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Writer. Chair @omiamifestival /Trustee @penamerica & @thebassmoa /Council member @nmaahc /Juror #gothambookprize @travelling_fred

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Half my life with this man!

I couldn't imagine a more extraordinary adventure.

Happy Anniversary, sweetheart.
I love you

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Follow the link in our bio to read “A Possum Entering the Argument” by Tom Healy (@tphealy) published in the magazine in 2009.

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Today is my late brother Joey's birthday. He died unexpectedly in March and I still don't believe it.
Sending love to my family and the countless friends who loved him too. #RIP #joehealy

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One very fine day to turn 65 being spoiled by my man, Fred P. Hochberg. I wouldn’t be here without @travelling_fred

More than half my life with the best friend and spouse I could ever imagine. And blessed with such incredible friends and family who won’t rest in this dark time.

Hope and change, fury and strength and a joyful sense of the absurd as we bring decency and democracy back. Plus martinis and poetry! #martini #65 #seniorcitizen #poetry

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"About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters."

@tphealy performs W. H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" as part of Read By Miami, our new ten-film series created in collaboration with @omiamifestival.

Directed by @filmerico and shot in Downtown Miami, Little Havana, and Miami Beach.
Photographed by @jorgegrauperafilms and Eric Felipe-Barkin.
Produced by Eric Felipe-Barkin, @aglasswoman, and O, Miami.
Production managed by @memelodia.
Sound, mix, and color by Filmerico.
Special thanks to @ely2k & @thiercito, Solid Gold Jewelry.
Commissioned by @brinkerhoffpoetry.

#TomHealy #WHAuden #ReadByMiami

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“The picture of elegance, my grandfather.
I wanted his photograph in the dictionary.”

@tphealy performs his poem "Sonnet for the Chickens” as part of Read By Miami, our new ten-film series created in collaboration with @omiamifestival.

Directed by @filmerico and shot in Downtown Miami.
Photographed by @jorgegrauperafilms.
Produced by Eric Felipe-Barkin, @aglasswoman, and O, Miami.
Production managed by @memelodia.
Sound, mix, and color by Filmerico.
Commissioned by @brinkerhoffpoetry.

#TomHealy #ReadByMiami

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Celebrating the winning poets of Sonnet Boom at The Jewel Box tonight with two greats—Mayor Eileen Higgins and O, Miami’s Melody Santiago Cummings.

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We are thrilled to announce the premiere of the Read By Miami film series at @thebassmoa, in partnership with @omiamifestival!

On April 16th from 6 to 9 pm, join us for a screening of all ten films and a discussion featuring poets @jaswinder.bolina, @tphealy, and @caridadmoro and director @filmerico, moderated by poet and O, Miami Director of Civic Publishing @yaddyrap.

Eight films showcase the poems and performances of Jaswinder Bolina, Tom Healy, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, and @christellvictoria, each of whom reads one poem of their own and a second poem by a favorite poet. Two more films feature performances by actor @rubenrabasa.

These new films, all shot in Miami-Dade, were directed by Cuban-American filmmaker Eric Felipe-Barkin and shot by @jorgegrauperafilms.

Tap the link in our bio to RSVP now for your free spot at this Miami Beach Culture Crawl event!

#OMiami #PoetryFilm #PoemFilm #ReadByMiami #MiamiBeachCultureCrawl A man in an orange visibility vest holds a trash bag in one hand and a tool for picking up trash in the other. He looks at the camera. Behind him another man in similar attire is visible, as well as the underside of a bridge and a canal behind the men.

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🗣️#ThrowbackThursday to The Bass Dialogues featuring Sculpture and Installation Artist Kennedy Yanko ( @kennedyyanko) in conversation with Tom Healy ( @tphealy ), award-winning writer, poet and Trustee at The Bass. Audiences enjoyed an exploration of the physical and performative aspects of Yanko’s creative process and how she challenges the traditional boundaries of material and form.

❓Attendees were able to participate in a post-conversation question and answer portion, engaging with Yanko as she delved into everything from the inspiration behind her work, to her love of being an artist living in Miami. Future Bass Members were able to privately meet and greet Yanko in Social Assembly ( link in bio to become a member!).

🎨Meanwhile, The BCC (@basscreativitycenter) had a successful Teen Art Exhibition, where The Bass Teen Board was able to showcase the works of talented up and coming artists and their interpretation of the theme of TIME.

🔗Don't miss out on our upcoming Third Thursday for an evening of poetry hosted by @omiamifestival... link in bio to RSVP!

Third Thursday is presented by Art Bridges Access for All (@artbridgesfoundation).

Photography by William Benshimol (@wbenshi69). Courtesy of The Bass, Miami Beach.

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Tomorrow, we launch Read By Miami, our second collaboration with @omiamifestival! Join us as we release ten new poem films featuring Miami poets Jaswinder Bolina, @tphealy, @caridadmoro, and @christellvictoria and actor @rubenrabasa, premiering every Thursday from April 2nd to June 4th.

Directed by Eric Felipe-Barkin and shot on location around Miami-Dade County, these films bear witness to Miami's many stories, histories, cultures, and environments. We invite you to take part in this celebration of South Florida's poetry, just in time for the annual O, Miami Poetry Festival and National Poetry Month.

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Grateful for the evening at The Bass speaking with Tom Healy.

There’s something deeply nourishing about being in a room together right now—learning, sharing, and holding space for both the light and the heavy. Conversations like this remind me why I care so much about what I do.

Tom, your presence meant more than I can fully express. Thank you for showing up with such generosity.

And thank you to Future Bass for the invitation, the curiosity, and the care you bring to supporting artists and ideas.

Truly an honor.

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Photos by William Benshimol.

Slide captions:

“Intimacy of throes,” 2024 and Auguste Rodin’s “Les Bourgeois de Calais (The Burghers of Calais),” 1884–95.

“The Circular in Her,” 2022 and Hilma af Klint’s “The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood,” 1907.

“Swelling to sound,” 2022 - 2023 and Fred Sandback’s “Untitled (Sculptural Study, Five-part Construction),” 1987.

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The Writer’s Room serves as our cabinet of curiosities and dedication to the many queer literary giants (and artists in their own right) such as Ashbery, Ginsberg, Brainard, and O’Hara, who shaped not just the art of time, but our culture.

Tom Healy writes in his essay A Wunderkammer of Weirdos, “It’s a feeling of intimacy. Making things strange to make them beautiful means messing with our expectations. Art becomes a question, a contest, a conversation, a quarrel. It also becomes a community, it becomes a passion, where everyone’s fingerprints are on everyone else.” @tphealy

This exhibition is dedicated to John Mcwhinnie (1968-2012) a remarkable rare book dealer and friend. Without his passion, expertise, and impeccable eye, we would not have these extraordinary examples of contemporary literature.

Furniture and objects curated with Show Pony, Palm Beach @showponypalmbeach

#artspace #gallery #westpalmbeachfl

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