M.M. Kaufman
@mmkaufman.bsky.social
Meet me at the car wash. Writer. Managing editor at Rejection Letters. Latest words at X-R-A-Y, trampset, Okay Donkey, Identity Theory, Farewell Transmission, JAKE.
And for my next trick, we will see how long it takes me to do something I’ve been putting off for months.
one more from the open-tabs TBR pile! a beaut' from @mmkaufman.bsky.social! "I make a firm decision to tell Joe the next time he comes over. Sammy won’t take it well. She doesn’t take anything well; or rather, she takes things too well, too close to heart."
NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman
For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...
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Every year for the past 7 years I have made a playlist for a ghost. Here is the 2025 incarnation of Mm’s Feels. The big M is my Aunt Marian and the little m is me, her namesake. Love you, mean it, my sestra. open.spotify.com/playlist/0IH...
Mm’s Feels 2025
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"She’s walking the railing of the balcony like an Olympic gymnast on a balance beam, and the next second she’s a stuffed animal with those beads for eyes and plastic whiskers" Stunning story. @mmkaufman.bsky.social @xraylitmag.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman
For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...
xraylitmag.com
we have a story by MM Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social ! it's about an aging man whose reality starts glitching, switching between ordinary life & a staged reality of actors, props, & cardboard a beautiful story with a beautiful ending - u should read this pronto xraylitmag.com/not-everythi...
NOT EVERYTHING DIES IN THE DARK by M.M. Kaufman
For Ben There reality was, being all realistic, when it blinked out. One second I’m looking at Sammy and Joe sitting on the stoop in their church clothes eating deviled eggs and rice casserole off sty...
xraylitmag.com
so much love and care in these stories by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez pleased and proud we get to publish work like theirs🔥
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 8mo agoMeet OKD’s Pushcart Prize nominees! Read the nominated pieces in the thread below.
Guess who is not getting published in The New Yorker? Me. But guess who got a tiered rejection from The New Yorker? Also me! #muchtoadmire 💅
I tripped and fell and wrote another tiny little poem. Where we sending those these days?
really can't recommend strongly enough that y'all treat yourselves today to a wonderful M.M. Kaufman treat of a poem "There are many ways To divide Southerners. I do it by those who hate Loud bugs and frogs..." https://www.havehashad.com/eikr1
Southern Divide by M.M. Kaufman
There are many ways To divide Southerners. I do it by those who hate Loud bugs and frogs, the Ones that leap and fly In the dark, and those, Like me, who enjoy them For the inability to get too…
havehashad.com
New little paw-eem up at @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sou...
Southern Divide by M.M. Kaufman
There are many ways To divide Southerners. I do it by those who hate Loud bugs and frogs, the Ones that leap and fly In the dark, and those, Like me, who enjoy them For the inabil...
havehashad.com
You’ll never guess what my piece is about…
trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Oct issue drops Fri! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham Mark those calendars!
I made two strangers happy-cry (like fr) in my office today. So my work is done here. I think I can go home.
Got good news today for enthusiasts of both carwashes and my writing. Stay tuned!
oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇
I think I’m in the minority of diehard Wuthering Heights fans who are actually excited about Emerald Fennell’s new film. But maybe that’s because my only published poem is a cliff notes version of who and why everyone hooks up in the novel? 🤷♀️ 🥵 #hottake jmwwblog.wordpress.com/the-modern-r...
The Modern Reader’s Cliff Notes to Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë—But Make It Hot by M.M. Kaufmann
(Cathy sr. re Heathcliff)Is he hot or is he the only guy you’ve ever known who isn’t related to you?Is he hot or did your dad bring him home and you and brother mistook him for a dog?Is he hot or i…
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Shout out to the birds that live around my neighborhood. Y’all sound real good today.
Um. Everybody... stop what you're doing and check out @mmkaufman.bsky.social's new banger "PLATEAUED"... up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥🔥🔥
Pool Party@poolpartymag.com · 11mo ago"Her breath caught in her chest and wouldn’t release. She hadn’t taken an edible, but this felt like a terrible trip." We're soooooo excited to publish the story "Plateaued" by one of our favorite writers in the world, the carwash queen @mm_kaufman 🔥 poolpartymag.com/plateaued/
wwwwwwwwwwell my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
Pulling up to yoga class blasting Rage Against the Machine because that’s where I’m at right now.
Are people aware of what flight anxiety is really like? What it’s about, the triggers, the origins, and how it presents? Do I need to put off my novel projects again to write a CNF piece about this plague?
There are just not enough people telling me on a daily basis that they wanna rock my Gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old.
All it took was 2025 (and a whole lot of bullshit) to make me realize I’m a Rage Against the Machine girlie.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire
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My new practice of subbing 1 piece to 1 magazine that I think it’s really, really right for is paying off. Got a 102 minute acceptance from @poolpartymag.com! Been wanting to sub there for ages, but waited until I knew I had something up their alley. Let’s go swimming!