meara sharma

writer etc.

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

If literary fame is random, literary failure is just as random. In which I celebrate the self-saboteur and poke around in cemeteries, for @believermag: https://t.co/Qkt3R22VW4

[Mythili Rao @MythiliRao]

“It’s refreshing to see an institutional show trust in the implicit power of artworks to produce feeling and meaning, and trust in the audience to find their own way through.” Gorgeous piece by @mearasharma on a gorgeous show: https://t.co/ujbhzKFpkB

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

@MythiliRao thank you <3

[The Believer @believermag]

“Behind the souvenirs and the cinemas, the fast food and the flashing lights, that which actually surrounds you... has been disciplined into a backdrop.”

—@mearasharma reflects on Land’s End, a scenic and historic site turned tourist trap

https://t.co/0pBF9o1Pe3

[Hillary Brenhouse @hbrenhouse]

So thrilled that this AWP panel on experiments in time across genres has been accepted — and excited to be in conversation with the brilliant @elissawashuta, Jaquira Díaz, @sasha_fletcher, and @shzehuitjoa. Also, @elasticmag will debut in LA, holy shit.

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

"...a fur trapper blinded by yellow snow, a leprechaun masturbating into pancake batter, an intellectual dog, a fraudulent mystery man selling Nirvana."
in which @RudiZygadlo is good at writing about music. Plus, a word that will now enter my daily vocabulary (Anemoia)

[Rudi Zygadlo @RudiZygadlo]

A lot of records are 50 years old at the moment. I wrote something about #Zappa ’s Apostrophe(’); maximalism then, now and tomorrow. On substack

https://t.co/VolgLccORU

[The Believer @believermag]

"Trajectories of success, as Walrond’s story demonstrates, are usually at odds with the vicissitudes of life, and the restlessness and changeability that tend to define creative people."

—@mearasharma’s essay on the Caribbean author Eric Walrond

https://t.co/zcFNWwlGxl

[alain servais @aservais1]

Bharti Kher, Yorkshire Sculpture Park @YSPsculpture review by @mearasharma — magical transformations of glass into gold. The British-Indian artist draws on politics, religious traditions and her cultural heritage to make works of subtle power. https://t.co/QlRBXWsn1F via @ft

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

Me on kedgeree, food doppelgängers, and the pleasures of inauthenticity, for @factoryintl https://t.co/xittxkwQLb

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

crushed cars, melted bangles, banana-headed djinns... a visceral delight to write about Bharti Kher's alchemical art practice for the @FT https://t.co/cf4bTOA0yU

[Rudi Zygadlo @RudiZygadlo]

I spoke to Olympics Musical Director Victor Le Masne about that opening ceremony for @guardian https://t.co/ogrWA4NggH

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

was a pleasure to think about why artists keep making art, paths forged by desire, and Stacey D'Erasmo's new book, for the @washingtonpost: https://t.co/xfnhh68Yyg

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

“As she continues to do anything but write her essay, Annabel’s fixation on the sonnets transmutes into a broader ethic of attention.” @mearasharma reviews Rosalind Brown's debut novel, “Practice.” https://t.co/TrXT6TFrr1

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

excited to have a new short story in the Washington Square Review (@on_squ) ! it is an unhinged tale of creative desperation.... featuring cougars, turbomachinery, clawfoot tubs & more
https://t.co/HcPFmETC8z

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

@hbrenhouse @elasticmag 💜 💜 💜

[meara sharma @mearasharma]

I am so thrilled to be working with treasured friend and brilliant editorial mind @hbrenhouse on a NEW MAGAZINE of psychedelic art and literature.... follow @elasticmag and stay tuned for its glorious arrival in spring 2025 💫 💫 💫

https://t.co/zw1AWuaRoh

[Lauren Markham @LaurenMarkham_]

HOLY SHIT this is dreamy mag dreamed up by this dreamy editor 🌀💓

[Hillary Brenhouse @hbrenhouse]

So grateful to be embarking on this with the incredible @mearasharma and a very dreamy band of contributing editors and artists, incl. Jaquira Diaz, @amandathegunn, @jiazilla, @lmvandenberg, @ambernoelle, and other brilliant human beings. First issue coming at you in spring 2025.

[Hillary Brenhouse @hbrenhouse]

oh, thank you so much for your wonderful support and for wanting to read strange things that mess with time and space. You can follow @elasticmag on here and sign up for updates over at https://t.co/hqfsesdWdH

[Hillary Brenhouse @hbrenhouse]

It still doesn't seem real, but somehow, some way, UC Berkeley and Harvard are going to support my weird little magazine. Which means that after twenty solid years of dreaming about it, I'm making a print mag of writing and art. https://t.co/I2vG7IHYxR