Divinity School

Divinity School • A letter every Sunday at sunset • If you’re always looking, after some time you’ll have seen

About Kasia Nikhamina

I am a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction and a 2025 Writing Fellow at A Public Space. My work has been published in Roxane Gay’s The Audacity and INTIMA: A Journal of Narrative Medicine.

I have work forthcoming in A Public Space, The Audacity, and "SEARCH WORK," an essay anthology (OR Books 2026).

My work has been supported by A Public Space (2025), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (2024, 2026) and Millay Arts (2012, 2013).

I write Divinity School, a letter every Sunday at sunset, with 400 subscribers: kasianikhamina.com

I also run Redbeard Bikes, a bike fit studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn, with Ilya, my husband.

Published work

“What else can I give you?” — on Roxane Gay’s The Audacity
“COVID: Theme & Escalations” — on INTIMA: A journal of narrative medicine
“My only earrings” — on The Keepthings

Forthcoming

My story, JUNCO & WOLF, will appear in the winter issue of A Public Space. A Public Space’s mission is to “seek out overlooked and unclassifiable work, and to publish writing from beyond established confines.” Subscribe here.

My essay, PROOF, won Roxane Gay’s love letter contest, and will be published in The Audacity in the near future. Subscribe to The Audacity to get my essay in your inbox the day it goes live.

My essay, You’ll Know It When You Find It (tentative title), will be published in SEARCH WORK (OR Books, 2026) a collection of essays edited by Rachel Meade Smith. Rachel curates Words of Mouth, a weekly newsletter sharing opportunities for professional and creative development across design, the arts, education, information, and the built environment.

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Your paid subscription buys me time to work on my debut novel. Thank you for your support!

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Events

No new readings or events scheduled, check back soon!

Recent events:
- Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at MUST LOVE MEMOIR at Jake’s Dilemma, 430 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn. Behind the Pen event with A Public Space, as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival.
- Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Michael Yates Crowley's HEARTH GODS.

Why Ghost?

I started Divinity School in 2020, as a TinyLetter titled "Extraordinary Time." In July 2023, I moved to Substack. Over time, Substack began to feel more and more like a social media platform. I didn't like that. And I didn't like giving Substack 10% of my subscription revenue in perpetuity.

So, here I am!

For full transparency: now I pay Ghost(Pro) $35/month for the "newsletter" function, SquareSpace $20/year for my domain, and Stripe an 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee on each paid subscription.

Thank you, readers!