Matthew Isaac Sobin
@matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social
Author of the science fiction novella The Last Machine in the Solar System. Poems in various places. Sometimes teaching, sometimes selling books at Books on B in Hayward, CA. https://linktr.ee/matthewisaacsobin
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BLUE BODIES by Matthew Isaac Sobin (@matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social) is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
June 28 was three years since my dad passed from ALS. Blue Bodies is available as a free PDF from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social. If you’re able, there's a donate button. Funds go to ALS United Greater NY—an org that supports families (they were a life raft for us) and also contributes to med research.
New poem in issue 39 of @soflopojo.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New poem in issue 39 of @soflopojo.bsky.social.
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November-Issue 39 online now & we're reading for February-Issue 40
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November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
November-Issue 39 online now & we're reading for February-Issue 40
www.southfloridapoetyjournal.com
www.southfloridapoetyjournal.com
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November Issue #39 online now
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
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November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
November Issue #39 online now
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
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~ Coming Soon ~
On November 1, submissions will open for ONE ART's In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micro-poems, Guest Edited by Julia Caroline Knowlton
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On November 1, submissions will open for ONE ART's In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micro-poems, Guest Edited by Julia Caroline Knowlton
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In a Nutshell
We are particularly interested in very short poems (aka. micro-poems) that transcend ordinary language through sound/symbol/image/metaphor/simile. Like the sustenance of nutmeat within a nutshell, we ...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
~ Coming Soon ~
On November 1, submissions will open for ONE ART's In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micro-poems, Guest Edited by Julia Caroline Knowlton
duotrope.com/anthology/in...
On November 1, submissions will open for ONE ART's In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micro-poems, Guest Edited by Julia Caroline Knowlton
duotrope.com/anthology/in...
A little late posting... Very happy to have a new poem in ONE ART. This poem took a while to write, and it took longer to be in a place where I was able to write it. Big thanks to Mark Danowsky for publishing.
Before the Eulogy by Matthew Isaac Sobin in ONE ART: a journal of poetry
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Before the Eulogy by Matthew Isaac Sobin
Before the Eulogy I am full of rebuttals when the rabbi arrives, primed for argumentation. How can there be a holy word, rituals whispered, when you were made to live deep within yourself? A machin…
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October 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A little late posting... Very happy to have a new poem in ONE ART. This poem took a while to write, and it took longer to be in a place where I was able to write it. Big thanks to Mark Danowsky for publishing.
Reposted by Matthew Isaac Sobin
New poem about some recent experiences at school, at the bookstore, at a protest, out today in cataloguing poetry magazine by editor john compton. Head over to the journal’s Substack to catch up on all the great work recently published.
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cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New poem about some recent experiences at school, at the bookstore, at a protest, out today in cataloguing poetry magazine by editor john compton. Head over to the journal’s Substack to catch up on all the great work recently published.
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
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Love reading litmag's nominations for awards. Congrats to @mdaltoneloy.bsky.social @crankypacifist.bsky.social @bringonthelucie.bsky.social @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social @sansromeo.bsky.social 🎊🎉
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September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Love reading litmag's nominations for awards. Congrats to @mdaltoneloy.bsky.social @crankypacifist.bsky.social @bringonthelucie.bsky.social @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social @sansromeo.bsky.social 🎊🎉
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New poem about some recent experiences at school, at the bookstore, at a protest, out today in cataloguing poetry magazine by editor john compton. Head over to the journal’s Substack to catch up on all the great work recently published.
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New poem about some recent experiences at school, at the bookstore, at a protest, out today in cataloguing poetry magazine by editor john compton. Head over to the journal’s Substack to catch up on all the great work recently published.
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
cataloguingpoetrymagazine.substack.com
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This is going to be one hell of a reading, book launch & zoom party on Tuesday night.
Have you registered yet to celebrate @writesloud.bsky.social ?
Tinyurl.com/FirstKickingThenNot
Have you registered yet to celebrate @writesloud.bsky.social ?
Tinyurl.com/FirstKickingThenNot
August 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is going to be one hell of a reading, book launch & zoom party on Tuesday night.
Have you registered yet to celebrate @writesloud.bsky.social ?
Tinyurl.com/FirstKickingThenNot
Have you registered yet to celebrate @writesloud.bsky.social ?
Tinyurl.com/FirstKickingThenNot
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Here's one final sneak peek inside Issue 19's 92 pages. I could use a few more orders of it, in case you've got cash to burn on something real, reliable, resplendent. Here's the opening 12 lines of @glowyaquarius.bsky.social's ANTI-ODE TO GIRLHOOD. What a brilliant, blistering poem this is.
July 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Here's one final sneak peek inside Issue 19's 92 pages. I could use a few more orders of it, in case you've got cash to burn on something real, reliable, resplendent. Here's the opening 12 lines of @glowyaquarius.bsky.social's ANTI-ODE TO GIRLHOOD. What a brilliant, blistering poem this is.
Reposted by Matthew Isaac Sobin
Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
Flight: A Literary Sampler
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July 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
So stoked to receive a nomination for Best of the Net ! a poem about my eighth grade students, a tsunami warning, and an endangered fish... Thanks to Jeff at @stanchion.bsky.social for the deep care shown to this poem, and all the writing they receive!
For the 1st time ever, I've been able to nominate for Best of the Net. And so I have.
Congratulations to @crankypacifist.bsky.social @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social @bringonthelucie.bsky.social & @mdaltoneloy.bsky.social.
Please give these beauties a read.
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Congratulations to @crankypacifist.bsky.social @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social @bringonthelucie.bsky.social & @mdaltoneloy.bsky.social.
Please give these beauties a read.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So stoked to receive a nomination for Best of the Net ! a poem about my eighth grade students, a tsunami warning, and an endangered fish... Thanks to Jeff at @stanchion.bsky.social for the deep care shown to this poem, and all the writing they receive!
June 28 was three years since my dad passed from ALS. Blue Bodies is available as a free PDF from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social. If you’re able, there's a donate button. Funds go to ALS United Greater NY—an org that supports families (they were a life raft for us) and also contributes to med research.
BLUE BODIES by Matthew Isaac Sobin (@matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social) is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
June 28 was three years since my dad passed from ALS. Blue Bodies is available as a free PDF from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social. If you’re able, there's a donate button. Funds go to ALS United Greater NY—an org that supports families (they were a life raft for us) and also contributes to med research.
Always exciting to see The Last Machine in the Solar System being read in the world more than eight years since publication. Even more thrilling, and an honor, when those people are teachers overseas sharing the story with their students.
Target: Two more paperbacks of The Last Machine in the Solar System by Matthew Isaac Sobin! Complications: I live in Japan and am not U.S. Military adjacent. Not available as an ebook on Am. Jpn. (Physical is better for my purposes, anyway.) I can get two copies from a reseller, but--
June 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Always exciting to see The Last Machine in the Solar System being read in the world more than eight years since publication. Even more thrilling, and an honor, when those people are teachers overseas sharing the story with their students.
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THIGMONASTY by Elizabeth Joy Levinson is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
June 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
THIGMONASTY by Elizabeth Joy Levinson is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
Reposted by Matthew Isaac Sobin
Stanchion opens in 4 hours. Closes in 28. Let's make Issue 19.
June 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stanchion opens in 4 hours. Closes in 28. Let's make Issue 19.
Reposted by Matthew Isaac Sobin
I am not a soldier
but I put my fatigues on
in blue-milk light
under pine shadow
I am tired of carrying
what a soldier left behind
//
a father poem from Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social)
but I put my fatigues on
in blue-milk light
under pine shadow
I am tired of carrying
what a soldier left behind
//
a father poem from Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social)
June 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am not a soldier
but I put my fatigues on
in blue-milk light
under pine shadow
I am tired of carrying
what a soldier left behind
//
a father poem from Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social)
but I put my fatigues on
in blue-milk light
under pine shadow
I am tired of carrying
what a soldier left behind
//
a father poem from Larks (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social)
Stoked to be part of this lineup! Microchap incoming this summer!
It’s that time, once again. Here’s the lineup for our 10th annual Summer Series!
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Stoked to be part of this lineup! Microchap incoming this summer!
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“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
May 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“we sat on the curb at the cathedral’s foot
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
and spoke softly about disasters…”
Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanaugh
from his book “Eternal Enemies”
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#booksky @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social can’t wait to read it! I think it got here very quickly!
May 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
#booksky @matthewisaacsobin.bsky.social can’t wait to read it! I think it got here very quickly!
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Just heard about the passing of Jack Katz. Not many know his work, but they should. His graphic novel series The First Kingdom is the epitome of what would be defined as epic. An inspirational epic in highly ambitious terms of scope and illustrative power.
Jack Katz of The First Kingdom fame, passed away last week at the age of 97: www.tcj.com/jack-katz-19...
Jack Katz, 1927-2025 - The Comics Journal
Jack Katz, born Sept. 27, 1927, is best known for his landmark epic The First Kingdom which paved the way for future long-form graphic novels.
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April 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just heard about the passing of Jack Katz. Not many know his work, but they should. His graphic novel series The First Kingdom is the epitome of what would be defined as epic. An inspirational epic in highly ambitious terms of scope and illustrative power.
Will miss you, my friend.
Jack Katz was an absolute one of one. A Golden Age of comics legend -- If you've ever enjoyed a graphic novel, he's the most important person you've never heard of, innovating a new genre in the 70s with his groundbreaking The First Kingdom.
May your art live on and on.
Jack Katz was an absolute one of one. A Golden Age of comics legend -- If you've ever enjoyed a graphic novel, he's the most important person you've never heard of, innovating a new genre in the 70s with his groundbreaking The First Kingdom.
May your art live on and on.
May 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Will miss you, my friend.
Jack Katz was an absolute one of one. A Golden Age of comics legend -- If you've ever enjoyed a graphic novel, he's the most important person you've never heard of, innovating a new genre in the 70s with his groundbreaking The First Kingdom.
May your art live on and on.
Jack Katz was an absolute one of one. A Golden Age of comics legend -- If you've ever enjoyed a graphic novel, he's the most important person you've never heard of, innovating a new genre in the 70s with his groundbreaking The First Kingdom.
May your art live on and on.
Happy to have these two poems — a dad poem, a dance poem — side by side in @oneart.bsky.social. And sharing space with Gary Soto, how cool!
April 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Happy to have these two poems — a dad poem, a dance poem — side by side in @oneart.bsky.social. And sharing space with Gary Soto, how cool!
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