2019 Xmas Card Print
Decided to feature some year-round ornaments I leave out on some branches that have twinkle lights built into them. There’s a fox, an owl, a whale, a cardinal, and a tiny penguin.
Author: Matthew
Line tamer.
Alumni Achievement Award
Last night I was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from Muhlenberg College, where I did my undergraduate work. When I received word back in the spring that I was receiving this award, my first thought was “Is this premature? I still have so much I want to do.” Perhaps that’s the fate of the Read More …
Reprint of “Stendhal Syndrome / Nude Study” at The Ekphrastic Review
My poem “Stendhal Syndrome / Nudy Study” has been reprinted at The Ekphrastic Review. It was originally published at The Offending Adam in 2011 and is in conversation with John Singer Sargent’s oil on canvas Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller (1917-20).
Phineas & Finn
A little study based on my desk buddies, Phineas (the squirrel) and Finn (the fish). Maybe they need their own little comic, The Adventures of Phin & Finn!
2018 Xmas Card Print
An army of letter M snowflakes. This year’s Xmas card.
Four Poems and Two Prints in Crazyhorse
I have four poems–“Poetics of the Parentheses,” “Monarch Migraine,” “Mechaphemera,” and “From At the Museum of the Moving Image (Model Magic)”–in the latest issue (#92, Fall 2017) of Crazyhorse. The middle two are accompanied by two of my lino prints. Enjoy!
2017 Xmas Card Print
Dug into some personal history for this year’s Xmas card; I played the French horn from the 4th grade through high school. I was pretty good, too!
Review of The Masque of Marilyn in the Washington Independent Review of Books
Grave Cavalieri offered this insightful review of The Masque of Marilyn in the latest Washington Independent Review of Books: “Who doesn’t care about Marilyn Monroe; and how many Marilyn’s are there? The answer is as many as there are writers invoking her. Hittinger is known for his ability to combine myth, pop culture and philosophy Read More …
Review of The Masque of Marilyn in the San Francisco Review of Books
Grady Harp reviews The Masque of Marilyn in the San Francisco Review of Books: “The New York poet Matthew Hittinger is now in that realm of `important poets of our time’. The publications of his poems increases every year and his works appear in important poetry collections of the highest order. One reason for Hittinger’s Read More …
Featured on The Poet and The Poem from The Library of Congress
I was honored to be invited on The Poet and The Poem, Grace Cavalieri’s long-running program from The Library of Congress. I opened with a poem from Skin Shift and then we turned to The Masque of Marilyn and other topics, closing with a poem from The Erotic Postulate. Enjoy!