The first monday of a new month... when the optimists don't know any better // THE SOLOIST // acrylic on wood
Thad DeVassie
@thaddevassie.bsky.social
writing + paintings here, there + all over the place | DOMESTICATED CREATURES coming Sept. 2026 | James Tate Poetry Prize | Pushcart, BoTN + Best Microfiction noms | Best Small Fictions 2025 Paintings, books + other writings: thaddevassie.com
Never been able to write a good love poem instead, there's the slow resistance of love in a poem #smallpoemsunday cc: @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Opened the book mail today & went straight to the piece I was telling my wife about. I wanted her to read it. No, I wanted to read it to her, the way I heard @pdforan.bsky.social read it not long ago. So I did. And I cried the same way I did when Pat read it to us. This is a beautiful collection.
Absolutely stoked to see my "mechanical centaur" as the quarterly cover art for @centaurlit.bsky.social Thank you @lynnmundell.bsky.social for choosing it!
Feeling challenged on what poetry collections to read this month -- after consuming favorite authors of course? I still have some copies of two chaps available. DM if interested. #sealeychallenge
Intoxicating little piece here by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in the new issue of @trampset.bsky.social www.trampset.org/post/which-s...
Which Starseed Are You? | trampset
by Sarp Sozdinler...First: remove all the mirrors in your home. Hide them in the crawl space, bury them in your landlord’s garden, shove them in the backseat of a stranger’s car.
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What a gift this is... hearing James Tate introduce David Berman for a poetry reading at UMass-Amherst... then hearing David remind us of the poet he was in addition to the great musician. Thanks to J.D. O'Brien for bringing this to my attn. Man, I miss them both. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBrs...
David Berman - Composition, Horseshit, Magic
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Thrilled to bring "Meat-Flavored Water" to the masses. Thanks @trampset.bsky.social
trampset@trampset.bsky.social · 6d ago"An Internet search pulls an AI overview that says it is a subsidiary of a conglomerate and holding company with support from angel investors and a top private equity firm" @thaddevassie.bsky.social's "Meat-Flavored Water" www.trampset.org/post/meat-fl...
1st issue in a very long time arrives July 31st. Featuring @mitchellny.com @ewenglass.bsky.social Ben Starr, @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Jason Davidson, Claire Lee, Pravin Vemuri, Lorri Ness, @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social. It feels so good to be back!
Recommended If You Like: a novel by Adam Voith. Out Monday.
Hey up! I ❤️love❤️ my publishers and they're too small to pay me. I hesitate to ask but honestly I'm so strapped! I'd love to sell you some books. Signed copies of Becoming Altar and of Mapless. I have 5 of each available. (Those who've bought Mapless, yours come first!) DM for info! kylahoubolt.us
I’m thrilled to have a micro essay about watching my daughter sing in the car in the penultimate M7 mixtape, one of the coolest mags to ever do it
Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · last wk.volume 28 is live, folks. happy sunday ♥️ next volume is our last, get in my inbox! major7mag@gmail.com www.major7mag.com
Can we get a show of hands on this? Sarah Sloat is the reining queen of erasure collage. I get giddy seeing everything she produces. Classic Crimes, Hotel Almighty, one-off postcards -- all of it, pure gold.
SarahJSloat@sjane.bsky.social · last wk.An erasure from ‘Classic Crimes’ for #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Still not accepting M7 is rounding the curve & headed to the finish line. Readers + contributors love what you've made @keersteemack.bsky.social. The Last Waltz, This Is the End, Closing Time... whatever appears in that final issue, M7 has made an indelible mark. Until then, read & thank Kirsti
Major 7th Magazine@major7mag.bsky.social · last wk.volume 28 is live, folks. happy sunday ♥️ next volume is our last, get in my inbox! major7mag@gmail.com www.major7mag.com
kindness is free. and a priceless gift for the recipient.
If you were there last night, you already know this: @pdforan.bsky.social is a gift to his fellow writers. A book launch & reading that still has me a bit wrecked this morning. Buy Pat's book. I cannot say this strongly enough. Get your hands on a copy of SONGS FROM THE BLIMP RUINS.
@rebunting.bsky.social and I are excited to share Issue 7 with you!
Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 2w agoIssue 7 is here! Poems from @adamg.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social Jill Crammond @fakeourway.bsky.social & AJ Wright. Art from @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social and featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social asteralesjournal.com
We are so excited to announce that our Summer 2026 Issue is OUT NOW! You can read the new issue on our website through the link in our bio! You can also use that link to RSVP to our Zoom Launch Party on Wednesday 7/22 at 7 p.m. EST. We hope to see you there!
A little late, but just reposted 5 paintings, paired nicely with prose, that New Ohio Review selected for its latest issue.
New Ohio Review@newohioreview.bsky.social · 4mo agoArtwork by Thad DeVassie. newohioreview.org/2026/02/27/f...
Winner of last year's Ellis Prize in Nonfiction. Artwork: "Before Sunrise Locarno Beach" by Thad DeVassie. newohioreview.org/2026/02/23/d...
"He knew the learning curve was steep, but the part Edgar hated the most was when Festus visited with the apple still on his head, taunting him." / THE ENTERTAINER / digital collage
I've been reading Howie Good's work for years. He keeps getting better with time. flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/h...
HOWIE GOOD: Archaic Remnants of the Pre-Digital Age
Flash Fiction by Howie Good Archaic Remnants of the Pre-Digital Age 1 What an experience, to be in total darkness at one in the afternoon. The world didn’t seem real. There was glass falling everyw…
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