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I’ve read some great new books in recent weeks and wanted to highlight some of them. This post is dedicated to Charlie Jenson’s first full-length collection, The First Risk: The first thing that struck me about the collection is how unified it is, both within each sequence and across each sequence. The thematic arcs have Read More …
Justin Evans at Hobble Creek Review has nominated my poem “In the Shadow City…” for a Pushcart Prize. Thanks Justin!
Timothy Wright has reviewed Platos de Sal over at his blog. Here’s a preview: Hittinger’s beautifully clear style of writing suits the way in which the story of David/Juan and Mara/Rut unfolds in a bright but uncertain present full of longing, interspersed with the unclouded memories of the long-ago and more recent past. Platos de Read More …
Didi Menendez has finished a new portrait of me: Thanks Didi! And here’s a video she made:
I had the opportunity and pleasure to see a new show Friday night at the New York Theatre Workshop. It’s called Aftermath and is written by Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen who took interviews they conducted in June 2008 with Iraqi refugees in Jordan and crafted them into a show that interweaves the stories of Read More …
A new poem “Sketch and Pentimento” from my Skin Shift project is included in the special Self-Portrait issue of the September 2009 Oranges & Sardines (Volume 2, Issue 6). The issue is packed with lots of great poets: Bob Hicok, Billy Collins, Grace Cavalieri, Andrew Demcak, Denise Duhamel, David Lehman, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Paul Siegell, Emma Trelles, Nanette Read More …
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 …