@amethystwrites.bsky.social
Writer, binge reader, and science nerd. Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing. 2x Pushcart Prize nominee. Words in Electric Lit, Pinch Journal, Catamaran, Variant Lit, Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules, and more. https://amethystloscocco.com
"And yes, Amma, I am a bit nervous about the next thing because it is new and I don’t like new things.”
@pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social
Honored my essay "Learning to Walk Again, Again, Again" was named a finalist in WOW Women on Writing's essay contest! This one is very dear to me and I'm grateful to have it republished after originally being published in print by @pinchjournal.bsky.social.
wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/pr...
I've been binging memoirs the last couple of years as I work on my own. They can be so powerful! But I will always read a new book by Alix Harrow. She's the fiction exception on this list and her latest did not disappoint! :)
Here’s some of my favorite #books I read in 2025. With the exception of one, these are all memoir/nonfiction. Even if you don’t read much memoir, give these a try and you might be surprised by the way they resonate with you and this moment we are living in. Have you read any of these? Happy reading!
I'm so sorry, Shannon. That's a lot. Sending hugs and peace. 💜
Congratulations!!! I'm so excited for you! Can't wait to read it!
"...but I can hear the rattle of my own howl still lodged in my left lung and sometimes I think about who it would hurt if I let it tear free. What curse would I break, or what blessing? How bad could it be if I let in the moon?"
Phew... this is so good!
Disabled Americans experience the highest rates of poverty of every marginalized group in America. 27% live below the poverty line (12% for ableds).
Their median earnings are $18,865 compared to $28,983 for the abled.
These numbers WILL get worse.
If you can help you will save lives.
Catamaran invites you to meander through the world of art and literature with our new Fall 2025 edition. With works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and an interview with Percival Everett, this issue will be the perfect reintroduction to the tranquility of fall.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025
I have a new little flash essay up at @xraylitmag.bsky.social today. It was stupid hard to write this, y'all.
Thank you, XRAY. ♥️
xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...
Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses
It's so good and thoughtful!
A thoughtful and thought-provoking essay by @devonfredericksen.bsky.social.
Thanks for the recommendation, @amethystwrites.bsky.social!
For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.
"It started with an “I voted” sticker.
I stuck it on my cane, and soon
came my first cane compliment,
a jolt that echoed throughout my body.
Could it be possible to be proud
of my cane?"
new ode today from M.S. Marquart!!
https://www.havehashad.com/53j3e
This is where I'll be this weekend!🤩 Come say hi! 👋
It was such an honor to read my essay "When We Lived Outside" from Catamaran's garden issue last week alongside other terrific #writers. The Hakone Gardens were stunning and the turnout of so many wonderful readers and supporters was truly heartwarming! 🌺
I'll be reading my essay "When We Lived Outside" from @catamaranlit.bsky.social's Garden issue along with other wonderful contributors at the gorgeous Hakone Gardens in Saratoga on May 7th. Come on by if you are anywhere in the Bay Area! 🌺
I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.
It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.
To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟
"But today someone needs me, and I have come to clasp her hands and feet, to shout encouragement in her native tongue, which the nurse and obstetrician do not know – ¡Veo su pelo! ¡Veo su oreja!"
Read our latest #BeautifulThings essay by @janinalapapita.bsky.social here:
For @electricliterature.com I wrote about the lack of disability representation in writing workshops, my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, and seven recent poetry collections about the disability experience.
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
One more spotlight on our issue 20 prose ✨️
variantlit.com/issue-twenty/
Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
That’s a wrap #AWP25!!! We had so much fun and look forward to our continued connection on the page! 📚 ✍️ 📚
Visit us at booth 926 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair this coming week in LA!
✍️ Book signings with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jeanne Wagner, Brad Crenshaw, & Charles Hood!
🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription and get the brand new Garden Issue in addition to the 4 print editions.
#AWP #AWP2025 #AWP25
Yes!! Thanks! Happy reading!
Very excited to dig into this gorgeous issue of Catamaran! @catamaranlit.bsky.social
Yay!! Happy reading! 🌺
"Outside we ran like a coyote pack of sisters through the desert..." 🌵☀️
I have a wild childhood #essay in the latest issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social about growing up on a farm in the desert of New Mexico. Order yourself a copy of this gorgeous mag! catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-i...