I'm a former lawyer living and cringing below blankets in Washington, DC. My poetry, flash fiction, short stories, and author interviews have been published in Peatsmoke, Milk Candy Review, Leon Literary Review, and others. I'm an associate editor at Five South Lit. The best way to reach me is through my website, joannatheiss.com, where you can also read my stuff and look at my mosaic collages. Also bluesky until a billionaire buys it: @joannatheiss.com
Selected work
- Fiction
15
- Nonfiction
1
- Poetry
4
The Children's Orchestra
Welter Journal, 2021
The Wounds of Childhood - The Florida Review,The Wounds of Childhood
The Florida Review & Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, 2022
"True or False: Because of the Time You Spend Caring for Your Mother…" By Joanna Theiss
Roi Fainéant Press, 2023
Gardening for Mothers
LEON Literary Review, 2023
Holy Mother
Bending Genres, 2023
Marilyn, Forty-Nine, No Dependents — Peatsmoke
Peatsmoke Journal, 2023
My Mother is a Contestant on The Golden Bachelor ~ poetry by Joanna Theiss
The Disappointed Housewife, 2023
Naked Protest
Vast Chasm Magazine, 2024
This is a Dog ~ by Joanna Theiss
Milk Candy Review, 2024
A Screw
MacQueen's Quinterly, 2024
Question for April | Pato
Pato Journal, 2024
Spell Jar
Unbroken: Prose Poems, 2024
When She Asks How Daddy Proposed
SoFloPoJo - South Florida Poetry Journal , 2024
Watermelon - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine, 2024
Out There Still
Switch: A Magazine of Micro Fiction, 2024
A Conversation with Patricia Q. Bidar, Author of Wild Plums - The Masters Review
The Masters Review, 2024
Stanchion Issue 17 | Stanchion
Stanchion, 2024
Last Week The Sun Died • Issue 31
Your Impossible Voice, 2024
Pertusaria tejocotensis on the Cover of Nature
BULL lit mag, 2024
Joanna Theiss — Does It Have Pockets
Does It Have Pockets, 2025