Thad DeVassie's work has largely been influenced by Russell Edson, James Tate and Charles Simic. His poems appear in numerous journals, including Unbroken, Spelk, Lunate, FLASH: International Short Story Magazine, New York Quarterly, PANK, Juked, FEED, Poetry East, Fiction Kitchen Berlin, and others. His chapbook, This Side of Utopia, was published by Cervena Barva Press. His microchap, Year of Static, containing eleven original paintings and micro prose, is downloadable from Ghost City Press. This book of prose poems won James Tate Poetry Prize 2020.