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Molly Akin
@mollyakin.bsky.social
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Kansas transplant to coastal MA. Director of a historic library and poet interested in origins and the myths we carry | she/her | mollyakin.com
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New journal accepting submissions
swiftslitmag.bsky.social s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 1d
We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
An image of the about page for a new literary magazine, simple black text on white background with a line-drawn swift (bird) at the top: s w i f t s is a literary magazine edited by Jeremy Michael Reed. You may submit up to five pieces of creative work regardless of genre. Like our namesake, the journal prioritizes pieces that are adept in multiple ways at the same time: speed and strength, quick movements and longevity of flight, drag and thrust. We welcome simultaneous submissions, but please notify us when your work is accepted by another publisher. If you are submitting translations, please include the original language version and proof that you have permission to translate the work. If you are incorporating work you did not create yourself into your piece, please acknowledge it in your cover letter and provide any proof of permission if necessary. Rights revert back to the author after publication, though we do ask for an acknowledgment when the work later appears elsewhere and we maintain non-exclusive anthology rights in case we publish a print anthology in the future. We nominate for Best of the Net, Pushcart Prizes, Best American anthologies, The O’Henry Prize, Best Literary Translations, Best Microfictions, and other awards as applicable. If there’s a place we should be nominating work we aren’t already, please let us know. To contact the editors or submit your writing, please email swiftslitmag@gmail.com. We look forward to reading your work.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for picking up the first of a series of med side effect poems.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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what a piece today, from Molly Akin!!

"One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed."

https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
November 22, 2025 Evolution Molly Akin One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed. I waited. One time I lost sorrow; it slipped out and was buried under sand. Finely ground shells and bits of fur. One time my ancestors came walking out of the sea. They collected the bits of rock and bone and feather and fur and fashioned me. Now I fly with open mouth, trailing words and shouting meaning: “Look at what I lost.” Another swoop, closer to the ground now: “Look at what I found.” Now tusks curl from my mouth. I charge at memory, tossing aside its fragile weight that once pined me hollow. Now I am the one who will turn and return, slipping gently into water.
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Death leaves Us homesick, who behind, Except that it is gone Are ignorant of it’s Concern As if it were not born. Through all their former Places, we Like Individuals go Who something lost, the seeking for Is all that’s left them, now -
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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My first Pushcart nomination! Thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for nominating "Tail" from my chapbook.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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I am afraid to own a Body - I am afraid to own a Soul - Profound - precarious Property - Possession, not optional - Double Estate, entailed at pleasure Opon an unsuspecting Heir - Duke in a moment of Deathlessness And God, for a Frontier.
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call??

— @aaronburch.bsky.social

open now:
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DST morning call it's been a minute since I did a spontaneous call going to keep this open until 8am ET. maybe 8:30? maybe even 9?? we'll see send me something I'll love no limits (but for these calls I really mostly like short stuff that grabs my attention fast and hard) 💀 —aaron
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
Literary Arts Fund logo
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years. n.pr/3WYkn3o
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Signed copies are off!
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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She's here! Holding my first book is both overwhelming and wonderful. Huge thanks to @janehuffman.bsky.social, @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, and Tatiana Johnson-Boria for the generous blurbs and support. Forever grateful for Jane's guidance and editor's eye.
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Started off 42 by sharing a stage w/ @janehuffman.bsky.social, @chloemartinez.bsky.social, Ellen Kombiyil, and Minal Hajratwala at Lit Youngstown. It was a soul filling birthday weekend!
Photo showing Mo
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Sharing my new (and first!) craft essay on the Brevity Blog. brevity.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/f...
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Brevity literary magazine showcases essays by @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @marjiealonso.com. Richard Robbins, Toni Judnitch, Heather Shaw, @mollyakin.bsky.social , @jtwattles.bsky.social, Dana Wall, Heather Kindree Thomas, @suelick.bsky.social, Julie Hou, and Lori White.
brevitymag.com
Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction | Brevity: The journal devoted exclusively to the concise literary nonfiction.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Today's the last day to preorder "Hospice" before 9/26 pub date. Preorders are 15% off the list price.
mollyakin.bsky.social Molly Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social · Jul 23
“In these poems, the reader sojourns across a defamiliarized world, acutely described with a Dickinsonian economy and cataloged, freshly, by Akin’s fine-toothed aesthetic.” Such generous words about "Hospice" from @janehuffman.bsky.social.

Preorder: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/hosp...
Hospice by Molly Akin – NWVS #186 – Finishing Line Press
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August 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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sometimes you really do write a whole poem just to give one beautiful phrase a home
August 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Stopped all the adulting for thirty minutes to build a fairy house with the eight year old. We especially like the kitchen sink that holds water. By far the best part of today.
Detail of a child's fairy house showing a piece of bark, a fern, hydrangeas and an oyster shell balanced on a rock as a sink.
July 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We are thrilled that ONE BOAT by @jcbuckley.bsky.social is longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
July 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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“In these poems, the reader sojourns across a defamiliarized world, acutely described with a Dickinsonian economy and cataloged, freshly, by Akin’s fine-toothed aesthetic.” Such generous words about "Hospice" from @janehuffman.bsky.social.

Preorder: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/hosp...
Hospice by Molly Akin – NWVS #186 – Finishing Line Press
www.finishinglinepress.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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July 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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A little ocean for today
An ocean view showing multiple wave breaks in front of a blue sky
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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My debut poetry collection is now available for preorder. Called "A strong, memorable debut collection!” by @josehernandezdz.bsky.social poems reckon with the intimate work of caregiving. Preorder by August 31st for a 15% discount from my publisher. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/hosp...
July 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM