Sharing my new (and first!) craft essay on the Brevity Blog. brevity.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/f...

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

Today's the last day to preorder "Hospice" before 9/26 pub date. Preorders are 15% off the list price.

sometimes you really do write a whole poem just to give one beautiful phrase a home

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.

We are thrilled that ONE BOAT by @jcbuckley.bsky.social is longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

“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...

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...

Some personal news… @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are relaunching @therumpus.net!!! And I’m excited to be joining their team as poetry editor! 🤓 WEEEEE!!! You can submit your poetry for consideration here: therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Beautiful review of @dcazdn.bsky.social latest book. I'm very much looking forward to being in conversation with David and @poetmercurio.bsky.social this evening. Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I had a lot of fun building my reading set for tonight's WTUI reading. I have an extra luxe twenty minutes to read. This micro published in @identitytheory.bsky.social will be in the mix. @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social www.identitytheory.com/executor-tan... Tonight at 7:30 EST: bit.ly/WTUIJul2025.

A generous gift of a close read from @poetmercurio.bsky.social. Join us tonight at 7:30pm EST.

Preparing for next Tuesday's What The Universe Is: @mollyakin.bsky.social and David Cazden by doing a close reading of Dave's poem "Vertigo" over on my Substack: damncurious.substack.com/p/a-close-re... Go check it out and then register for the reading! bit.ly/WTUIJul2025

Very much looking forward to this conversation moderated by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social. Free -- register to join: bit.ly/WTUIJul2025!

Thanks for sharing this, @splitlipthemag.bsky.social!

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Hospice by Molly Akin On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/hosp... Winner of the New Women’s Voices Prize in Poetry, Hospice catalogs a decade in the poet’s life marked by becoming a #mother while supporting a #terminally #ill parent #caregiving.

Exciting news from @mollyakin.bsky.social . . . and a great excuse to order another book. 📚

A grief poem in The Inflectionist Review Issue 20. www.inflectionism.com/20-molly-aki...

thrilled to be able to share my vague publishing news 💛💛💛 my next chapbook “Naming a Dying Thing” is coming in 2025 from Yellow Arrow Publishing!

This micro is in my forthcoming chap "Hospice." Thanks to @identitytheory.bsky.social and @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for giving it a home first 💕 Preorder ➡️ www.finishinglinepress.com/product/hosp...

If you've ever wanted to hear the brilliant poets Megan Pinto and Michael Dhyne read without leaving the comfort of your home, you'll be able to do exactly that on Thursday, June 12 at 7:30pm Eastern. Register at bit.ly/WTUIJun2025! @megg-bean.bsky.social

"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

Whoa, look at what FOUR lines of poetry can do. Powerful.

Sharing an intimate reflection on childbirth and our poor maternal outcomes in the US in @paraselenemag.bsky.social issue 2: paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/m...

Featuring works by: @helendestroy.bsky.social @mollyakin.bsky.social @poetlaurie.bsky.social @clayrebenz.bsky.social ... and many more!

A small grief poem in @identitytheory.bsky.social this week. A million thanks to @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for picking it up. www.identitytheory.com/executor-tan...

ICYMMM (in case you missed micro monday!) we published one micro prose piece by @mrsfanster.bsky.social and one micro poetry piece by @mollyakin.bsky.social they go so, so well together. both pieces are linked in the comments. thanks for reading and sharing! @identitytheory.bsky.social

"we invent our hauntings from feeble connections" New micro from @mollyakin.bsky.social

masspoetryfest2025.sched.com/event/23GPb/... Looking forward to being in Salem, MA later this month for "The Informal Formal: A Craft Reading" with @poetmercurio.bsky.social, Tatiana Johnson-Boria, and Desiree C. Bailey. Should be a fun exploration of how we each reckon with form.

‼️Contributors for Issue no. 2‼️ On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️

A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it. letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...

"Hands Off" in my small coastal town... people showed up.

Well done @booker.senate.gov. Well done, indeed.

Send, send—could not have had my words handled with more care or attention 🙏📚💙

the feminine urge to

Check out our interview with Diane Seuss, judge of the 2025 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, conducted by Alex Watanen. Check out the interview, contest info, and more at passagesnorth.com

Charles Simic

Exhausting ...

A little bit of good news here in MA. We'll finally have a poet laureate! massculturalcouncil.org/blog/governo...

Dear #BookSky can you help us find our lost audience? We left 140,00 people behind on X and we want to reconnect!

Proud of my small town for coming together in protest today. Artwork courtesy of my 11 yo.

Excited, nervous, curious, glad! If you’re in DC environs, come say hi! Thanks so much to Carolyn Forché for inviting me. 7:00PM ET - Riggs Library - LANNAN Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University lannan.georgetown.edu/announcement...

Check it out! There's a close reading of Rita Banerjee's poem "Birds on Blue" over on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/damncuri... You can catch Rita reading with @amandacecilypoet.bsky.social on Tuesday, February 11 @ 7:30pm Eastern on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/WTUIFeb2025!

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!

If anyone would like to chip in to keep the Guesthouse archive active on Squarespace, I'd love a little assist; healthcare bills have cost me thousands in the last six months & I'm running a bit short. Venmo at jane-huffman. I know there are more pressing causes, so no pressure.