John Constantine Tobin, PhD

Poet and Prof.

@usmwriters PhD Poet
@MerfolkGames Co-Founder.
UBalt MFA. @UMichRC Alum. IG: TobinPoetry.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Grateful to have my nonfiction essay, "A Fifth Rabbit," published in the 75th Anniversary Issue of @ShenandoahWLU!

Also my first time actually being paid for my writing, which says a lot about how great this magazine is.

Read my essay below:
https://t.co/wxKIte8Uql

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Readjusting to the world after this year's Juniper Summer Writing Institute @JuniperSummer. Missing these folx and working with @CAConrad, who shared much needed accounts of queer history and ecopoetry.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

I'm officially Dr. John Constantine Tobin!

I've long dreamt of this. Yet the effort of a decade attending school makes this feel like another completed task. It isn't. I know. But the reality hasn't quite settled in. I'm tired, happy with my knowledge, and for now, headed home.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

New poem out in @SilverRoseMag, Issue Four!
(link below)

"Elegy for a Sense of Safety"
(content warning: domestic abuse)

https://t.co/4sWd623n3J

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

I'm happy to say that I've successfully defended my dissertation.

I am now officially Dr. John Constantine Tobin!

I'm happy and ready for some good old fashioned rest.

In my ears, I keep hearing Hart Crane say: "These the anguish are worth."

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

In honor of my final comprehensive exam on Queer Literature for my PhD, I share my favorite fragment of a poem by Sappho (600 BCE) - the original Lesbian from Greece [Trans. by Anne Carson]. [Enlarge for full fragment]

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Stumbled across a forbidden concert.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

My poem "Ode to the Community" is out in the print version of Beyond Queer Words. Happy Pride!

https://t.co/0iU7zu0L5p

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Well, I've flown back home to Maryland. My paper writing setup has officially transitioned to paper grading setup (courtesy of my cousin Tessa's porch).

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

@Corley_Longmire I know. I love it.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

PhD workstation for the next 48 hours. Submitting a 20-page paper now and a 10-pager tomorrow. Shout out to the Irish Coffee mug found in my grandmom's attic.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

So glad to present my essay at the first Race, Gender and Sexuality Symposium at The University of Southern Mississippi! @USMGoldenEagles

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

@dks3a Maybe I already do 👀

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

So maybe I've fulfilled my lifelong dream of buying a harp

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

It begins. The 17-year cicadas have arrived.

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Passed my PhD Qualifying Exam! It's not the crazy Comprehensive Exam that happens in a few years, but it's the first step of "Hey, you're doing alright in this program. Keep at it."

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Check out my poems in Issue 35 of @USM_Product Magazine!

https://t.co/01QUzvsuC3

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Virtual Launch of Issue 35 of Product Online Magazine tonight! I have 3 poems in the issue, which I'll be reading. I'm also the Drama, Hybrid, and Experimental Texts Editor for the Mag this year! Note that time is 5:30pm Central Time on Zoom.

Link: https://t.co/dioVk15nwg

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Gang's all here @ Gambrills, Maryland https://t.co/hDZ1t3OHcD

[John Constantine Tobin, PhD @TobinPoetry]

Ah yes, the Springtime Spook has arrived in Maryland @ Gambrills, Maryland https://t.co/6j11VybVzy