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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

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Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don't know who needs to hear this in 2026, (okay, I do) but if a bookseller provides you with MANY RECOMMENDATIONS and you say to that bookseller, "I'll just order it on Amazon," you are STEALING LABOR in addition to being rude. You should have told me beforehand so I could blow you off.

Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 2w ago

My friends and I talk shit about people who use AI to make flyers for events. We don’t go to these events because of the flyers. If people aren’t going to your shit, it’s the AI flyer.

Paul Constant@paulconstant.com · 3w ago

It is a critical failure of the left that the explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak has not already been branded "The RFK Runs" or "The MAHA Squirts" or "The Trump Trots" or something along those lines. "Oh, man, I can't go because I got a bad case of J.D. Pants."

Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 3w ago

I met the author of this wonderful book today! We talked about being Armenian-American writers, even though no one knows I'm Arm-Am because I rarely write about it. Coming 9/8! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

The Book of Genocides — Harvard University Press

In this haunting graphic narrative, an award-winning writer, artist, and descendant of genocide survivors brings history’s darkest horrors to life, calling on us to remember, repair, and resist.The Bo...

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Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · last mo.

July 4, 1976 was a great day for me. My mom took me to Sears Portrait Studio that week for photos on a dirty-looking piece of carpet in front of an image of fireworks and the flag. I'm lucky to have been born at a time when moms put their babies on dirty carpet for photos.

Josh Cook@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · last mo.

Reminder: perhaps the easiest & cheapest way to tell Bezos to fuck off is by linking to Bookshop or (even better) an indie bookstore WHENEVER you talk about a book online. W/o a link people will just google it & that will lead to Amazon. W a link you can send a sale to a good business

Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The film rights for Every Anxious Wave are available. They were owned for about six years between two parties, who gave up. There's even a completed screenplay in existence. If anyone's interested, let me know.

Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wrote about this in my novel. Nina and Cole are, above every rare, weird thing they have in common, confederates in parental neglect: wvupressonline.com/node/1000

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Ashley C. Ford@smashfizzle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The older I get the more I realize how much a person is truly left behind in certain ways when they don’t have good parents. Also how many people, for most of my life, have measured “good parenting” by whether or not the kid survived childhood. Never mind what condition this new adult was left in.

Mo Daviau@modaviau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Unpopular opinion: I think anyone should use the term "narcissist" to describe whatever the fuck they want. Women are used to not being believed or cared about when they say "this person hurt me." It's also a softer word for "abuser." Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There’s a whole essay to be written about how “narcissist” has become a neutralizing stand in for “misogynist.” When women are met with hostility for critiquing masculinity, there’s a temptation to hide those critiques in something else. But sexual violence isn’t a personality, it’s patriarchy.