“the heart strobed superimposed” part 2
Here is a preview of “the heart strobed superimposed” recorded at the second screening of the film on Friday April 25th at the Brandeis/Hartt Collaborative Concert in the New Wing of the Hartford Art School.
Category: News
Always a Bridesmaid…
Another surprise in the mail today: found out I was a semi-finalist for the 2008 Walt Whitman Award. This would be my second time as a semi-finalist, though the letter doesn’t specify for which manuscript I submitted, so it may have been the Erotic Postulate again or Skin Shift for the first time. It remains a mystery, Read More …
Specular Reflection a Semi-finalist
Just a quick note that a new project I’ve been working on, Specular Reflection, inspired by my travels to Jamaica last year, was named a Semi-finalist for the 2008 Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award. Not bad for its first time out.
Poem in Midway Journal
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.
Pear Slip Book Release Party
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)!
GoodReads Author
With the pending publication of Pear Slip and its listing on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, my GoodReads user profile has been converted to an author profile. I’ll be posting upcoming events there, including a book release party in December and a book signing at the AWP conference in early 2008. Check it out: Matthew Hittinger.
Pear Slip Available for Pre-Order
Pear Slip is now available for pre-order from Spire Press. You can check out the book cover and ordering information HERE. Here are some blurbs: “Take a pear. Any pear. Divide it into sensuous surface and the idea of sensuous surface. Mix with one part philosophy and two parts jeu d’esprit. Pass the whole through Read More …
Winner of the Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition
Just found out my sequence Narcissus Resists won the 2007 Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition. They are estimating the print date will be December 1st, and you can check in on their publication schedule here:BeautyTruthPoetryPublications
Two Poems in BeautyTruth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry
The Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry is out now and includes two poems: “The Problematic Pear” and “Lamp”. You can check out Beauty/Truth and order copies here: BeautyTruthPoetry
In Memory of Len Roberts
Just a quick note from Jamaica. I was checking my email and discovered a message from my colleagues at Muhlenberg College informing me the poet Len Roberts passed away this past Thursday night. Len was one of the first poets to mentor me and I can safely say he was probably one of the best Read More …