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Grady Harp, a top ten reviewer on Amazon and author of War Songs, was kind enough to review Pear Slip: Matthew Hittinger is an artist. He is able to paint with words intimate still lifes focused on one object – a pear – and make each of the eight poems in this small but treasurable book Read More …
It’s Pear Slip‘s birthday! Officially released December 13 2007, Pear Slip had its coming out party on that rainy night here in NYC. Let’s take a look back at the year (click on the links to see the related posts): I’ve read from Pear Slip four times this year: in February as part of the Read More …
I went to hear new friend Jennifer Kwon Dobbs read at the KGB Bar last night. The night was a celebration of new books by Jennifer, Tina Chang, and Tom Fink. Tom read first and invited his daughter up with him to read a series of 11 line poems. He then read primarily from his Read More …
I received a nice email today from Therese Broderick who maintains the blogEkphrasis: Poetry Inspired by Art; she offered some nice commentary on Pear Slip (I love attentive, thoughtful readers!). Here’s a preview: When you see the phrase “still life,” what image comes to your mind? Now that I’ve read the very engaging and inventive poems Read More …
A happy discovery. Someone included Pear Slip on an Amazon.com top nine list: “Favorites of a Self-Taught Literary Snob”. This is what they have to say: “This book is a great gift for someone who enjoys poetry, but doesn’t have the patience for something too long. The work is fresh and smart.” Thank you “greeningupsmart”, whoever Read More …
It snowed tonight. I forgot about the reflective glow of the snow at night under the street lamps, and even where there are no lights, the air illumined by that eerie rusty orange light, as if I were on Mars if Mars had an atmosphere that could support life, a sky with clouds that catch Read More …
For those of you in New York (or with easy access to New York), I’ll be giving a reading in the Ear Inn Reading Series on Saturday, February 9th at 3pm. Here’s the event info: The Ear Inn Reading Series — February 09, 2008 03:00PM location: 326 Spring Street (west of Greenwich Street), New York, Read More …
Happy New Year everyone. For those of you who will be at the AWP Conference in NYC, I’ll be doing a book signing for Pear Slip at 3:00 pm on Friday, February 1st at the book fair. Hope to see you there! Cheers- Matthew Event Info: AWP NYC Book Fair – Hilton New York — February Read More …
Thanks to everyone who made it to The Dove for the book release! It was nice to see so many faces from different chapters of my life. Due to the weather and flight cancellations, the folk from Spire Press could not attend, but they sent along this nice note: “Friends and Colleagues of Matthew, please Read More …
The day has come! Please come celebrate the release of Pear Slip on Thursday, December 13th at 7pm at The Dove. Click here to order your copy of Pear Slip. Hope to see you there (The Dove has happy hour til 8)!