Jameka Williams

Jameka Williams is a MFA candidate at Northwestern University hailing from Greater Philadelphia. Her poems have been published in Prelude Magazine, Gigantic Sequins, Powder Keg Magazine, and Yemassee Journal. Muzzle Magazine has nominated her poem, “Yeezus’ Wife,” from their June 2017 issue for Best of the Net 2017. She resides in Chicago, IL.

Ignition by Jameka Williams

This entry was posted in Editors' Selections and tagged Jameka Williams on February 14, 2018 by Kristina Marie Darling

Open wide text me your fevers chat me up about our lonely childhoods spent flicking lit matches at chained dogs kick up the flames with wrap your mouth around or melt to your knees sing for me I am alone I am lonely! […]

An Introduction to Jameka Williams by Simone Muench

This entry was posted in Editors' Selections and tagged Jameka Williams Simone Muench on February 14, 2018 by Kristina Marie Darling

Whether she’s penning a scathing indictment of the cult of Kim Kardashian, or composing an exalted song to those who’ve been wronged, Jameka Williams’ poetry is passionately commanding. Though animated with pop references from Beyoncé to Taylor Swift, her work is never merely playful; instead, it is a potent manifesto […]

BRIEF NOTES ON THE END OF THE WORLD, WOMEN by Jameka Williams

This entry was posted in Editors' Selections and tagged Jameka Williams on February 14, 2018 by Kristina Marie Darling

I stepped on my mother’s back & Earth cracked open flames chewed the hills during drought Black kids in Michigan sank to the bottom of public pools their bellies bulging with lead God’s everlasting ire never stops rolling moves in mysterious ways. For example: some men have never […]

Since I Laid My Burden Down by Jameka Williams

This entry was posted in Editors' Selections and tagged Jameka Williams on February 14, 2018 by Kristina Marie Darling

I eat like I got Beyoncé shit to conquer I grow my eyebrows furiously I look at fucking & my genitals are not too cold or too hot I feel as if I belong to myself & deserve sweatpants I dream longer now since I’ve set it down […]