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
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
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...
Signed copies are off!
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Signed copies are off!
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
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.
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
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!
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
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.
A little ocean for today
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A little ocean for today
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
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...
"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏
My first collection, "Hospice," is available for pre-order! "In a lean but hard-hitting, visceral verse, Akin ardently depicts what it is like dealing with the loss of a mother, void and haunting memory.” The kindest words from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social 🙏 @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My first collection, "Hospice," is available for pre-order! "In a lean but hard-hitting, visceral verse, Akin ardently depicts what it is like dealing with the loss of a mother, void and haunting memory.” The kindest words from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social 🙏 @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
"Hands Off" in my small coastal town... people showed up.
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Hands Off" in my small coastal town... people showed up.
Proud of my small town for coming together in protest today. Artwork courtesy of my 11 yo.
February 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Proud of my small town for coming together in protest today. Artwork courtesy of my 11 yo.
I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!