Mo Daviau
@modaviau.bsky.social
I wrote EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE (SMP ‘16) and EPIC AND LOVELY (WVU Press '25). Bookseller. Elder Marfanoid. Indie kid forever. bravebookstore.substack.com
Is there a list of "Most Ignored and Ignorable Books of 2025?" Because mine would be on that.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is there a list of "Most Ignored and Ignorable Books of 2025?" Because mine would be on that.
Ann Patchett continues to betray me. A book about loving your stepfather? My novel has the protagonist’s stepfather getting kicked in the nuts.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Ann Patchett continues to betray me. A book about loving your stepfather? My novel has the protagonist’s stepfather getting kicked in the nuts.
Playing Charles Aznavour in the bookstore…un peu de disco. I recommend.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Playing Charles Aznavour in the bookstore…un peu de disco. I recommend.
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I've drawn 40+ cats reading books for authors and readers both.
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I've drawn 40+ cats reading books for authors and readers both.
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
$75 for a drawing of any cat (your cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (literary fiction, beach read, comics, academic treatise). You get the digital illustration file.
Makes a great Holiday gift. (Just sayin'.)
DM me
OK, I registered for AWP. The last one I'll ever go to.
Cupcakes at the WVUP booth for my big birthday.
If you want to invite me to read at your thing, holler.
Cupcakes at the WVUP booth for my big birthday.
If you want to invite me to read at your thing, holler.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
OK, I registered for AWP. The last one I'll ever go to.
Cupcakes at the WVUP booth for my big birthday.
If you want to invite me to read at your thing, holler.
Cupcakes at the WVUP booth for my big birthday.
If you want to invite me to read at your thing, holler.
A guy calling the store with a blocked number asked me to pray with him, which I guess is better than another JO call.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A guy calling the store with a blocked number asked me to pray with him, which I guess is better than another JO call.
I'm bummed that Judith Newman didn't give Epic and Lovely a negative review.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm bummed that Judith Newman didn't give Epic and Lovely a negative review.
Everyone I went to Chula Vista High with in the early '90s would lose their shit to hear this. (Yes, I was there with Mario.)
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Everyone I went to Chula Vista High with in the early '90s would lose their shit to hear this. (Yes, I was there with Mario.)
I’m still mad about that Book Gossip newsletter from yesterday. That Big 5 editors don’t want small press books to be award nominees…wow.
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I’m still mad about that Book Gossip newsletter from yesterday. That Big 5 editors don’t want small press books to be award nominees…wow.
No one rushed into the store after the NBAs to buy a winning book, which kind of bummed me out.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
No one rushed into the store after the NBAs to buy a winning book, which kind of bummed me out.
Congratulations to Omar. Everyone in the store tonight is super happy and proud.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Congratulations to Omar. Everyone in the store tonight is super happy and proud.
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Check out the Booktimist for Mo Daviau’s new article about bagels in Morgantown!!
Link in our bio 🔗🔗
@modaviau.bsky.social
Link in our bio 🔗🔗
@modaviau.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Check out the Booktimist for Mo Daviau’s new article about bagels in Morgantown!!
Link in our bio 🔗🔗
@modaviau.bsky.social
Link in our bio 🔗🔗
@modaviau.bsky.social
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to understand bad taste one must have very good taste
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
to understand bad taste one must have very good taste
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Did you know that buying direct from publishers often means more royalties to an author? Don't sleep these University Press holiday sales ya'll!
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Today shop our latest titles across subjects:
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(sale ends 12/31/2025, gift orders should be placed by 12/12/25)
All books and formats 40% off with promocode HOLIDAY25
Today shop our latest titles across subjects:
upcolorado.com/new-titles
(sale ends 12/31/2025, gift orders should be placed by 12/12/25)
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Did you know that buying direct from publishers often means more royalties to an author? Don't sleep these University Press holiday sales ya'll!
I just went to the damn mat trying to hand sell a Two Dollar Radio title.
I’m sweaty.
I’m sweaty.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I just went to the damn mat trying to hand sell a Two Dollar Radio title.
I’m sweaty.
I’m sweaty.
As a bookseller, I’ve seen a lot of simply not caring about big titles, but this is the first time that I’ve seen visceral disgust at a book. From staff and customers. What are they even thinking with this one? (Am. Canto)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As a bookseller, I’ve seen a lot of simply not caring about big titles, but this is the first time that I’ve seen visceral disgust at a book. From staff and customers. What are they even thinking with this one? (Am. Canto)
They keep advertising that water bottle scrubber and maybe I should get one?
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
They keep advertising that water bottle scrubber and maybe I should get one?
My first novel, Every Anxious Wave, has a fat female protagonist.
“It is lazy to look at a fat body and assume you already know the whole story.” buff.ly/Pjmg50s
Emma Copley Eisenberg’s "Housemates" Is a Lone Departure From the Fatphobic Literary Hellscape - Electric Literature
A story without a single fat character can sometimes expose the author and their biases most of all
electricliterature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My first novel, Every Anxious Wave, has a fat female protagonist.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
For the love of Smith College, @baldwin.senate.gov, DO NOT CAVE! HOLD THE LINE! DO NOT BACK DOWN!
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For the love of Smith College, @baldwin.senate.gov, DO NOT CAVE! HOLD THE LINE! DO NOT BACK DOWN!
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
Is anyone else super enthusiastic about Death by Lightning? It’s got Roscoe Conkling AND the Oneida Colony!
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Is anyone else super enthusiastic about Death by Lightning? It’s got Roscoe Conkling AND the Oneida Colony!
I'm voting for Mamdani in my heart today.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm voting for Mamdani in my heart today.
Should I go to AWP? It's over my 50th birthday weekend. It's expensive but I have a book to continue to promote. It's probably the same price to fly to Paris. Love/hate relationship with AWP. Birthday. Hmmpf.
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Should I go to AWP? It's over my 50th birthday weekend. It's expensive but I have a book to continue to promote. It's probably the same price to fly to Paris. Love/hate relationship with AWP. Birthday. Hmmpf.