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Mitchell Nobis

@mitchnobis.bsky.social

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Writer. Doofus. Old man hooper. Pretty much anything you want to know is at http://mitchnobis.com. Posts are my own, obviously—that's why I said it & not my employer, parents, dog, or whoever. Also: WNS: @wns-at-ksf.bsky.social NAWP: @notatawp.bsky.social

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 5d

Hey! Here, have a pinned thread of my writer stuff.

First, my debut poetry collection came out in June. I'm proud of it. Readers have said it's good, so that's cool. You can get it all the usual places—my favorite is asking an indie bookstore to order it for you via Ingram.

My book when it was at Schuler Books in West Bloomfield and it was front facing on a shelf! How cool is that? The cover is green with yellow text and highlights. The publisher, Match Factory Editions, has a house cover style, so all their books have the same clamshell pattern (like a vintage matchbook!) but in different colors. You can see a bit of the books on either side. It was next to Best American Poetry and a biography of Nina Simone, who is probably one of the coolest human beings ever.

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 6h

In other headlines today (non-fascism BS variety): Hotdamn, A'ja Wilson. I have approx. 7 new injuries after rec league. And America's beloved Detroit Tigers.

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Bryan Harvey @bryanharvey.bsky.social · 20h

Spoke with @mitchnobis.bsky.social about his book, trees, Tree Rollins, more trees, and his book.
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Airport Beers with Mitch Nobis and his poetry in ‘The Size of the Horizon, Or, I Explained…

Airport Beers is an interview series. The following is an interview between Bryan Harvey and writer Mitch Nobis. Mitch’s book The Size of…

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, that is what we call a home run.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 8h

Shams is doing all the heavy lifting. I just toss him softballs to crush. 😁

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 8h

Oh absolutely! Wordsworth too. "I wandered lonely as a runner left on base..."

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 11h

Mashy mashy. Deeetroit!

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 11h

Further evidence is suggesting that yes, yes it is.

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 12h

Even better when they mash it?

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely. I think they have been pretty much all year.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like the game where the goal is to hit the ball with a baseball bat goes better when your guys hit the ball with a baseball bat. 👍🏼

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 16h

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎶 Everything sucks so buy some books!
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Everything sucks so buy some books!
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Got a book you want folks to buy? Go ahead, put it in the replies!
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Everything sucks so buuuuuyyyyy sooommmeee booooooks!
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[put of breath, on a knee, jazz hands still kinda involuntarily going]

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 18h

This dude slept through every New Testament reading in church for his entire life, huh.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 18h

Also, want the book while also sleeping comfortably in the knowledge that you didn't further enrich an oligarch? Get it at @bookshop.org during their no shipping fees sale!

The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees

Check out The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees - <p>Parents can be expected to know all, but they don't have many answers in a world of constantly moving rights and wrongs....

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 19h

BIG thanks to @bryanharvey.bsky.social for a great conversation, and I cannot express how honored I am to have my book next to Buddha Edwards, Cecil Fielder, and Travis Fryman's cards. Deeetroit!

Bryan Harvey @bryanharvey.bsky.social · 20h

Spoke with @mitchnobis.bsky.social about his book, trees, Tree Rollins, more trees, and his book.
medium.com/@bryan-s-har...

Airport Beers with Mitch Nobis and his poetry in ‘The Size of the Horizon, Or, I Explained…

Airport Beers is an interview series. The following is an interview between Bryan Harvey and writer Mitch Nobis. Mitch’s book The Size of…

medium.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 19h

Ha, I literally muttered "What are we, Philly?" at the TV.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

We just like to let them know that we *could* get hits and runs if we really wanted to. Tigers are making sure they really appreciate it.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

Aye, register and come hear us read poems on the internet next Tuesday.

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 19d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

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Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

I jumped the gun. We're back in an examination room, but still no vet. The rain canceled both boys' baseball practices, though, so if the Tigers ever do play, we can watch it. Got that going for us. Anyway, Carlos Guillen. That's a fun entry in "remember a guy."

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

Addendum to complete the picture: what does Comerica Park hold, 40,000+? There were maybe 5,000-7,000 of us still there by extra innings. At most. Just an amazing time.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, time for the vet. Eat 'em up, Tigers.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

And it wasn't just the beers. The game went so late, they had to stop serving pretty early on, and everyone just kept having a blast. It was and remains in my memory one of those pure examples that when we take away the BS, people are actually pretty cool.

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

The ushers actually did the cool thing they should always do in these situations: They didn't check tickets when you went to cop great seats. Everyone cheered EVERYTHING.

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

So this crowd was FULLY lubricated by game time, but the cool part is the delay was so long, the only people still there when the game started REALLY wanted to be there.

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