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Tom Healy

@tphealy

Writer. Trustee @PENamerica Chair @omiamifestival Council member @NMAAHC Trustee @TheBassMoA Chair emeritus, Fulbright Scholarship Board

 Miami and NYC
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Joined August 2009
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Emerging from a formerly-Twitter silence to share something I wrote. Joel Shapiro, the Kennedy Center, and what happens when one of the cardinal points on your map moves. For The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
This Was a Good Sculpture

This Was a Good Sculpture

Washington, D.C., is full of cords of connection. By removing a Joel Shapiro work, the Kennedy Center severed one.

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The largest book printer in Ukraine was just bombed:
Image from Ilya Kaminsky (@ilya_poet)
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Maykel Castillo Pérez is a songwriter unjustly jailed in #Cuba. Most known for his Grammy Award-winning song “Patria y Vida”, he has been serving 9 years in prison for his music and participation in protests. Learn more about writers at risk in Cuba: pen.org/writers-at-risk-data…
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We are thrilled to team w/ O, Miami Poetry Festival for a month-long program of aquatic poetry with Coral City Couplets! Students across Miami-Dade County are tuning in to watch the Coral City Camera, then writing original poems inspired by our unique subtropical marine life ✍️🐬
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I love being a juror for The Gotham Book Prize. Our terrific 2024 finalists have been announced timeout.com/newyork/news/att… #gothambookprize
Attention, bookworms: The 2024 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced

Attention, bookworms: The 2024 Gotham Book Prize finalists have been announced

Add these 11 books to your reading list.

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I'm honored to be a juror for the $50k Gotham Book Prize. Here are our 2024 finalists. lithub.com/here-are-the-2024… via @lithub #gothambookprize
Here are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.

Here are the 2024 finalists for the $50,000 Gotham Book Prize.

Today, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award that began during the first year of the pandemic to honor and support the best writing about New York City, whether fiction or nonfiction, announced it…

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Thanks and praise for our founder, ⁦@cunningpscott⁩ With O, Miami, he brought poetry to the people. Now he’s stepping down | WLRN ⁦@omiamifestival⁩ wlrn.org/arts-culture/2024-0…
He helped us believe that Miami is the most poetic city in the world. Now he’s stepping down

He helped us believe that Miami is the most poetic city in the world. Now he’s stepping down

P. Scott Cunningham has announced he'll be stepping down as the executive director of O, Miami. In an exit interview with WLRN, he talked about his work uplifting the stories of "real Miami" and why...

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Bittersweet news about one of Miami's best. We love you, Scott! Poetry nonprofit O, Miami founder steps down | Miami Herald ⁦@omiamifestival⁩ ⁦@cunningpscott⁩ miamiherald.com/entertainmen…
He filled the 305 with poetry. Now, O, Miami’s executive director is stepping down

He filled the 305 with poetry. Now, O, Miami’s executive director is stepping down

The poetry will continue.

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PEN America invites writers who exited festival over Gaza to discuss ‘divergent views’. And we are working to get aid to Palestinian writers, journalists and their families. #ceasefire @PENamerica⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/m…
PEN America invites writers who exited festival over Gaza to discuss ‘divergent views’

PEN America invites writers who exited festival over Gaza to discuss ‘divergent views’

The writers group is also making a ‘substantial financial contribution’ to fund for distribution to Palestinian writers

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How Mellon chief Elizabeth Alexander (and $500 million) changed the nature of the monuments we revere latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
How Mellon chief Elizabeth Alexander (and $500 million) changed the nature of the monuments we...

How Mellon chief Elizabeth Alexander (and $500 million) changed the nature of the monuments we...

Thanks to Elizabeth Alexander, the Mellon has committed $500 million to preserve, relocate and generate discussion about monuments — and it's changing the nature of monuments.

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Happy #305Day! Let's raise a glass (...or maybe a cup of cafecito?) today in celebration 💙 Whether you're in Coconut Grove or Hialeah, our County's neighborhoods & cities give it a unique charm that you can't find anywhere else. Which city / neighborhood do you call home?
Jose Hernandez in Kantonas Coffee Shop, 1982. Shows Jose Hernandez sipping a cup of cortadito (Cuban coffee).

ALT Jose Hernandez in Kantonas Coffee Shop, 1982. Shows Jose Hernandez sipping a cup of cortadito (Cuban coffee).

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The book, which launches today with a party at Versailles (🫶), is a collaboration with @omiamifestival Daniela Perez Miron & local photographer Gesi Schilling. Launch party deets 👇 eventbrite.com/e/ventanitas-…
Ventanitas Launch Party

Ventanitas Launch Party

Join us at Versailles, home to one of the city’s most iconic ventanitas!

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"Mirror, Mirror" by Tom Healy (@tphealy) on today's installment of The Slowdown Show (@slowdownshow) hosted by Major Jackson (@MajorJacksons). Thank you Slowdown Show! Listen to the episode here: slowdownshow.org/episode/202… #poetrycommunity
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A little @tphealy for your Sunday. 🌴
Mirror, Mirror BY TOM HEALY What do we do when we hate our bodies? A good coat helps. Some know how to pull off a hat. And there are paints, lighting, knives, needles, various kinds of resignation, the laugh in the mirror, the lie of saying it doesn’t matter. There is also the company we keep: surgeons and dermatologists, faith healers and instruction-givers, tailors of cashmere and skin who send their bills for holding our shame-red hands, raw from the slipping rope, the same hands with which we tremble ever so slightly, holding novels in bed, concentrating on the organization of pain and joy we say is another mirror, a depth, a conjure in which we might meet someone who says touch me.

ALT Mirror, Mirror BY TOM HEALY What do we do when we hate our bodies? A good coat helps. Some know how to pull off a hat. And there are paints, lighting, knives, needles, various kinds of resignation, the laugh in the mirror, the lie of saying it doesn’t matter. There is also the company we keep: surgeons and dermatologists, faith healers and instruction-givers, tailors of cashmere and skin who send their bills for holding our shame-red hands, raw from the slipping rope, the same hands with which we tremble ever so slightly, holding novels in bed, concentrating on the organization of pain and joy we say is another mirror, a depth, a conjure in which we might meet someone who says touch me.

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Grateful to have my poem "Mirror, Mirror" on theThe Slowdown for February 26, 2024 Thank you, thank you! @Poet_Major ❤️pages.connect.americanpublic…
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This laughing while you're gut-punched piece was set for the op-ed page of ⁦@nytimes⁩ but they killed it. Read it! open.substack.com/pub/shalom…
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“Shall I be raised from death, the spirit asks. And the sun says yes. And the desert answers your voice is scattered in the wind.” RIP Louise Glück. A voice for all time. A great and exacting poet who was proudest of the art and work of teaching. nytimes.com/2023/10/13/books…
Louise Glück, 80, Nobel-Winning Poet Who Explored Trauma and Loss, Dies (Published 2023)

Louise Glück, 80, Nobel-Winning Poet Who Explored Trauma and Loss, Dies (Published 2023)

Acclaimed as one of America’s greatest living writers, she blended deeply personal material with themes of mythology and nature.

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Our first meeting of Banned Books Club is on Aug 31st. This is a space for young people across Miami to share ideas and push back against censorship. Let’s celebrate the freedom to read and think. RSVP for free: tinyurl.com/ybswapuk #notbannedatbooksandbooks #fREADom
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