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Moss
@mosslit.bsky.social
A journal of the Pacific Northwest, established in 2014. Poetry, prose, and thought.
Big thank you to Third Place Books & Crab Creek Review for inviting us to be part of a rad Celebration of the Seattle Literary Community this week! It was a blast - Vol. 10 contributors Amy Hirayama & Ally Ang read new work.

Btw, Moss Vol. 10 is available NOW! Get it here:
mosslit.com/Subscriptions
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Big congrats to @maxdelsohn.bsky.social on the publication of CRAWL, out today from @graywolfpress.bsky.social!

We love this collection so much! Order it here: bookshop.org/p/books/craw...

& stay tuned for Alayna Becker's interview w Max in Moss Vol. 10, out very soon!
Crawl: Stories
Stories
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October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Seattle! Our pals over at Crab Creek Review have organized a celebration of the city's literary community at Third Place Books on 11/6 - other great orgs like Poetry NW & @jackstraw.org will participate as well! Come hang!

www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/crab-c...
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In this case ONLY, we think it's fine to judge a book by its cover, bc the cover is FAB! Congrats to Moss contributing editor Diana Xin, whose BOOK OF EXEMPLARY WOMEN comes out from @yesyesbooks.bsky.social in Dec. Cover reveal is up at @electricliterature.com electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...
Exclusive Cover Reveal of "Book of Exemplary Women" by Diana Xin - Electric Literature
A ghostly hand with floral veins links generations of women through themes of grief and fragmented reality
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September 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We're pleased to announce that the inimitable @katieleeellison.bsky.social is joining our team as a contributing editor! Katie is an amazing writer herself and runs the fab Nonfiction for No Reason reading series. Here's an essay she published with us a few years back: mosslit.com/katie-lee-el...
May 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Seattle readers! One of our editors, Diana Xin, will be taking part in what looks to be an incredible reading series, Other People's Poems, at @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social on Saturday! Check it out!
May 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚨MOSS SALE🚨

It's bananas to even type, but we are 10 years old this year! To celebrate, we're having our first ever SALE. For a limited time, back issues are 30-50% off, and you can get a sweet deal on Moss hats, previously available only to subscribers. Details on our site: mosslit.com/Moss-Shop
May 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Big congrats to Tessa Hulls, whose graphic memoir FEEDING GHOSTS just won the Pulitzer Prize! Moss contributing editor Diana Xin spoke with Hulls for our most recent edition, Vol. 9 -- you can read the interview here: mosslit.com/Tessa-Hulls-...
May 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Amazing! Big congrats to Vol. 6 contributor @patrycjasara.bsky.social, whose brilliant collection was chosen as a "best new poetry book" by the NYPL. The list is an amazing resource if you happen to be looking for some poetry to read (and really, who isn't?)
wow. immense respect for many of the poets on this list, for their work on the page & in relation. big gratitude that We Contain Landscapes is included here. thank you to the New York Public Library and love to libraries & librarians everywhere 🖤

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April 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨NEW BOOK ALERT🚨

Our pal @leahsottile.bsky.social has a new book out with @grandcentralpub.bsky.social -- BLAZING EYE SEES ALL, an investigation of the modern New Age movement in America. When Leah publishes something new, it's time to pay attention! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leah-...
Blazing Eye Sees All
In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Car...
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March 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We're so pumped! Pre-order Vol. 7 contributor @maxdelsohn.bsky.social's debut collection now! I mean, just look at all the really nice things extremely famous people have said about it! And if you wanna, you can still read Max's story "The Bubble" on our website: mosslit.com/max-delsohn-...
@maxdelsohn.bsky.social's CRAWL—a darkly comic, introspective debut collection that looks beneath the surface of trans life in 2010s Seattle—is out 10/21/25. Do your future self a favor and preorder now!

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March 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hey, Bluesky! We're new here. If you don't know us, we're a literary journal focused on the Pacific Northwest! We haven't done much on social media in a long time, but are looking for new ways to stay connected with the beautiful PNW literary community. Follow along for updates & more!
March 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM