Dear Readers, Poets are dangerous. I never set out to make a poetical magazine, anything with a kind of bent. But given that we are about shelter, it became political. Who deserves to be safe? Who deserves to be saved? Poets are dangerous. Our purpose is to witness, to record, to legally observe. We make […]
Nadia Arioli
Nadia Arioli is the editor in chief and managing editor of Thimble Literary Magazine.
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, Fall is the time of wooden ghosts. All my dreams have been about ghosts. You can easily blame the seasons: the leaves are incandescent with death. But something happened in my life right before issue 8.1 came out. It mimicked a poem we already selected for publication in this issue, 8.2: Dara Goodale’s […]
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, I broke my Word. This is not a cosmic or theological statement, but a statement about Mac computers old enough to vote and Microsoft products. The program needs an update, but the update is one my computer can’t read. (Same with InDesign, now that I think of it. Although there’s a little work-around […]
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, Here is my Editor’s Note. I suppose I am to say something smart-sounding about poetry and craft. I am honored to have so many of you entrust us with your work, so the least I can do is appear well-versed in poetry and an astute student of wonder. Do editors write about William […]
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, It is spring again, and the world is making itself new. In New England, the snow is starting to melt, the days are getting longer once more. The birds at the feeder have turned from cardinals to nuthatches. The world is turning in that great cycle. It feels fitting that this issue of […]
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, New Englanders believe in seasons—if there’s one thing I’ve learned since I’ve moved here. I heard someone say “Grapefruit is my favorite winter fruit,” and I was confused by that at first. I mean, fruit is fruit. You can get grapefruit any time you like. But I’m starting to get it. At the […]
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Dear Readers, Something strange has happened. Almost 500 people decided to submit to Thimble. That means 500 people learned about us. That means 500 people wanted us for a home—isn’t that something? There is lots to say about this fabulous issue, but what I really want to talk about is a poem not in the […]
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Dear Readers, 6.1 is our 21st issue. Can you believe it? I think this may also be our longest issue. Every time I would accept a new piece, I would think to myself, Ah, but I’m giving myself more work. But then I would also immediately think, How could I not? Robert Creeley had an […]
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Dear Readers, At the end of 2022, I was listening to a lot of Kimya Dawson, specifically the song “Happy Home (Keep on Writing)” from her “Alphabutt” album, which is hilarious and weird and aimed at children. But the lyrics to this one floored me. At the start, Dawson sings about when they were a […]
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, By the time you are reading this, I will have already moved across the country to New England. But I have not done so yet. Here are some things I might say about my new digs: It’s so nice having four, distinct seasons. I love not being in 90-degree weather in fall. New […]