Rita Banerjee

Delighted to present the #coverreveal for Disobedient Futures! #DisobedientFutures is a speculative lit anthology that imagines what the future cultures of America & the world might look like through a diverse, inclusive & multi-genre lens. Pre-order here: www.kentuckypress.com/978198590524...

So delighted to be interviewed by Lockie Hunter for her co-hosted radio show Wordplay on 103.3 FM Asheville, NC at 5 pm EDT today! I'll be speaking about my forthcoming co-edited book Disobedient Futures and my new work. Tune into the show live or online here: ashevillefm.org/show/wordplay/

Announcing our Fall 2026 Instagram Live Series! Join us on Sept, 30th, Oct. 14th, and Nov. 4th, 6-6:45 PM, for interviews, readings, and Q&As with Wally alumni. Featuring interviews with Reed Turchi (Poetry, 2023), Devon Halliday (Fiction, 2024), and Lauren Francis-Sharma (Fiction, 2023).

DISOBEDIENT FUTURES, edited by @ritabanerjee.bsky.social, @diananorma.bsky.social, and Corrine Previte, explores utopian, dystopian, and alternative realities through a diverse and multi-genre lens, inviting readers to imagine a more inclusive future. Cover Art: Shanta Lee Honeycutt & Jamie McKee

#DisobedientFutures #Anthology #AmReading #SpeculativeLiterature #SpeculativeFiction #SpeculativeNonfiction #Poetry #Theatre #Plays #Art #Photography #IllustratedLiterature #GlobalPerspectives #Disobedience #CreativeWriting #RitaBanerjee #DianaNormaSzokolyai #CorrinePrevite #ShantaLeeHoneycutt

Calling all Wallies to our new Coworking Wallies program! Reach your writing goals, see some familiar faces, and know you aren’t alone as you navigate the wild world of the MFA. No event registration required! September 6 and September 20 (4PM EST, 1PM PST), Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8987907211...

Welcome back to Submission Sunday! Check out these great opportunities from our literary friends at: @reedmagazine @craftliterary @nelle_journal Follow us, and the tagged folks, to stay up to date, and check out our full Submission Sunday list at our Insta, @warrenwilsonmfa!

The middle of the Wally term is upon us, so what've we been reading, Wallies? Check out the titles on some of our reading lists--and let us know in the comments what you're currently reading!

Twenty-five years ago, we were in the middle of a generation coming of age and witnessing 9/11. My #personalessay “Birth of Cool” captures how a generation of young people watched #9/11 and learned how to keep their cool. hungermtn.org/birth-of-coo... #September11 #memoir #millennials #BirthofCool

Dear friends, the incredibly #essayist & #memoirist Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn is reading in #Brooklyn, NY @booksaremagic13.bsky.social tomorrow night (Sept 1) at 7 pm EDT in a conversation moderated by artist & writer Vic Liu! Come check our her new #memoir "I have This Thing for Flowers."

It was such an honor to watch Stephen Colbert @colbertlateshow.bsky.social on the Late Show in New York recently. Stephen, thank you for all you do & all the joy you bring to the world. Can't wait to see what good trouble you cause next. Thank you. So long (for now), and thanks for all the fish.🐬✨

শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪৩৩!! 🥳🌺🍀🎉✨ Happy Bengali New Year 1433!! 💖🍀🌸🎊✨ #শুভনববর্ষ

E is for ECHO IN FOUR BEATS by @ritabanerjee.bsky.social ( @finishinglinepress.bsky.social 2018) “What does it mean to be so still? to glide along the ocean floor like some black-tongued electric eel” From “Sleep,” also in The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day poets.org/poem/sleep-2

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

I am honored & delighted to have my #essay "American Caste" debut in Isele Magazine! My essay explores the kinds of caste systems, or social hierarchies, which invisibly structure, stratify, and thus, harm American society. iselemagazine.com/2026/03/16/a... #AmericanCaste #AbolishICE #anticaste

The MFA Program for Writers just celebrated its annual winter residency & our #MFA Faculty lectures are online. If you'd like to learn about #weaving, #braiding, & #spinning nonlinear #narrative design, check out my craft talk: www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/product/rita... @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social

If you're at #AWP2026 Conference in Baltimore, MD from March 4-7, 2026, stop by these events featuring me & the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College! More info: ritabanerjee.com/2026/02/28/m... @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social

During the "Innovation & Empowerment: A Workshop for Writers" (July 10-28, 2026), I'll be teaching a workshop on “Classical Greek and Indian Approaches to Poetry, Dramaturgy, and Storytelling” on July 18-29, 2026. Join us at: ionionartscenter.gr/2026/01/14/i... ritabanerjee.com/2026/02/21/c...

I'm delighted to be teaching at the "Innovation & Empowerment: A #Workshop for #Writers" in #Kefalonia, #Greece this summer. If you're looking for an inspiring writing retreat, please join us at the Ionion Center for the Arts from July 10-28, 2026. More info here: ionionartscenter.gr/2026/01/14/i...

BREAKING: After we sued, DHS withdrew a subpoena seeking personal information about our client who criticized DHS' treatment of a man seeking asylum. This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.

And let’s not forget about impeaching this absolute awful excuse of a DHS Secretary, Kristi Noem!

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” — Kurt Vonnegut

The EPA has reapproved the herbicide dicamba for use on genetically modified cotton and soybeans, adding “new limits on when and how it can be sprayed”. Dicamba is used to control tough weeds that can hurt crop yields, and the updated rules are intended to

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

When I check on the British politics page for @the-independent.com, my politics reporter colleagues are all Epstein all the time (as they should be). But in the U.S., the closest thing to accountability is... Bill Clinton testifying before Congress. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Mainstream outlets are now confirming that the FBI has called state election officials into an unusual midterm briefing.

Trump removed his post that included a racist video portraying former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Simply deleting it is not enough a public apology is warranted.

Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible

As ICE uses Palantir tech to find neighborhoods to raid and Flock cameras track people across the US, how can you protect yourself? @jasonkoebler.bsky.social + @josephcox.bsky.social take your questions in an AMA today at 12 pm ET. Get your questions in now: www.reddit.com/r/technology...

Seems 💯 accurate.

Where did these Epstein folks find the time to do anything given the volume of their emailing? It’s almost parodic how much they liked to chat about crimes in their dumb emails.

My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.

Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. Hello?

ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.

Sarah Matthews: "AG Pam Bondi, sending the letter to the Minnesota lawmakers telling them 'we'll remove ICE from your state, but only if you hand over your voter rolls'…just shows that there is zero Independence between the DOJ and the White House."

@EricMGarcia: What do you make of Kristi Noem calling Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist? AOC: Kristi Noem’s actions in Minnesota and her leadership on ICE in general are grounds for impeachment.

These aren't arrests. They are outright kidnappings. The woman was just driving down road. The red SUV suddenly swerved in front of her. 3 masked federal agents jumped out and aimed their guns at her. shouting “Out of the car!” Like a scene out of Fallujah, Iraq, but it's Minnesota.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote a letter to Deputy Attorney General Blanche today requesting a meeting to review the unredacted Epstein files. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

From Maine to Minnesota and Beyond, Tens of Thousands March to Demand 'ICE Out!' www.commondreams.org/news/anti-ic...

Thank you Minnesota. 💙

Hit the streets with us TOMORROW to speak up for those who have been silenced. Let’s bring the noise to their doorstep and make sure we’re heard. Tomorrow, stand in solidarity with Minnesota by finding a local protest near you through the ICE Out of Everywhere link in our bio.