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Mo Daviau

@modaviau.bsky.social

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I wrote EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE (SMP ‘16) and EPIC AND LOVELY (WVU Press '25). Bookseller. Elder Marfanoid. Indie kid forever.

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Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 27m

Columbus gives good coffee shop.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 1d

My dead dad's number was 209-432-1168. I haven't dialed it since 1992.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 2d

I'm well out of NYC at this point, so I'm just going to say that H&H bagels are trash and the bagel I just ate that was made in Morgantown, WV, was far superior in flavor and chew.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 2d

Come see us sometime.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 4d

DC: this is this afternoon!

politics-prose.com/mo-daviau?sr...

Mo Daviau — Epic and Lovely: A Novel - with Kelly Sather — at Conn Ave

Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

politics-prose.com

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 6d

FWIW, I'm totally buying Theo of Golden for my mom for Christmas. She will LOVE it.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 6d

The Allen Levi Theo of Golden auction has big “you don’t like him you’re only dating him because he’s rich” energy.

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 13d

Li'l Pumpkin for #October

cartoon boy dressed as a pumpkin

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t miss these. Really.

electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

electricliterature.com

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 12d

If you can't read the title and author name from ten feet away, it's totally a miss.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 12d

I hate what the world has become and I hate having to think about all those evil, stupid people who only want death and chaos, but at least Ira Kaplan still does on-air fundraisers for WFMU.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 12d

I'll be in NYC next week for the first time in a while! Doing an event with the lovely and talented Roohi Choudhry at Lofty Pigeon in Kensington, Brooklyn. 6:30.

Mo Daviau reading with Roohi Choudhry at Lofty Pigeon Books, 743 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY, Thursday October 9 at 6:30pm.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 12d

Purple water bottle with sparkly cat reading Epic and Lovely sticker

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 12d

Lost my shit watching the new episode of Bob’s Burgers because BOB FOLLOWS HIS DREAM!

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 13d

Bookseller observation:

If someone is buying a book for their dying friend, it's always a book of Mary Oliver poetry.

At least once a week, someone tells me that Mary Oliver purchase is for someone in the hospital.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 14d

Epic and Lovely is not getting reviewed.

If you feel like doing me a big favor, I'm now in the position of begging for Amazon reviews.

If you want to support small press fiction, me personally, oddly-shaped people, or survivors of abuse, please tell someone, or Amazon, about the book.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 14d

Chigozie is one of my MFA classmates--The Road to the Country is wonderful.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 14d

I'm proud to be a local bestseller alongside my friend @keithrosson.bsky.social!

www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...

Portland’s Top Reads: September 2025

Here’s what Portland is reading this month.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 14d

We rule!

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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · 16d

I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 17d

Spokane. It feels like a place you can afford to make art, like Austin 30 years ago. I like this building.

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🩸 Scarin’ Goreslay 🩸 @karencorday.bsky.social · 17d

Loved interviewing my brilliant pal @modaviau.bsky.social about her gorgeous new book, Epic and Lovely, for Two Bossy Dames 💕💕💕 open.substack.com/pub/twobossy...

"This is kind of dark, but follow me to the dark place..."

My friend Mo Daviau wrote, well, an EPIC AND LOVELY book and we talked about it!

open.substack.com

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 18d

I haven't even seen a demonstration here in months.

Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social · 18d

Dyna drew a recliner.

💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 18d

What I drew today: easy chair/recliner/barcalounger

a drawing of a recliner chair

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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social · 19d

"Epic and Lovely is 'alchemizing shit into the most beautiful thing' writ large."

@modaviau.bsky.social shared a playlist for her novel Epic and Lovely at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/09/25/m... @wvupress.bsky.social