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!
New Interview at Rob McLennan’s Blog
I have a new interview “12 or 20 (second series) questions with Matthew Hittinger” up at Rob McLennan’s Blog. Enjoy!
A week of printmaking at the FAWC
It’s been 15 years since I was last in Provincetown and at the FAWC. Back then it was for writing workshop vacations, summer respites from my first job before I got my MFA. I’ve kept my eye on their summer offerings over the years, but I’ve always had an uneasy relationship with writing workshops which Read More …
New Poem at The Good Men Project
Another poem, “Yars’ Revenge“, up at The Good Men Project. This one’s for all those all school gaymers out there. Also appears in my new book The Masque of Marilyn as part of the “At the Museum of the Moving Image” sequence. Enjoy!