Matt Borondy
@mattborondy.bsky.social
founding editor @identitytheory.bsky.social / special education teacher / nevada
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Would rather run a litmag for free than run the world into the ground for a trillion dollars.
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Would rather run a litmag for free than run the world into the ground for a trillion dollars.
Good stuff in here.
Congrats to our Best Small Fictions 2025 nominees: @anitabrie.bsky.social @megpokrass.bsky.social @monalisavitti.bsky.social @clairemtaylor.com @tarazambrano.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Good stuff in here.
Probably a good book to read in 2025.
January 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Probably a good book to read in 2025.
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I don’t have an extensive list of pubs to recap this year because I spent most of it working on finishing touches for my book and planning to launch it this coming Feb. BUT. This little essay was published in @identitytheory.bsky.social and was nominated for a Pushcart!
Two Truths and a Lie by Jackie Domenus - Identity Theory
It tasted bitter. It tasted like growing up.
www.identitytheory.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I don’t have an extensive list of pubs to recap this year because I spent most of it working on finishing touches for my book and planning to launch it this coming Feb. BUT. This little essay was published in @identitytheory.bsky.social and was nominated for a Pushcart!
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Congratulations to this year's Best Microfiction nominees from our little mag, featuring @thejayestofzees.bsky.social @chelseastickle.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social and other greats!
December 10, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations to this year's Best Microfiction nominees from our little mag, featuring @thejayestofzees.bsky.social @chelseastickle.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social and other greats!
I am thankful for getting to spend Thanksgiving in an echo chamber.
November 28, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I am thankful for getting to spend Thanksgiving in an echo chamber.
It's been a long month, and it's nice to finally get some rest.
November 27, 2024 at 12:58 AM
It's been a long month, and it's nice to finally get some rest.
Nowhere near as many self-help grifters on Bluesky so far. How am I going to bro my way into optimal deep work without them? Who will tell me what time to wake up in the morning? How will I know what to eat???
November 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Nowhere near as many self-help grifters on Bluesky so far. How am I going to bro my way into optimal deep work without them? Who will tell me what time to wake up in the morning? How will I know what to eat???
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Excellent life advice.
Semi-selfish post, but please be generous in following/interacting with/encouraging lit mags, writers, and artists on here. Boost the creators on Bluesky, let the other sites have the bots.
November 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Excellent life advice.
Took this picture with Jakob Dylan the winter before the pandemic started. The vibes were weird that night. The vibes have only gotten weirder.
November 26, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Took this picture with Jakob Dylan the winter before the pandemic started. The vibes were weird that night. The vibes have only gotten weirder.
Thinking of becoming a Lit Bro. Is there a Lit Bro starter pack?
November 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Thinking of becoming a Lit Bro. Is there a Lit Bro starter pack?
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Dear humans,
Just wanted to share something I've been quiet about, in the year of my loud self-doubt, with gratitude to @sarabandebooks.bsky.social and to many others whom I look forward to thanking in the coming months, MY HERESIES, forthcoming in April 2025.🖤
www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
Just wanted to share something I've been quiet about, in the year of my loud self-doubt, with gratitude to @sarabandebooks.bsky.social and to many others whom I look forward to thanking in the coming months, MY HERESIES, forthcoming in April 2025.🖤
www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
My Heresies, Alina Stefanescu — SARABANDE BOOKS
Pre-order only. Available April 2025. Behold My Heresies : the latest and highly anticipated poetry collection from Alina Stefanescu. Riven by the tension between hagiographies, utopias, b...
www.sarabandebooks.org
November 23, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Dear humans,
Just wanted to share something I've been quiet about, in the year of my loud self-doubt, with gratitude to @sarabandebooks.bsky.social and to many others whom I look forward to thanking in the coming months, MY HERESIES, forthcoming in April 2025.🖤
www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
Just wanted to share something I've been quiet about, in the year of my loud self-doubt, with gratitude to @sarabandebooks.bsky.social and to many others whom I look forward to thanking in the coming months, MY HERESIES, forthcoming in April 2025.🖤
www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
"Bluesky doesn't bombard your feed with advertisements. Here's why that's bad."
-Next corporate newspaper op-ed
-Next corporate newspaper op-ed
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
"Bluesky doesn't bombard your feed with advertisements. Here's why that's bad."
-Next corporate newspaper op-ed
-Next corporate newspaper op-ed
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What! A big thing about me own wee cartoons over at the big thing journal that is JMWW, with lots of thanks to Bradley David, woots, for the cool questions and the fab idears.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/b...
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/b...
Blended & Beyond, Special Edition #1
I’m interested in the cartoon’s “bounce” between image and text – Alan Michael Parker (AMP)
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:56 AM
What! A big thing about me own wee cartoons over at the big thing journal that is JMWW, with lots of thanks to Bradley David, woots, for the cool questions and the fab idears.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/b...
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/b...
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Made a starter pack of Identity Theory contributors. It is missing a bunch of people. Let us know if it is missing you.
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Made a starter pack of Identity Theory contributors. It is missing a bunch of people. Let us know if it is missing you.
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Specific big publishing news: my short story collection, OAKAVILLE, will be published by Alien Buddha Press early next year! I believe in these stories and I can’t wait for you all to read them!
Big vague publishing news!
November 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Specific big publishing news: my short story collection, OAKAVILLE, will be published by Alien Buddha Press early next year! I believe in these stories and I can’t wait for you all to read them!
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
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November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
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Well, first real snow fall today, and what better way to celebrate than to have a new micro up @identitytheory.bsky.social about warm soup! 🍲
Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for taking this one!
Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for taking this one!
Today is Micro Monday, and we are doing Micro Monday things. Read "Fish Soup" by @jenwithwords.bsky.social.
Fish Soup by Jenny Wong - Identity Theory
Though she does her best, she cannot remove all the bones.
www.identitytheory.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Well, first real snow fall today, and what better way to celebrate than to have a new micro up @identitytheory.bsky.social about warm soup! 🍲
Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for taking this one!
Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for taking this one!
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I interviewed @dtrobbins.bsky.social about his fantastic new novel, his writing process, and working shitty jobs—check it out!
New interview! Our @cshrumly.bsky.social talks with @dtrobbins.bsky.social about D.T.'s new novel, "Leasing."
Interview: D.T. Robbins, Author of Leasing - Identity Theory
A conversation with the founding editor of 'Rejection Letters,' D.T. Robbins, about his new apartment-complex novel, 'Leasing,' from House of Vlad.
www.identitytheory.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:27 AM
I interviewed @dtrobbins.bsky.social about his fantastic new novel, his writing process, and working shitty jobs—check it out!
Never know what to do in this situation.
November 17, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Never know what to do in this situation.
Not gonna be on any starter packs except maybe one of Middle-Aged Men Who Go to Costco on Saturdays.
November 17, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Not gonna be on any starter packs except maybe one of Middle-Aged Men Who Go to Costco on Saturdays.
Nice to be on a social site that doesn't feel like it's trying to turn me into a different person for profit.
November 17, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Nice to be on a social site that doesn't feel like it's trying to turn me into a different person for profit.