Moss staff and contributors gathered at Seattle’s Hugo House to celebrate the issue with readings from Kim Fu, Matt Briggs, Nanya Jhingran, Shin Yu Pai, Rita Wirkala, and Katherine Morgan. From Hugo House: “For eight years, Moss has worked to build connections and create community among writers and readers from all over the Pacific Northwest—come be a part of that community! Hear readings from local favorites. Mingle with other NW-lit lovers. Raise a glass on Hugo House’s beautiful terrace. And pick up the new issue if you’re not already subscribed.”
A marathon of poetry, storytelling, and lyrical cinema, featuring readings from Poetry Northwest, Fugue, Pacifica Literary Review, and Moss, interspersed with the best of the best from past years of Cadence Video Poetry Festival. With Jess Walter, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Shelley Wong, Emma DePanise, Diana Xin, Greg Wrenn, Adam Jabai, Madeline Kinkel, Robin Myers, Brandon Jordan Brown, Kamyar Mohsenin, Sara Kei, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Tisha Deb Pillai, Erin Lynch, Keetje Kuipers, Dru Korab, and Sarah McEachern.
08/15/21 — Volume Five Launch Party — Virtual event
A virtual reading hosted by Hugo House celebrating the fifth volume of Moss, with readings from award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad, writer and scholar Beth Piatote, poet and editor Malcolm Friend, and Moss poetry editor Ashley Toliver.
10/20/20 — Literary Spelling Bee — Spokane Public Library
“Beer, misspellings, and the best of Northwest Literature, brought you to by Moss, Scablands Books, & Spokane Arts” (The Inlander, Staff Pick) – featuring readings and competition from Shawn Vestal, Ellen Welcker, Sharma Shields, and Kate Lebo, along with the premiere of Moss: Volume Four.
07/13/18 — Volume Three Release Party, Portland — Ford Food + Drink
06/13/18 — Volume Three Release Party, Seattle — Type Set
Readings and celebrations for Volume Three hosted by Type Set (with Paul Constant) in Seattle, and Ford Food + Drink (with Atelier26 and Street Roots) in Portland. Featuring readings from Richard Chiem, Tara Roberts, Kristen Millares Young, Rich Smith, Troy Osaki, Jasleena Grewal, Leni Zumas, Amber Krieger, Kjerstin Johnson, Aileen McPherson, and Miriam Cook.
12/07/16 — Superfriends: Pacifica + Moss — Open Books
Pacifica Literary Review and Moss join forces for a party & reading at Seattle’s Open Books. Featuring Justine Chan, Elizabeth J. Cole, Hannah Lee Jones, Kori Linn. Monet P. Thomas, Anca Szilágyi, Christine Texeira.
10/17/16 — The Northwest Sublime: A Salute To Moss — Folio
A “multimedia performance event—centered around creativity and the Pacific Northwest” (The Stranger, Recommended Event) hosted at Folio in Seattle. Featuring a reading by Eric Wagner of his autobiographical essay about the connection between his experiences growing up on the Oregon Coast and Beethoven’s “Appassionata” sonata, followed by a performance of the sonata by distinguished Seattle pianist Mark Salman.
09/06/15 — Volume One Celebration — Hugo House
The first in-person celebration of Moss, featuring readings from Rebecca Brown, Matt Briggs, Janie Miller, and Miriam Cook at Seattle’s Hugo House.
