Jewish writer/editor | poetry chapbook UNTIL THE END OF TIME (@thealienbuddha, 2023) | recent work @MinyanMag @redividermag @ShortReadsOrg

New York
Joined April 2015
Overjoyed to have my prose poem "Questions My Four-Year-Old Asks Me Before Falling Asleep" included in the current issue of @MinyanMag! minyanmag.com/miaherman.html
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Thank you to everyone at @redividermag for including my essay in the current issue! "Who Straightens the Bent" is about invisibility and disability, words as a form of reclamation, and how we carry past trauma into the current version of ourselves. redivider.emerson.edu/who-st…
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A nonfiction acceptance from @redividermag?! This feels like a dream! (Please don't wake me.)
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Writers! I'm seeking your BEST revision tips, strategies, things you do that work for you, for a new Substack post all about revision. To contribute tips: DM me your tip, max a paragraph; include how you'd like to be referred to, and any book/link you'd like shared.
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Feeling so emotional and proud to be accepted into the @YetzirahPoets database of Jewish poets 🥹💙 yetzirahpoets.org/bios/mia-h…
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I've returned to this @ShortReadsOrg piece by Brenda Miller for three Passovers now, making it a yearly tradition of sorts. "Elijah" gives me a bit of everything--grief, faith, hope, and inspiration--and I am so grateful for it. 🙏💙 short-reads.org/elijah/
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Deeply grateful to everyone at @SundressPub, especially Krista Cox and Layla Lenhardt! And of course @thealienbuddha, for breathing life into this chapbook. If you're interested, you can buy my #bestdressed little collection here: amazon.com/dp/B0C6P9XRFQ
This week, Guest Editor Layla Lenhardt has selected Until the End of Time by Mia Herman for The Wardrobe's #bestdressed. sundressblog.com/2025/04/07/…
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Beyond excited to have my poem "When my husband compares me to a camel, I roll my eyes and give a grunt" included in the inaugural issue of Winnow Literary: A Journal of Poetry & Occupation! Special thank you to guest editor Dr. Winnie Dunn! 💙 winnowliterary.org/whenmyhus…
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My essay "The Given of My Life" is about life with migraines and chronic pain and the interpersonal side effects that doctors don't warn you about. Thank you to everyone over at @UDSAkron for including it in this issue of Kaleidoscope!
Check out Issue 90 of Kaleidoscope now available free to download on our website. KaleidoscopeOnline.org #KaleidoscopeMagazine #ArtAndDisability
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My goodness! 😱 This is so darn lovely and appreciated. Thank you @CoCo4AfroPuffs and everyone at @Loveliest_Rev for the nomination! Congrats to all the nominees--I'm honored to be sharing this space with you! 💙
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It's here! 🎉 What an honor to have my nonfiction work included alongside such wildly talented creatives! Thank you @CoCo4AfroPuffs, Jennifer Fliss, and the entire @Loveliest_Rev team, not only for believing in my words but for strengthening them too. Here's to beginnings! 💙
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😭😭😭😭😭
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: For anyone looking for brilliant up-and-coming poets, look no further, 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 by @MiaMHerman Check out C.W. Bryan's review of 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻'𝘀 chapbook: inkinthirds.org/book-review-…
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It's happening!! Sooo honored and excited to have my nonfiction included in this debut issue!!
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The light is on for Mia Herman! @MiaMHerman! "Emergency Ultrasound" is a powerful and incredibly relevant poem that, quite simply, stuns. You can read it now! (TW: Miscarriage) bulbculturecollective.com/re…
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Submit your nonfiction writing on Live on the Margins for a chance to read your work alongside José Angel Araguz in Boston this summer! Deadline: TODAY!
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#NationalPoetryMonth is coming to an end and I still have a few signed copies of my chapbook UNTIL THE END OF TIME (@thealienbuddha)! $10 shipping included. DM me if interested!
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Oh and since this little chap is about longings and hauntings and hopes, you'll find one of my current little longings scribbled inside each copy. (Your choice whether you want to keep it secret or not. 😉)
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