Sending out congrats to @zoebossiere.bsky.social on taking over from the legendary @dintywmoore.bsky.social as EIC of Brevity. Good work by both of these writers/editors, and I have full confidence in the future of the oldest still-publishing online journal: brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b...

Dinty W. Moore Steps Down as Editor for Brevity Magazine

To our readers & contributors, After 29 years as Brevity magazine’s lead editor, I am stepping down to devote more time to painting, tai chi, and tending to my garden. Starting today, our manag…

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I read 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 while recovering from surgery! Before it, I'd never seen such a relatable & detailed account of #genderfluidity that didn't pander to cisnormative ideas about bigenderism. The encounters with Southern culture & nature were fun too. If you need a new #Pride #book, here. #bookrec

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Thank you @bookriot.bsky.social for featuring Cactus Country on this list of books to read for Genderfluid Visibility Week! bookriot.com/genderfluid-...

I am both bereft that @dinty66.bsky.social is leaving Brevity mag and SO psyched for @zoebossiere.bsky.social taking over, and I guess I'm just going to have to live with these conflicting emotions for awhile, eh? brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b... #CNF

Dinty W. Moore Steps Down as Editor for Brevity Magazine

To our readers & contributors, After 29 years as Brevity magazine’s lead editor, I am stepping down to devote more time to painting, tai chi, and tending to my garden. Starting today, our manag…

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To all of my friends far and wide, thanks for the support you have given this magazine over these past many years, and the support I hope you will continue to give Brevity as it moves forward into its 30th year. brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b...

Dinty W. Moore Steps Down as Editor for Brevity Magazine

To our readers & contributors, After 29 years as Brevity magazine’s lead editor, I am stepping down to devote more time to painting, tai chi, and tending to my garden. Starting today, our manag…

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Well this is rad and sad and weird and artful and a little creepy and it’s definitely swaying my vote. The Xness cover game is really bringing it this year and I love it.

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

30 mins left in the game and "Glycerine" is trailing by only a few votes! If you haven't voted for Jason's essay yet THERE IS STILL TIME!

Complete Sentence@completesentence.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

"Because craving connection with others, chasing it, is how we find communion; it’s how we survive our sadness." March Xness as a form of communion. This tournament's got me thinking a lot about belief. I'll pray (and vote) for "Glycerine" tonight, just to see how it goes.

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

"Brick" surged through the night and now "Glycerine" is down bad. If you've got ANY more votes in you, please help Bush beat the beast. Here's proof of Gavin Rossdale's impact on 10-year-old Jason, drawn at school under "I want to be..." marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Still 2 hours to beat back "Brick" and send "Glycerine" to the Final Four!

Complete Sentence@completesentence.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

I didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

March Sadness 90s Edition

A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

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I'm voting @thejasonthayer.bsky.social and Bush because "Glycerine" absolutely hijacks my pulse and my respiration rate.

Enjoy this video and cover that will surely stand the test of time, promoting a really strong essay in this year's @marchx.bsky.social March Sadness '90s edition competition.

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

this year's March Sadness competitors are doing A LOT and it's just one more reason why this community is so fun

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

Only the bleakest of beaches for March Sadness. Don't forget to VOTE GLYCERINE in today's @marchxness.bsky.social matchup! marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

March Sadness 90s Edition

A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

marchxness.com

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg

Glycerine (March Sadness)

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Will Ben Folds' brick shatter my dreams of making it to the Final Four? I've got a synth'd out "Glycerine" cover on deck that begs to differ... marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...

March Sadness 90s Edition

A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

marchxness.com

As a sad 90s middle schooler I'd have been so stoked to hear my essay on Bush would one day resonate with future sad middle schoolers of the PNW. Great match today against @emryal91.bsky.social's moving musing on the sadness punctuating our lives. Bush v. Blink-182! marchxness.com#/sweet16-bus...

Okay so I loved "Adam's Song" as much as the next teenage millennial... But Adam snaps out of it at the end, and its message is more hopeful than sad. This round it's gotta be Bush.

Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My @marchxness.bsky.social bracket has my Bush essay losing to Blink-182 today. Please consider fucking up my bracket, thanks! marchxness.com#/sweet16-bus...

Got some big second-rounders today tipping off! Games are live. Will the Cinderella stories continue for Des'ree and Mazzy? Cole vs Bush is a coin flip. Will a pissed-off Morissette take down Bonnie Raitt? You decide. Games on now at marchxness.com. Vote by 9am AZ time 3/13

It's time for "smooth pea gravel spread across the playground" vs "seven rounds of yippee-yi yippee-ya’s" @marchxness.bsky.social

3/12, 2nd Round: (4) Paula Cole vs (5) Bush — March Sadness 90s Edition

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My @marchxness.bsky.social essay on how a shirtless Gavin Rossdale saved my life faces off against Paula Cole and all of her furry sons. @erindorney.bsky.social nails the sadness of heteronormativity and I'm shaking in my (decidedly not cowboy) boots. marchxness.com#/2ndround-co...

March Sadness 90s Edition

A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

marchxness.com

Don’t let the days go by without reading my @marchxness.bsky.social essay on life as a ‘90s sad boy, aching to be beautiful and charismatic Gavin Rossdale, crooning “Glycerine” shirtless in the rain as a sea of sweaty MTV Spring Breakers sing along to yr heartbreak. marchxness.com#/1stround-bu...

March Sadness 90s Edition

A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)

marchxness.com

Round #1 marchxness.com#/1stround-bu...

3/1 games are live at marchxness.com. To be notified each day in March, join the substack! open.substack.com/pub/marchxne...

ARRRREEEE YOUUUUU READDDDYYYYY

March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo ago

March Sadness 90s Edition Bracket is Live: marchxness.com

In Brevity's latest issue: stories of beginnings and endings, the sudden loss of mothers, neighbors, and comrades, the birth of new realizations. Featuring poignant artwork by Michael Todd Cohen made with foraged pigments from the artist's region. It’s all here. It’s all for you. brevitymag.com

Brevity's new issue launched this morning. Flash essays from Nicole Walker, Alex Sokol, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Shuly Cawood, Thomasin LaMay, Charles Montgomery, Derek Maiolo, José Orduña, Josh Martin, Liz Sauchelli, Margaret Grayson, and Rocky Halpern. Artwork by Michael Todd Cohen. brevitymag.com

Thank you @bookriot.bsky.social for featuring Cactus Country on this list of books to read for Genderfluid Visibility Week! bookriot.com/genderfluid-...

3 Genderfluid Books to Read for Genderfluid Visibility Week

Pick up these books for Genderfluid Visibility Week, including historical romance, YA fantasy, and memoir.

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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Transgender Nonfiction: Pretty by KB Brookins! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.