Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
@fklein907.bsky.social
Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025)
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Happy book birthday to my first child! In one year, this book has...
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
felt cute, might keep in an attic and allow it to slowly become more aged and horrific, reflecting my inward amoral, sinful nature later
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
felt cute, might keep in an attic and allow it to slowly become more aged and horrific, reflecting my inward amoral, sinful nature later
The Russian dude in heated rivalry being portrayed as super desirable and also having as many moles as he does is low key healing something in me?
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM
The Russian dude in heated rivalry being portrayed as super desirable and also having as many moles as he does is low key healing something in me?
I can tell the heated rivalry folks really know the age of their audience because a t.a.t.u song is featured in one episode
February 3, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I can tell the heated rivalry folks really know the age of their audience because a t.a.t.u song is featured in one episode
JAKE is and has been what is best about independent lit: weird, excellent, electric.
Hey all, @beansbaker5.bsky.social here. After much deliberation, and many missed deadlines, we've decided to end submissions to JAKE indefinitely on Feb. 15th (two weeks from today). All open submissions will receive a response, and all announced/scheduled work will release, but we're winding down.
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
JAKE is and has been what is best about independent lit: weird, excellent, electric.
Reposted by Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
It’s sad that we already have Alaska teachers worried about their jobs next year.
Found out right before first period started that, due to seniority, I am first on the chopping block for this layoff cycle, and then a few hours later I was like “why am I so cranky today? Must be the moon” 🙃🙃🙃
February 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM
It’s sad that we already have Alaska teachers worried about their jobs next year.
That’s exactly what it is. I’ve got a high chance of being hired back on, but still fairly stressful
February 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
That’s exactly what it is. I’ve got a high chance of being hired back on, but still fairly stressful
Narrator voice: it was not the moon
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Narrator voice: it was not the moon
Found out right before first period started that, due to seniority, I am first on the chopping block for this layoff cycle, and then a few hours later I was like “why am I so cranky today? Must be the moon” 🙃🙃🙃
February 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Found out right before first period started that, due to seniority, I am first on the chopping block for this layoff cycle, and then a few hours later I was like “why am I so cranky today? Must be the moon” 🙃🙃🙃
If you’re still in need of your very own copy, you can dm me to get one signed, or order directly from Riot: riotinyourthroat.com/product/anot...
Another Life by Frances Klein - Riot in Your Throat Press
Another Life is a collection of poems that circle motherhood and all it entails, its hopes and its horrors. It’s about the life chosen and the life left unlived. Frances Klein takes the reader on a jo...
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February 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
If you’re still in need of your very own copy, you can dm me to get one signed, or order directly from Riot: riotinyourthroat.com/product/anot...
As always, endless thanks to @wordperv.bsky.social and @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social for bringing the book to life
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
As always, endless thanks to @wordperv.bsky.social and @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social for bringing the book to life
Happy book birthday to my first child! In one year, this book has...
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Happy book birthday to my first child! In one year, this book has...
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
-been all around the world
-made the finalist list for the Last Syllable Book Award
-helped men and women see their complex grief around infertility and pregnancy loss put into words
February 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Update: the player’s name is also not even Pete Olsen
6, sorting baseball cards: no way!
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Update: the player’s name is also not even Pete Olsen
6, sorting baseball cards: no way!
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
January 31, 2026 at 11:58 PM
6, sorting baseball cards: no way!
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
Me: what?
6: I just got Pete Olsen, and he looks LEGIT
Me: who is Pete Olsen?
6: …I don’t know
Reposted by Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
Reposted by Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
Flight 3 Now Live!
Editor's Intro
Where Flight 2 reflected the anxieties of the ongoing horrors, Flight 3 turns inward with pieces that focus on art and artistic processes. In Flight 2, we looked at all the submitted w...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
Every day me and my poor eyesight play Russian roulette with very similar looking bottles of contac solution and micellar water
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Every day me and my poor eyesight play Russian roulette with very similar looking bottles of contac solution and micellar water
I am just glad that someone else has as fond of memories of the game as I do
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I am just glad that someone else has as fond of memories of the game as I do
It was called Treasure Mountain and when I need to calm down I picture skiing into my snow cave full of the prizes I earned
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 AM
It was called Treasure Mountain and when I need to calm down I picture skiing into my snow cave full of the prizes I earned
You and I will be there together
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
You and I will be there together
Reposted by Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
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Here it is for when you're ready to be wowed by Hayden yet again.
Here it is for when you're ready to be wowed by Hayden yet again.
Robert Hayden’s “Summertime and the Living...” by D. A. Powell
March 22, 2012 – One of the pleasures of reading a great poem over time is the way its meanings establish themselves (like the “trees of heaven” that reclaim the space of
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January 30, 2026 at 10:58 PM
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/03...
Here it is for when you're ready to be wowed by Hayden yet again.
Here it is for when you're ready to be wowed by Hayden yet again.
Oh yeah, for sure. It definitely is the go-to
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Oh yeah, for sure. It definitely is the go-to
Yes! Thank you! I look forward to it
January 30, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Yes! Thank you! I look forward to it
After spending time with it this week, now I really need to go back to his other works
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
After spending time with it this week, now I really need to go back to his other works