Blog – Page 15 – Matthew Hittinger

Calligramme On the Cover of a Magazine

Posted on2012-01-08AuthorMatthew1 Comment

I wonder how many poems have made the cover of a magazine? A calligramme I made of Marilyn Monroe’s face graces the cover of the latest Poets & Artists magazine (#31, January 2012). [issuu width=420 height=272 printButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120108124217-7ca7be607c7b425ca608fb2b7d79bcc1 name=collaboration2012 username=didimenendez tag=art unit=px id=b33cbc0c-ed4d-3cb3-4663-cdbf1e504513 v=2] This is a collaboration issue around the theme “Icon” and Read More …

Five Boroughs Songbook Manhattan Premiere & CD Release

Posted on2012-01-05AuthorMatthew

The Manhattan premiere of the Five Boroughs Songbook will be Thursday, January 12th at 7:30 PM at Baruch’s Engelman Recital Hall (55 Lexington Avenue & 25th St). There will be a composer chat beforehand at 6:30 and a reception after at 9:30. A special 2-disc CD recording of the Songbook will also be released that Read More …

Anthologized x 3

Posted on2012-01-04AuthorMatthew

There are a number of fun, new anthologies coming out this Spring that I wanted to highlight: Divining Divas. Lethe Press. Ed. Michael Montlack. Includes a previously unpublished poem of mine, an homage to She-Ra: Princess of Power, called “For the Honor of Grayskull”. A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Read More …

Favorite Books Read in 2011

Posted on2011-12-23AuthorMatthew1 Comment

It’s that time of year again. Of the 100 or so books I read this year, these were some of my faves (again, totally idiosyncratic and not limited to books published this year – I often discover books years after they first appeared in print): Mary Biddinger – Saint Monica Joe Brainard – The Nancy Read More …

Goodbye, Pear

Posted on2011-12-20AuthorMatthew

We’re back online. The era of the pear has ended. My annual “favorite books read this year” post will be up before the month is out. xo

Nods and Noms and November

Posted on2011-11-08AuthorMatthew

Hello, blog. Sorry I’ve been away for a while. I’m thinking in 2012 I might try to do a weekly post again like I used to do. In the meantime, here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to, what my work has been up to, what’s coming down the road: I continue to work Read More …

Three Poems in Scythe #6

Posted on2011-09-24AuthorMatthew

I have three poems–“Union, Squared,” “Cascade Escapade,” and “Smite & Spoon,”–in Issue #6 of Scythe. The poems are from my Smite & Spoon manuscript, from which I plan to read on an upcoming return visit to Joe’s radio show (more info on that soon!). Check out the poems here. Lots of great poets in this Read More …

A Poem in the Shape of a Rooster at Press 1

Posted on2011-09-14AuthorMatthew

“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.

Finalist for the Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry

Posted on2011-09-08AuthorMatthew

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

Posted on2011-08-25AuthorMatthew

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 …