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Koss (she/they/Aquarian)

@kossworks.bsky.social

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Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist '25, BSF '20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir Website: https://koss-works.com Buy my book: https://bit.ly/DANCING-BACKWARDS-TOWARDS-PLUPERFECT-PURCHASE

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you're chilling today and have a few moments to read/share this, I'd love it. Patty Paine of @diodeeditions.bsky.social kindly interviewed me about my book! Bonus pictures you probably haven't seen! Thank you. open.substack.com/pub/diode/p/...

Auto Towns, Parking Lots, and Poems That Survive

A Conversation with Koss

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you. You too.

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social, @knifeforkbook.bsky.social, @itsakirby.bsky.social and @susanlleary.bsky.social for sharing my unrequited friendship art.

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you, @iheartnoise.bsky.social, @roseknapp.bsky.social and @susanlleary.bsky.social for sharing!

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 21h

Two Kinds of Unrequited Pink Friendship
#paint, #unrequited, #friendship, #art

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. This is how you do it, folks. You don't say you have concerns. You don't reach out to the other side. You push for what's right, and you tell people why.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 3d

i love then for sketching

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 4d

If you are still on Twitter, please check out this re-share of my micros and flash (a bunch of writing in one place)... and if u r not, please come back... ;-) x.com/MythicPicnic...

Mythic Picnic on X: "Everything, but... A collection of stories by Koss / @Koss51209969 #MythicPicnicTweetStory _______ The Dictations of Cabbages Originally published in Gone Lawn @gonelawn _ My name is Carrot. I live in the moon's shallow bowels where that man smiles and frowns into the sun's" / X

Everything, but... A collection of stories by Koss / @Koss51209969 #MythicPicnicTweetStory _______ The Dictations of Cabbages Originally published in Gone Lawn @gonelawn _ My name is Carrot. I live in the moon's shallow bowels where that man smiles and frowns into the sun's

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 4d

Love these. And the ending. Relatable, as I had ominous dreams about doors my whole childhood...

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Suzanne Frischkorn @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social · 9d

Happy to have a new poem in the gorgeous fall issue of North American Review! Many thanks to J.D Schraffenberger and the NAR team. This is a poem from a new manuscript I’ve been working on.
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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 4d

@nathanpettigrew.bsky.social Thanks, friend. I hope your week is going well.

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Charlotte Hamrick @charhamrick.bsky.social · 10d

This issue is a treasure trove for flash fiction lovers. I’m savoring it!

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October 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute

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Charlotte Hamrick @charhamrick.bsky.social · 5d

So good to talk with @ronita.bsky.social !
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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 5d

📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India💃🏽 See our #film in Albany, NY on 10/11 at 11am. Tickets: tinyurl.com/3m7dwedz

This image is a promotional graphic for the "YASODHARA" short film, an official selection at the Renaissance Black Film Fest, with a "Save the Date" reminder.

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 4d

I have dark moments, I suppose. #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #emilydickinson

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

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Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 6d

There are 10 days left in our fall 2025 poetry reading period.
🍁 Pumpkin-spice pantoums? Apple-cider sonnets?

Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · Sep 10

Intrepid writers of poetry - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, beautifully unexpected verse! Our reading period is open to Poetry (only Poetry this time) through October 15th.
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Submit – LEON Literary Review

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Good. Thank you. This was couple years ago!

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Elizabeth. How are you doing?

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

#wutheringheights, #emilybronte, #erasurepoem, #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #penandinkartist, #inkdrawing, #quillpen, #ink

Thanks, @beavermagazine for publishing this

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 7d

If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 8d

We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 9d

ANMLY is now open for new work!

We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!

> anmly.submittable.com

*Fee waivers available*

Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!

> anmly.org/ap40

ANMLY Submission Manager

**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 10d

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Still time to register! "The Weight of Stillness" (my final workshop of 2025)

And an opportunity to write with me in West Virginia!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 10d

Big congratulations, Kelli!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 10d

Dirge
#drawing, #pencil, #art

Am going ahead with an archival print project this winter. If you see any images, asemic, drawn, or erasure here or on my Insta or website you would like a print of, please send me a DM. I'm thinking I'll sell them for 25-50, depending on the size.

swirling pencils lines on warm white background abstract art drawing

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