A Poem in the Shape of a Rooster at Press 1
“Dear Chanticleer,” my poem-in-the-shape-of-a-rooster, is up in the September Issue (Volume 5, Number 2) of Press 1. The poem’s part of the Smite & Spoon manuscript project. Check it out.
Author: Matthew
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Finalist for the Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry
I’ve been sitting on this news all summer waiting on the outcome, but now that I know I didn’t win, I can reveal that my fourth manuscript, Smite & Spoon, was a Finalist for this year’s Levis Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Happy to see another of my projects placing in a contest Read More …
The Five Boroughs Songbook World Premiere
The Five Boroughs Music Festival is celebrating its fifth year with a Five Boroughs Songbook which will premiere 20 new songs by 20 composers. The World Premiere will be at Galapagos Art Space on October 6th. There will be a Composer Chat before the performance at 6:30, and then the performance will be at 8. Read More …
Skin Shift to be published by Sibling Rivalry Press
I’m excited to announce Sibling Rivalry Press has picked up my manuscript Skin Shift as one of their four new titles for 2012. It will be released on my birthday, June 1 (which is a Friday!) so expect a combined birthday/book release party in NYC next year! While Skin Shift will be my first full-length Read More …
Is This Desire?
Charlie Jensen is hosting a mini-salon on his blog, Kinemapoetics this month. The focus is on music albums we love, that we can “experience only through ‘sequential listening’–moving track by track, in order, from start to finish, loving every song.” My contribution is now up, a memoir-ish meditation on PJ Harvey’s 1998 album Is This Read More …
Return from Hiatus
I took a bit of an unintended break there the past couple months. Between my recent creative pursuits and some unexpected personal stresses, I just didn’t find I had much to say on the blog. But the stresses I was experiencing with the day job are coming to an end as I transfer to another Read More …
Five Boroughs Music Festival Fundraiser
I’ll be reading my poem “8:46 AM, Five Years Later” at the Five Boroughs Music Festival Fundraiser this Saturday. It’s the next collaborative project in the works with composer John Glover for the Five Borough Songbook. Here are the details: Please join us on July 16th for a special evening of music featuring appearances by Read More …
Five Poems at Turntable & Blue Light
I have five poems up at Turntable & Blue Light: “39th Floor Aperture,” “Achilles,” “[G]olden Circe Sips Her Coffee,” “Zeppelin,” and “Purgatory”. These are all from my Impossible Gotham manuscript. “39th Floor Aperture” is my homage to my day job at D. E. Shaw & Co., where I manage the Reception team (my receptionistas and Read More …
Two Poems in OCHO #31
I have two poems in OCHO #31: “At the Academy of Taxidermy Mirram Keeps a Secret” and “Restoration.” Both are from my Skin Shift project. The taxidermy poem is inspired by the aboriginal tale “The Woman Who Changed Into a Kangaroo” and the trunk poems is for my father. You can read the entire issue Read More …
Two Poems at The Offending Adam
I have two poems up at The Offending Adam: “There Were No Sculptures” and “Stendhal Syndrome / Nude Study” both from my Smite & Spoon project. I like to use my blog to give some bonus information about my work when it makes its way out into the public world. The Socrates Sculpture Park mentioned Read More …