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.

Open wide text me your fevers chat me up about our lonely childhoods spent flicking lit […]

Ignition by Jameka Williams

February 14, 2018 in Editors' Selections tagged Jameka Williams by Kristina Marie Darling

Whether she’s penning a scathing indictment of the cult of Kim Kardashian, or composing an exalted song to […]

An Introduction to Jameka Williams by Simone Muench

February 14, 2018 in Editors' Selections tagged Jameka Williams / Simone Muench by Kristina Marie Darling

I stepped on my mother’s back & Earth cracked open flames chewed the hills during drought […]

BRIEF NOTES ON THE END OF THE WORLD, WOMEN by ...

February 14, 2018 in Editors' Selections tagged Jameka Williams by Kristina Marie Darling

I eat like I got Beyoncé shit to conquer I grow my eyebrows furiously I look […]

Since I Laid My Burden Down by Jameka Williams

February 14, 2018 in Editors' Selections tagged Jameka Williams by Kristina Marie Darling