Poem in Queer Nature Anthology
My poem “Grafted” from The Erotic Postulate appears in the new blockbuster anthology Queer Nature edited by Michael Walsh and published by Autumn House Press. Out today!
Author: Matthew
Line tamer.
Poem in Marilyn Monroe Anthology
My poem “I Am Not a Myth” from The Masque of Marilyn appears in the new anthology I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe edited by Susana H. Case & Margo Taft Stever, and published by Milk & Cake Press.
2021 Xmas Card Print
Santa Monkey’s wishing everybody a Monkey Xmas and a Bananas New Year!
New Villanelle at Limp Wrist
Issue 4 of Limp Wrist is dedicated to one of my favorite forms, the villanelle. Thanks to Dustin Brookshire and Beth Gylys for including my villanelle “Manhattins” – the title’s a portmanteau of Manhattan and Matins.
New poem in Impossible Archetype
I have a new poem “Arc-en-ciel” in Issue 10 of Impossible Archetype. Many thanks to Mark Ward for including it. Download a PDF of the issue here, and check out the list of contributors below.
Three New Poems at iARTistas
I have three new poems, “Herald of Herald Square,” “Adirondack Lemniscate,” and “Crumbs,” in the new iARTistas, a special “Invention” issue curated by Charles Jensen. Many thanks to Charlie and Didi for giving them a good home.
New Yorkers
Our friend, the artist Sally Davies, has a new book out, New Yorkers. She photographed New Yorkers in their homes, a project she wrapped right before the pandemic hit. For so many of us cooped up in our homes for over a year now, it’s a fascinating look inside the homes of others. Here’s the Read More …
QUEENSBOUND 2021
Excited to have a poem, “[G]olden Circe Sips Her Coffee”, included in the 2021 edition of the QUEENSBOUND collaborative audio project, curated by the wonderful KC Trommer. It corresponds to my subway stop, 30th Avenue in Astoria on the N/W line and you can hear me read it on SoundCloud. It’s a diverse and eclectic Read More …
Four new poems at DIAGRAM
Some newly published explorations of words and graphics, text and image interplay at DIAGRAM.
2020 Xmas Card Print
We have a lot of cacti in my home.