Amethyst Loscocco

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.
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SWALLOW by Hannah Grieco The pharmacist has to get the key, which is missing for the moment. The tech apologizes. It was hanging by the fridge in the back, just yesterday. He’s not sure where it went, but the pharmacist will ...

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! 🤩
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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.

Ode to My Cane by M.S. Marquart 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? Before, there…

"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... 🧪🛟

In the Delivery Room By Jeannine Pitas Leaves know to grow each April, to fall in October; one body emerges from another…

"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:

7 Poetry Collections About the Disability Experience - Electric Literature These poets challenge ableist narratives to claim space in literature

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...

List of prose contributors from Variant issue 20: The Spirit Fisher by Tom Lee Song of Reason by Jennifer McMahon Soft and Warm Against Me by Evan Morgan Williams A Legacy of Birds by Thom Hawkins Spine of Hard Bone by by e. säfverblad nelson The Opposite of Dusk by Ron Riekki Pogo by Suzanne C Martinez The Man in the Corner of My Eye by Nathaniel Mumau We Blazed by Amethyst Loscocco Zizzi by Hongwei Bao The Girl Most Likely To by Sarah Freligh Sail On, Valhallan by Travis Flatt Clutch by Stephanie Frazee T4.N1. by Beth Sherman The Ways We Orbit by Kyle Weik

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!
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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...

Read this beautiful story on storytelling. "We do not forget our mothers. We tell stories to keep each other alive." 💙#writing

We Blazed Visit the post for more.

“The last time I saw my brother, Jay, a comet seared the night sky. I’m not saying the two things are connected, that the shit we did that night was cosmically important. But sometimes I wonder.”

In “We Blazed,” by
@amethystwrites.bsky.social, wonder and awe abound: variantlit.com/we-blazed/

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others

https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R

Boosting for the sake of amplifying the goodness that prevails in this world.

Thanks Shannon! 💚

We Blazed Visit the post for more.

"The last time I saw my brother, Jay, a comet seared the night sky. I’m not saying the two things are connected, that the shit we did that night was cosmically important. But sometimes I wonder..." variantlit.com/we-blazed/

So excited to share my wild fiery flash story "We Blazed" in the new issue of @variantlit.bsky.social alongside these other exceptional writers! 🔥 🛹 💫

We Blazed Visit the post for more.

Lots of great stuff in the newest issue of @variantlit.bsky.social. Especially love this wild little flash piece from @amethystwrites.bsky.social; check it out!

variantlit.com/we-blazed/