Frances Klein

Frances Klein (she/her) is an Alaskan poet and teacher. Klein is the author of the poetry collection Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025). She is a founding editor of Flight: A Literary Sampler, and editor at The Weight Journal. Klein’s flash and poetry have appeared in Best Microfictions, The London Magazine, Rattle, The Harvard Advocate and others.

On the Day My Son Says I Work Too Much

A golden shovel with thanks to Dylan Thomas There are whales bubble-feeding in the channel, but I won’t know until the sea splashes across the front page, humpback yawning like a bored schoolboy, a churn of eagles hovering above, each talon a blade. Where was I at when life was happening? Where were my children, their world presenting itself to… Read more →