# Emily Nye Hoos

> Poet and spiritual formation writer who writes at the corner of saintliness and the occasional curse words.

Emily Nye Hoos is a poet and essayist in Spokane, Washington, and the writer of always, emily, a newsletter about faith, grief, and paying attention to the little things. She is an MFA candidate in creative writing, teaches at Whitworth University, and serves on the editorial panel of Rock & Sling, a Christian literary journal of witness published at Whitworth. She writes at the corner of saintliness and the occasional curse word.

## Pages

- [Start here](https://emilynyehoos.com/read): where to begin, and every Substack post grouped by theme.
- [About](https://emilynyehoos.com/about)
- [Writing](https://emilynyehoos.com/writing): publication list. Machine-readable: https://emilynyehoos.com/writing.json
- [Contact](https://emilynyehoos.com/contact)

## Editing

- Editorial panel, Rock & Sling (a Christian literary journal of witness, published at Whitworth University)

## Upcoming

- 2026-11-05: Storyteller, Pivot Storytelling Spokane, "In Over My Head", Washington Cracker Building, Spokane

## Recent posts on always, emily (https://emilynyehoos.substack.com)

- [choose your fighter](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/choose-your-fighter): 2026-09-19
- [prepare yourself...](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/prepare-yourself-e26): 2026-09-05
- [we have work to do](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/we-have-work-to-do): 2026-08-29
- [prose, pathology, and poker](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/prose-pathology-and-poker): 2026-08-23
- [the new(est) romantics](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/the-newest-romantics): 2026-08-18
- [unlikely passport stamps](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/unlikely-passport-stamps): 2026-08-08
- [the wounds we show](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/the-wounds-we-show): 2026-06-27
- [pray me old](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/pray-me-old): 2026-06-22
- [the beat goes on (even when everyone acts like it shouldn't)](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/the-beat-goes-on-even-when-everyone): 2026-06-17
- [plot twist!](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com/p/plot-twist): 2026-05-23

## Elsewhere

- [Substack](https://emilynyehoos.substack.com)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/emilynhoos/)