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Blog: Matthew Hittinger Topics:Poetry
Category Archives: Reviews
August Bits
I have an essay in The First Time I Heard… The Smiths. Edited by novelist Scott Heim, this is part four in “an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic … Continue reading
Posted in News, Publications, Reviews
Tagged Eduardo C. Corral, Marilyn Monroe, MiPOesias, Ruben Quesada, Scott Heim, Stephen Mills, Steve Fellner, The Smiths
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July Bits
Thunderstorms flooding the city. Air so heavy with humidity and pollution and rotting trash it’s hard to breathe. Showering multiple times a day to stay cool and get the film off your skin. Ah New York in the summertime. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Musings, News, Publications, Reviews
Tagged GoodReads, Impossible Gotham, Joe Brainard, Readings, Stephen Motika, The Nervous Breakdown
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The Last Warner Woman
Who owns a story? Who has the right to tell it? And if they have the right, how should it be told? Kei Miller’s The Last Warner Woman explores these questions as the narrator “Mr. Writer Man” and the protagonist, … Continue reading
Some Notes on Laurie Sheck’s A Monster’s Notes
Head on over to Gently Read Literature where you can check out the November reviews. I have a piece up on Laurie Sheck’s multi-genre novel A Monster’s Notes.
Some Notes On Charlie Jensen’s The First Risk
I’ve read some great new books in recent weeks and wanted to highlight some of them. This post is dedicated to Charlie Jenson’s first full-length collection, The First Risk: The first thing that struck me about the collection is how … Continue reading
Aftermath
I had the opportunity and pleasure to see a new show Friday night at the New York Theatre Workshop. It’s called Aftermath and is written by Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen who took interviews they conducted in June 2008 with … Continue reading
My first NYC Ballet
Jon took me to my first NYC Ballet performance on this rainy cold June night and I enjoyed it immensely. The first piece was “Glass Pieces” set to the music of Philip Glass with choreography by Jerome Robbins (all the … Continue reading
Tangled Alphabets
I sometimes pop into MoMA during my lunch break and catch a quick exhibit. There’s a fascinating show on the 6th floor called “Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schende” which runs until June 15th. Both draw inspiration from language, notably … Continue reading
Getting Over My Fear of Reviewing
I’ve been trying my hand at some reviewing the past couple weeks, in part to get over my fear of it. The fear still exists, and it’s far easier to write a review for a book I felt some connection … Continue reading