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Blog: Matthew Hittinger Topics:Poetry
Monthly Archives: September 2007
The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Finally finished this. I picked it up months ago when I decided to write my beast fable/bestiary. As a kid I was obsessed with “The Bremen Town Musicians” which we had on vinyl and to which I would listen over … Continue reading
Winner of the Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition
Just found out my sequence Narcissus Resists won the 2007 Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition. They are estimating the print date will be December 1st, and you can check in on their publication schedule here:BeautyTruthPoetryPublications
Derek Walcott Reads at the 92nd St Y
I heard Derek Walcott read at the 92nd St Y last night (and ran into some poets from NYU I met at Calabash back in May, including Dante Micheaux). The British poet Glyn Maxwell introduced Walcott, and I have to … Continue reading
Two Poems in BeautyTruth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry
The Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry is out now and includes two poems: “The Problematic Pear” and “Lamp”. You can check out Beauty/Truth and order copies here: BeautyTruthPoetry
Margaret Garner
I saw the new opera Margaret Garner last night at New York City Opera, popping my opera cherry here in New York (long overdue given how long I’ve lived here). The opera’s libretto was written by Toni Morrison and the music … Continue reading
Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones
Aimee recommended this to me months ago and I bought it back in the spring but just finally picked it up. God, what a heart-wrenching story set against the very real and disturbing 1937 Parsley Massacre in the Dominican Republic … Continue reading
Derek Walcott’s The Prodigal
I was disappointed in this “last” book (did I read somewhere that he claimed this would be his last poetry collection?) if anything for its self-indulgence. Just when I couldn’t handle another scene of light likened to some painter, he … Continue reading