barnes and Noble and Borders used to partner with local groups during the holidays to offer gift wrapping as fundraising opportunities. So you would pick a date and show up and wrap people's books for donations. It was a great way to also get the word out about your group.
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
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This is great news, because up until now people were just getting them because they were bored.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is great news, because up until now people were just getting them because they were bored.
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
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I met Edwidge Danticat today, 😃🫠🥹!! Omg, her work has moved me for nearly 3 decades (starting with Krik Krak!). I don’t typically fan-girl over anyone, but today, I definitely did. Heeheeheeeeee!
Also, I was told that Queen Latifah loves my work and has been trying to meet me! 💃🏿
Also, I was told that Queen Latifah loves my work and has been trying to meet me! 💃🏿
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I met Edwidge Danticat today, 😃🫠🥹!! Omg, her work has moved me for nearly 3 decades (starting with Krik Krak!). I don’t typically fan-girl over anyone, but today, I definitely did. Heeheeheeeeee!
Also, I was told that Queen Latifah loves my work and has been trying to meet me! 💃🏿
Also, I was told that Queen Latifah loves my work and has been trying to meet me! 💃🏿
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I've never gotten over this. Ever. We marked the first year after his murder with a "play-in" event in Chicago. I had the idea for this and I have never forgotten him. You can see some of the photos from the event here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I've never gotten over this. Ever. We marked the first year after his murder with a "play-in" event in Chicago. I had the idea for this and I have never forgotten him. You can see some of the photos from the event here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?v...
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I'm biased here but it strengthens my belief that global scale algorithmic social media is one of the worst inventions in human history. I'd delete it off the face of the earth without a second's hesitation
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm biased here but it strengthens my belief that global scale algorithmic social media is one of the worst inventions in human history. I'd delete it off the face of the earth without a second's hesitation
every skincare ad i get on instagram: "your brown desi skin will be better moisturized thanks to this rediscovered definitely ayurvedic ancestral ingredient and not random thing we tried that you don't know if you're allergic to yet! you *might* not break out after using it? who knows?"
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
every skincare ad i get on instagram: "your brown desi skin will be better moisturized thanks to this rediscovered definitely ayurvedic ancestral ingredient and not random thing we tried that you don't know if you're allergic to yet! you *might* not break out after using it? who knows?"
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Huzzah! So originally I got a whiteboard for the grocery list, but at one point I noticed that the markers are so light that it was actually an accessible way for me to draw by hand again
But my doodles were taking up too much room lol, so this morning I finally got my own whiteboard 🥰
#disabilty
But my doodles were taking up too much room lol, so this morning I finally got my own whiteboard 🥰
#disabilty
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Huzzah! So originally I got a whiteboard for the grocery list, but at one point I noticed that the markers are so light that it was actually an accessible way for me to draw by hand again
But my doodles were taking up too much room lol, so this morning I finally got my own whiteboard 🥰
#disabilty
But my doodles were taking up too much room lol, so this morning I finally got my own whiteboard 🥰
#disabilty
Alt text does not mention the also hilarious "Do you have any other medical conditions?" which is the next question
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Alt text does not mention the also hilarious "Do you have any other medical conditions?" which is the next question