Jessamyn Violet
LightNews LightNews
banner
jessamynviolet.bsky.social
Jessamyn Violet
@jessamynviolet.bsky.social
17 followers 20 following 3 posts
Writer. Drummer. Other stuff included. www.jessamynviolet.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
neonpajamas.bsky.social
Spending August training for this marathon.

Mark your calendars.

A dozen readers, a dozen presses.

September 5. The Whistler.
Printers Row Lit Fest Offsite Marathon. Friday, September 5 at The Whistler. Doors at 6:00pm. Readings start promptly at 6:30pm. Featuring these presses: Meekling Press, Black Ocean, Maudlin House, Malarkey Books, The Year, BRIDGE, General Things Press, Rose Metal Press, Long Day Press, Ursus Americanus, Verge Books, and more to be announced
August 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
neonpajamas.bsky.social
now THIS is a lineup

@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@clashbooks.bsky.social
@keersteemack.bsky.social
@mallorysmart.bsky.social
@jessamynviolet.bsky.social
@martinezfjulian.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
sad13.horse
june books 🎀
@mlrio.bsky.social
@candicewuehle.bsky.social
@jessamynviolet.bsky.social
@augstone.bsky.social
@noemipress.bsky.social
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
@dandq.bsky.social
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
@haymarketbooks.org
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
66. My Terza Rima by Michael Gizzi (The Figures) 67. Defacing the Monument by Susan Briante (Noemi Press) 68. Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher (Dey Street) 69. Cooler Heads by Julian Tepper (Rare Bird) 70. The Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass by Aug Stone (Stone Soup) 71. Saturnine by Tristen Gaspadarek (Cosmic Thug) 72. Moomin Adventures: Book One by Tove Jansson & Lars Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly) 73. Witchcraft by Marion Gibson (Scribner) 74. Hot Wax by ML Rio (Simon & Schuster) 75. Ultranatural by Candace Wuehle (University of Iowa) 76. Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd (Haymarket) 77. Venice Peach by Jessamyn Violet (Maudlin House) 78. Moomin Adventures: Book Two by Tove Jansson & Lars Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly)
July 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
augstone.bsky.social
New Counterforce podcast up now! Chatting to Jessamyn Violet about writing, music, the difficulties of making art these days, therapy, and her ace new book Venice Peach
@jessamynviolet.bsky.social @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
etceteraetc.podbean.com/e/episode-75...
July 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
rgransden.bsky.social
Had the pleasure of speaking with @jessamynviolet.bsky.social about the novel Venice Peach. Untameable, freaky and out now from @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/hitting-the-...
HITTING THE BOARDWALK AND THE BEAT: AN INTERVIEW WITH JESSAMYN VIOLET by Rebecca Gransden
These actors are cracked. Out from under techno-creep overseers rise the rejects, the dropouts, and the freaks. A counterculture funhouse, home to strung out hedonists, underground musicians, magic pr...
xraylitmag.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
xraylitmag.bsky.social
we have an interview with Jessamyn Violet @jessamynviolet.bsky.social about her new novel ‘Venice Peach’ – out with Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social

subjects: Venice Beach, music, witchcraft, writing, & a bunch of other interesting things !!

xraylitmag.com/hitting-the-...
HITTING THE BOARDWALK AND THE BEAT: AN INTERVIEW WITH JESSAMYN VIOLET by Rebecca Gransden
These actors are cracked. Out from under techno-creep overseers rise the rejects, the dropouts, and the freaks. A counterculture funhouse, home to strung out hedonists, underground musicians, magic pr...
xraylitmag.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
electricliterature.com
Hey, we all do it. Might as well write about it!
buff.ly/VLO41eh
7 Books Featuring Freaky Queer Sex Scenes - Electric Literature
These bold reads illuminate the spectrum of sexuality, but that doesn’t mean they’re all pleasure
electricliterature.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
electricliterature.com
Leave it to the queer bookish people to know how to get properly freaky! (@jessamynviolet.bsky.social)

buff.ly/mNEpHtp
7 Books Featuring Freaky Queer Sex Scenes - Electric Literature
These bold reads illuminate the spectrum of sexuality, but that doesn’t mean they’re all pleasure
electricliterature.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
jessamynviolet.bsky.social
so totally choked up from this radical review in Hobart 🚬🍑🥹💘

www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...
www.hobartpulp.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
jessamynviolet.bsky.social
@luckyacid.bsky.social So excited for my interview with Danielle Altman live on @write-or-die.bsky.social

writeordiemag.com/author-inter...
Jessamyn Violet: On the Future of Sex, Genre Mashups, Los Angeles as Inspiration, and Her Novel ‘Venice Peach’ — Write or Die Magazine
Danielle Altman interviews Jessamyn Violet about her new novel, Venice Peach.
writeordiemag.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
maudlinhouse.bsky.social
She kissed the end of the world like it owed her something.

Venice Peach by Jessamyn Violet: Dystopia never looked this loud...

Out June 6 🍑

shop.maudlinhouse.net/#venice-peach
May 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
jessamynviolet.bsky.social
Venice Peach eBook now available for preorder… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F9...
May 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
mallorysmart.bsky.social
Kristen Arnett: Keep Florida Weird

open.spotify.com/episode/5Trq...
March 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
maudlinhouse.bsky.social
VENICE PEACH SIGNING IN 1 HOUR

Jessamyn Violet is signing her dystopian punk novel Venice Peach at the Maudlin House table.

Grab a copy, snag a sticker, embrace the weird.

Not your typical beach read.

#AWP25 #VenicePeach #JessamynViolet #AWPsigning #IndieLit
March 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Jessamyn Violet signs Venice Peach TOMORROW at AWP. 10–11AM at the Maudlin House table (T253). A dystopian beach book for the misfits. Come through.

#AWP25 #VenicePeach #JessamynViolet #IndieLit
March 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Jessamyn Violet
bobbymillertime.com
SITUATION NOWHERE is out today!
Los Angeles: I'm reading from the book (with a band!) Saturday, the 29th, 6pm @ The Redwood Bar.
Thanks to Mallory & Bulent at Maudlin House for making the dream come true.
PS. See you at #AWP25
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM