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Molly Akin
@mollyakin.bsky.social
Kansas transplant to coastal MA. Director of a historic library and poet interested in origins and the myths we carry | she/her | mollyakin.com
New journal accepting submissions
We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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 at 4:09 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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
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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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:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
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.
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.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Signed copies are off!
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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
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!
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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.
brevitymag.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today's the last day to preorder "Hospice" before 9/26 pub date. Preorders are 15% off the list price.
“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
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
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.
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
“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
A little ocean for today
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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