Amethyst Loscocco
@amethystwrites.bsky.social
Writer, binge reader, and science nerd. Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. Words in Electric Lit, Pinch Journal, Catamaran, Variant Lit, Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules, and more.
https://amethystloscocco.com
https://amethystloscocco.com
"...but I can hear the rattle of my own howl still lodged in my left lung and sometimes I think about who it would hurt if I let it tear free. What curse would I break, or what blessing? How bad could it be if I let in the moon?"
Phew... this is so good!
Phew... this is so good!
Incredibly pleased to have a new piece in KHÔRA's 49th issue this month...
LaDonna Witmer | Sea Swimming — KHÔRA
In the sea near Galway a woman howls at the full moon. She howls with her mouth full of salt. Salt and blood and something deeper than language. Last week her father died. He died in a lawn chair unde...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"...but I can hear the rattle of my own howl still lodged in my left lung and sometimes I think about who it would hurt if I let it tear free. What curse would I break, or what blessing? How bad could it be if I let in the moon?"
Phew... this is so good!
Phew... this is so good!
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Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
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Catamaran invites you to meander through the world of art and literature with our new Fall 2025 edition. With works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and an interview with Percival Everett, this issue will be the perfect reintroduction to the tranquility of fall.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025
catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Catamaran invites you to meander through the world of art and literature with our new Fall 2025 edition. With works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and an interview with Percival Everett, this issue will be the perfect reintroduction to the tranquility of fall.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025
catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025
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I have a new little flash essay up at @xraylitmag.bsky.social today. It was stupid hard to write this, y'all.
Thank you, XRAY. ♥️
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Thank you, XRAY. ♥️
xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...
SWALLOW by Hannah Grieco
The pharmacist has to get the key, which is missing for the moment. The tech apologizes. It was hanging by the fridge in the back, just yesterday. He’s not sure where it went, but the pharmacist will ...
xraylitmag.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I have a new little flash essay up at @xraylitmag.bsky.social today. It was stupid hard to write this, y'all.
Thank you, XRAY. ♥️
xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...
Thank you, XRAY. ♥️
xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...
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Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses
✍️ Grab a spot in The Art of Brevity Workshop with @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social!
🗓️ August 30th on Zoom at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific
Register: catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for...
#fiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcommunity #writingclasses #theartofbrevity
🗓️ August 30th on Zoom at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific
Register: catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for...
#fiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcommunity #writingclasses #theartofbrevity
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses
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A thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social.
Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
“There’s something about the thrill of discovery that can make a person believe what they’ve found is theirs now—to claim, to guard, to name.” @devonfredericksen.bsky.social for Switchyard
www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/whal...
www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/whal...
To Steal a Whale Bone — Switchyard
By Devon Fredericksen
www.switchyardmag.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social.
Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
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For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.
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"It started with an “I voted” sticker.
I stuck it on my cane, and soon
came my first cane compliment,
a jolt that echoed throughout my body.
Could it be possible to be proud
of my cane?"
new ode today from M.S. Marquart!!
https://www.havehashad.com/53j3e
I stuck it on my cane, and soon
came my first cane compliment,
a jolt that echoed throughout my body.
Could it be possible to be proud
of my cane?"
new ode today from M.S. Marquart!!
https://www.havehashad.com/53j3e
Ode to My Cane by M.S. Marquart
It started with an “I voted” sticker. I stuck it on my cane, and soon came my first cane compliment, a jolt that echoed throughout my body. Could it be possible to be proud of my cane? Before, there…
www.havehashad.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"It started with an “I voted” sticker.
I stuck it on my cane, and soon
came my first cane compliment,
a jolt that echoed throughout my body.
Could it be possible to be proud
of my cane?"
new ode today from M.S. Marquart!!
https://www.havehashad.com/53j3e
I stuck it on my cane, and soon
came my first cane compliment,
a jolt that echoed throughout my body.
Could it be possible to be proud
of my cane?"
new ode today from M.S. Marquart!!
https://www.havehashad.com/53j3e
This is where I'll be this weekend!🤩 Come say hi! 👋
👋 Come visit us at table #61 at the Bay Area Book Festival on Sunday, June 1st! We will be near the poetry stage on Kittredge St. 📚
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#bayareabookfest
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#bayareabookfest
May 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is where I'll be this weekend!🤩 Come say hi! 👋
It was such an honor to read my essay "When We Lived Outside" from Catamaran's garden issue last week alongside other terrific #writers. The Hakone Gardens were stunning and the turnout of so many wonderful readers and supporters was truly heartwarming! 🌺
May 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It was such an honor to read my essay "When We Lived Outside" from Catamaran's garden issue last week alongside other terrific #writers. The Hakone Gardens were stunning and the turnout of so many wonderful readers and supporters was truly heartwarming! 🌺
I'll be reading my essay "When We Lived Outside" from @catamaranlit.bsky.social's Garden issue along with other wonderful contributors at the gorgeous Hakone Gardens in Saratoga on May 7th. Come on by if you are anywhere in the Bay Area! 🌺
Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, Catamaran will host readings by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens 🌸 21000 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA.
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#poetry #nonfiction #fiction #literaryevents
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#poetry #nonfiction #fiction #literaryevents
April 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'll be reading my essay "When We Lived Outside" from @catamaranlit.bsky.social's Garden issue along with other wonderful contributors at the gorgeous Hakone Gardens in Saratoga on May 7th. Come on by if you are anywhere in the Bay Area! 🌺
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I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
April 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
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"But today someone needs me, and I have come to clasp her hands and feet, to shout encouragement in her native tongue, which the nurse and obstetrician do not know – ¡Veo su pelo! ¡Veo su oreja!"
Read our latest #BeautifulThings essay by @janinalapapita.bsky.social here:
Read our latest #BeautifulThings essay by @janinalapapita.bsky.social here:
In the Delivery Room
By Jeannine Pitas Leaves know to grow each April, to fall in October; one body emerges from another…
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April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"But today someone needs me, and I have come to clasp her hands and feet, to shout encouragement in her native tongue, which the nurse and obstetrician do not know – ¡Veo su pelo! ¡Veo su oreja!"
Read our latest #BeautifulThings essay by @janinalapapita.bsky.social here:
Read our latest #BeautifulThings essay by @janinalapapita.bsky.social here:
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For @electricliterature.com I wrote about the lack of disability representation in writing workshops, my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, and seven recent poetry collections about the disability experience.
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7 Poetry Collections About the Disability Experience - Electric Literature
These poets challenge ableist narratives to claim space in literature
electricliterature.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For @electricliterature.com I wrote about the lack of disability representation in writing workshops, my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, and seven recent poetry collections about the disability experience.
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
March 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
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Visit us at booth 926 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair this coming week in LA!
✍️ Book signings with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jeanne Wagner, Brad Crenshaw, & Charles Hood!
🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription and get the brand new Garden Issue in addition to the 4 print editions.
#AWP #AWP2025 #AWP25
✍️ Book signings with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jeanne Wagner, Brad Crenshaw, & Charles Hood!
🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription and get the brand new Garden Issue in addition to the 4 print editions.
#AWP #AWP2025 #AWP25
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Very excited to dig into this gorgeous issue of Catamaran! @catamaranlit.bsky.social
"Outside we ran like a coyote pack of sisters through the desert..." 🌵☀️
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
March 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Very excited to dig into this gorgeous issue of Catamaran! @catamaranlit.bsky.social
"Outside we ran like a coyote pack of sisters through the desert..." 🌵☀️
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
March 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Outside we ran like a coyote pack of sisters through the desert..." 🌵☀️
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...
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Read this beautiful story on storytelling. "We do not forget our mothers. We tell stories to keep each other alive." 💙#writing
🧵New pub alert! This one is very close to my heart. I teach creative writing and this time last academic semester, I rage-wrote an experimental piece about how important human writing (and all other self-expression) was in a world where ChatGPT and other LLMs pretend at human expression:
"I have been teaching my students that humans are storytellers by nature, and that ChatGPT is neither a storyteller nor product of nature."
From “Exquisite Corpus”, a new Insight piece by Geetha Iyer, read it at The Offing today! theoffingmag.com/insight/exqu...
From “Exquisite Corpus”, a new Insight piece by Geetha Iyer, read it at The Offing today! theoffingmag.com/insight/exqu...
March 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Read this beautiful story on storytelling. "We do not forget our mothers. We tell stories to keep each other alive." 💙#writing
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“The last time I saw my brother, Jay, a comet seared the night sky. I’m not saying the two things are connected, that the shit we did that night was cosmically important. But sometimes I wonder.”
In “We Blazed,” by
@amethystwrites.bsky.social, wonder and awe abound: variantlit.com/we-blazed/
In “We Blazed,” by
@amethystwrites.bsky.social, wonder and awe abound: variantlit.com/we-blazed/
We Blazed
Visit the post for more.
variantlit.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“The last time I saw my brother, Jay, a comet seared the night sky. I’m not saying the two things are connected, that the shit we did that night was cosmically important. But sometimes I wonder.”
In “We Blazed,” by
@amethystwrites.bsky.social, wonder and awe abound: variantlit.com/we-blazed/
In “We Blazed,” by
@amethystwrites.bsky.social, wonder and awe abound: variantlit.com/we-blazed/
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Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others
https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R
https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R
Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others
https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R
https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R
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Boosting for the sake of amplifying the goodness that prevails in this world.
It was such a pleasure and an honor to sit down with Heather Evoy & her beautiful family for this story. We talked about their relationship with their languages, Sm’algya̱x and Lingít, their homelands & the crunchiness & goodness of herring eggs. 📷 Andrés Javier Camacho www.akhf.org/cradling-the...
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Boosting for the sake of amplifying the goodness that prevails in this world.