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I have three poems in the new issue (#5) of Ganymede: “La Ley del Deseo,” “Wrestlers Finished,” and “Orange Colored Sky.” Click here to order a copy and you can see a sample page of where my section begins here. “Orange Colored Sky” is my homage to Wonder Woman and was the poem turned into Read More …
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I’ll be reading at the inSPIREd launch party Thursday, September 10th, 7:00pm at the Nightingale Lounge here in NYC. The party will celebrate the release of the new chapbook series from Spire, the inSPIREd Poetry Series, and will feature readings by some of their new authors including JoAnn Balingit, Alice Pettway and more TBA.
I missed this review Grady Harp did of the December 2008 MiPOesias back in July: Anytime readers get the opportunity to read the sophisticated and highly polished poetry of Matthew Hittinger is a delight. In this series of publications devoted to new poetry and articles analyzing and commenting on poetry with accompanying interviews with the Read More …
Just found out The Erotic Postulate was a semi-finalist for the 2009 Akron Poetry Prize. Congrats to Oliver de la Paz for his winning manuscript Requiem for the Orchard! You can read some of Oliver’s work in the first issue of the new journal The Collagist.
Harlo and I have been busy this month making improvements to the site. Even though we still have some content to add, some kinks to workout, and are in the process of migrating my blog over, we decided to push many of the new pages live today for your enjoyment. What’s new: 1. Drop down Read More …
My site is about to go through a major re-design this week. Stay tuned for an announcement revealing the new matthewhittinger.com!
I had a lovely time chatting with Joe Milford Saturday night about my work. He’s a sensitive and careful close-reader and the 90 minutes flew by; I felt like we could have talked for another 90 minutes and still not covered all there is to cover. If you missed the show, it is now archived Read More …
I have a long poem sequence, “Merry-Go-Tats: A Bestiary, A Fable” in the new Dusie, the mega Issue #8 (vol. 2 no. 4) (Click on “download ebook” to the right; the sequence begins on page 59). UPDATE: You can read Dusie 8 on their site now. Click HERE. The sequence is the middle section in Read More …
Just a reminder: I’ll be on The Joe Milford Poetry Show this coming Saturday, August 1st. Please note the new time: 7:00-8:30 PM (EST). The show is broadcast on the web, so you can listen live from anywhere in the world, and if you miss it, you can find it in the archives.