noam keim (they/them) is a trauma worker, medicine maker and flâneur freak. Their non-fiction writing weaves themes close to their heart: reverence to the land, antizionism, queerness, colonialism, plants, abolition. They are a Lambda Literary ’22 Fellow, an RWW ’23 Fellow, a Tin House ’23 Fellow, a Sewanee ’23 contributor and a Periplus ’23 Fellow mentored by Grace Talusan. noam has received residencies from Nawat Fes, Citalledarte, Pocoapoco, Norton Island and others Their writing can be found in the Kenyon Review, the Massachusetts Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, Foglifter, etc. Their first essay collection the Land is Holy came out via Radix in May 2024 and won the 2025 Evelyn Shakir Best Arab American Creative Non Fiction Award. Connect on IG: noamkeim or noamkeim.com.
