Line tamer.
It snowed tonight. I forgot about the reflective glow of the snow at night under the street lamps, and even where there are no lights, the air illumined by that eerie rusty orange light, as if I were on Mars if Mars had an atmosphere that could support life, a sky with clouds that catch Read More …
Some of you have asked about the status of Narcissus Resists. Well good news: the pdf galleys for the cover and text came last night and I’m proofing them on this chilly Sunday. More info about its official release date soon (estimated to be March 1st…we’ll see…)
I have a poem, “Lunches in Bryant Park” in Issue Two of Canteen. Check out their website for ordering information and bookstores near you that carry the magazine. Cheers- M
For those of you in New York (or with easy access to New York), I’ll be giving a reading in the Ear Inn Reading Series on Saturday, February 9th at 3pm. Here’s the event info: The Ear Inn Reading Series — February 09, 2008 03:00PM location: 326 Spring Street (west of Greenwich Street), New York, Read More …
Happy New Year everyone. For those of you who will be at the AWP Conference in NYC, I’ll be doing a book signing for Pear Slip at 3:00 pm on Friday, February 1st at the book fair. Hope to see you there! Cheers- Matthew Event Info: AWP NYC Book Fair – Hilton New York — February Read More …
Just a note to let you know I have a poem, “Despite the Light, the Park Waited and the Museum Slept” in Volume 2, Issue 2 of Midway Journal. Enjoy.
Thanks to everyone who made it to The Dove for the book release! It was nice to see so many faces from different chapters of my life. Due to the weather and flight cancellations, the folk from Spire Press could not attend, but they sent along this nice note: “Friends and Colleagues of Matthew, please Read More …
The day has come! Please come celebrate the release of Pear Slip on Thursday, December 13th at 7pm at The Dove. Click here to order your copy of Pear Slip. Hope to see you there (The Dove has happy hour til 8)!
I took Greg along to Phil Levine’s 80th Birthday Tribute at The Great Hall at Cooper Union last night (and he took me to a great sushi bar afterward! Double win!). Another packed house, just like at the Galway Kinnell tribute earlier this year. The proceedings were filled with the usual humor that surrounds a Read More …
Thursday night Greg and I went to see Margaret Cho in her Sensuous Womanvariety show. It was wonderfully raunchy and has deepened my fascination of the burlesque. Lots of nudity and pasties and subversive behavior (the rap “I’m not a homo-sexual, I’m a sexual homo” will stick in your head all night). Loved Dirty Martini’s America Read More …