Author of OKSANA, BEHAVE! & SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE (@randomhouse). Prof @AuburnU. Fiction Editor @SouthernHReview. Mom who makes dad jokes.
Joined December 2012
- Tweets 1,890
- Following 564
- Followers 976
- Likes 4,177
142 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
16 Apr 2025
Is your name Oksana? Did you have two ectopic pregnancies, have your new book not sell, get drunk, and search for your dead grandmother's old apartment in Santa Monica? If so, then my new story, "The Glow," up now @GuernicaMag, is just the thing for you!
guernicamag.com/the-glow/
7
19
1,566
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Check out our new online fiction feature "Sleds Like Bats" by Jeffrey S. Chapman!
southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#fiction #litmagazine #writingcommunity
1
2
59
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Our latest book review is now up on the site! Read N.S. Boone's review of Jorie Graham's KILLING SPREE, out today from @fsgbooks
southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#poetry #bookreview #poetrycollection #litmag #WritingCommunity
4
7
208
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Ready to submit your poems of witness?
The Auburn Witness Prize is open now until June 1. Submit 3 poems for judge A. Van Jordan
Winner receives $1,000 & the opportunity to read at an event presented by @TheJuleMuseum
southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#poetry #writingcommunity
15
25
2,258
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Check out our new online fiction feature "Sugar Pop" by Johanna Castro!
southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#fiction #litmagazine #writingcommunity
1
6
85
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Listen to familiar music in "I Believed in the Sound" by Diana Keren Lee
Explore SHR 58.4: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry
1
7
88
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Pray the levees hold in "On Hurricane Ida and Other Disasters: A Letter to My American Son" by Gabriela Mayes
Explore more of our winter issue: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #nonfiction
2
4
99
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Ok, now you can marvel at the FULL list of the participants!
(sorry to all, we're clearly overwhelmed by the awesomeness of this upcoming event.)
ALT Background: Blue Foreground: Word in yellow reads: Featuring Words in white read: Valerie Bandura, Svetlana Binshtok, Daniel Blokh, Katie Farris, Katarzyna Jakubiak, Victoria Juharyan, Andrea Jurjevic, Ilya Kaminsky, Julia Kolchinsky, Maria Kuznetsova, Ellen Litman, Olga Livshin, olga mikolaivna, Asya Partan, Irina Reyn, Ena Selimović, Lucy Silbaugh, Alina Sivorinovsky Wickham, Lana Spendl, Alina Stefanescu, Natalya Sukhonos, Vlada Teper, Katherine E. Young, Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, Olga Zilberbourg, and Lena Zycinsky.
5
6
166
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Submissions open this Sunday, February 15th in fiction (print and online) and nonfiction!
Fiction is capped so submit early!
Learn more: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#WritingCommunity #litmag
1
15
56
1,502
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
I had such a good experience with these editors when they published my story "Not Everyone Says Goodbye." Send in your best work!
Submissions open February 15 in fiction (print & online) & nonfiction!
There are a limited number free subs available. We will close fiction (print) after 250 paid subs are received & close online fiction after 100 subs are received.
southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#WritingCommunity
3
14
31
1,245
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Less than 2 weeks left to apply to Auburn's MA program in English/Creative Writing! Gain publishing experience with SHR and two years of full funding!
Deadline: Feb. 15
More info at cla.auburn.edu/english & applygrad.auburn.edu
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #litmags
1
5
114
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Watch gray smoke gather in "Liquid amber trees" by Jessie Wingate
Read more from our latest issue: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry
1
8
103
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Assume a "Posture of Apology" by Lim Hyeon translated by Yaerim Gen Kwon
Read an excerpt: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #fiction #translation
1
3
94
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
Auburn's MA program in English/Creative Writing is open for applications until February 15th! Gain publishing experience with SHR and two years of full funding! More info at cla.auburn.edu/english and applygrad.auburn.edu.
#WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #litmags
1
3
143
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
22 Dec 2025
Join us in congratulating contributors Shala Erlich, Christine Hale, Maggie Nye, and Nell Smith!
Their work in SHR was selected as "Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024" in The Best American Essays 2025!
#WritingCommunity #litmag #nonfiction
1
7
158
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
19 Dec 2025
Wear a crust of dirt in "After the Rain" by @tinybecomings
Find SHR 58.4 here: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #poetry
2
6
159
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
14 Nov 2025
This! "Maybe that money would have been better spent on multiple debuts, or on supporting a variety of authors at more advanced stages of their careers."
lithub.com/the-publishing-in… @mashawrites thanks for the recommend @SashaVasilyuk
1
2
80
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
13 Nov 2025
Feel your teeth buzz in "Someone Else's Wish" by Julie Pecoraro
Read the story's beginning here: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#litmag #WritingCommunity #fiction
2
5
210
11 Nov 2025
Hi! My essay, "The Publishing Industry Gambled On Me...and Lost" is up @lithub today.
And no, the humor of a novel about a postpartum mom feeling like a loser not selling was not lost on me! 😆
lithub.com/the-publishing-in…
1
4
126
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
31 Oct 2025
Sleep, cascading, in "Reasons to Launch One Thousand Ships" by Clayton Spencer
Explore SHR 58.3 here: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#poetry #WritingCommunity #litmag
1
5
122
Maria Kuznetsova retweeted
4 Nov 2025
Claim rage and the scent of rain in "Ensuring That My Grief Knows I Mean Business, in the Land of Swinging Bridges" by Clayton Spencer
Read more poetry: southernhumanitiesreview.com…
#poetry #WritingCommunity #litmag
1
6
181