Line tamer.
The launch issue (Issue 1) of the new StepAway Magazine (the name of the magazine’s inspired by Frank O’Hara’s wonderful poem “A Step Away from Them” and features poems that embrace the urban walking narrative) includes my poem “Füße: Umlauts, Eszetts, A Step” (also inspired by that same O’Hara poem–a “contemporary response”). Check it out!
The new journal Assaracus (taking its name from Ganymede’s brother, and continuing the legacy of the late John Stahle’s journal Ganymede) edited by Bryan Borland at Sibling Rivalry Press debuts! I’m holding my contributor copy and am excited to dive in. The fun thing about Assaracus (aside from its, ahem, “cheeky” name–check out the cover Read More …
A week of poems at No Tell Motel! Each day this week I had a poem from my color sequence (color wheel? prism poems?) up at No Tell Motel: “Red Gotham,” “Orange Gotham,” “Yellow Gotham,” “Blue Gotham,” and “Indigotham.” These poems are part of my Impossible Gotham manuscript. As for the other colors, “Violet Gotham” Read More …
Everything’s coming up poesy this week! A nice comment from Gregory Woods’ review of Ganymede Unfinished published on the CHROMA blog: The creative content gets off to a reassuringly solid start, with fine poems by Jee Leong Koh and Matthew Hittinger. I think I’ve mentioned before my respect for Woods and how influential his book Read More …
I have two poems up at LambdaLiterary.org in their new poetry section: “I Could Not Say” and “Keystone Effect: KKK Rally in Carlisle” which you can read HERE. Both are old love poems (written ten years ago this month!) that I rehabilitated a couple years ago for my PA-themed Keystone Effect chapbook manuscript. They have Read More …
I have a persona poem, “Not Berdache Not Gynandromorph Not Even Two Spirit” in the new issue (Issue 4) of Clementine. One of the many dramatic monologues scattered throughout the first section of my Skin Shift manuscript. It’s a great line-up, including work by: Joe Eldridge, Jerome Murphy, Jeffery Conway, Kerri French, Rio Cortez, Sarah Read More …
Happy National Coming Out Day! I have a poem “Divine Violence” from my Smite & Spoon project in the Summer/Fall 2010 Issue of Mary: A Literary Quarterly. There will be a release party for the fall issue here in NYC at 7pm this Friday, October 15th at The Pearl Lounge, 155 8th Avenue (between 17th Read More …
Two nominations this week. Whee! Didi Menendez has nominated “In Pursuit of a More Perfect Armor” for a Pushcart Prize (my fifth nomination over the years!). This poem will be debuting shortly in the special November collaboration issue of Oranges & Sardines / Poets & Artists. Sam Rasnake at Blue Fifth Review has nominated “The Allentown Read More …
Bryan Borland has been hard at work editing Ganymede Unfinished, which pays tribute to the late John Stahle and his journal Ganymede. It is now finished and available for ordering. Here’s the list of contributors: Perry Brass, Jee Leong Koh, Matthew Hittinger, Alexander Grafy Gale, Sergio Ortiz, Ocean Vuong, Jeff Mann, Eric Norris, Steven Cordova, Read More …
Evan J. Peterson gives a thorough, engaging and thoughtful review of Narcissus Resists at The Rumpus. Here’s a preview: Despite what brooding know-it-alls in your workshop or writer’s circle tell you, Greek mythology is neither dead, nor tacky, nor useless to contemporary poetry. With Narcissus Resists , Matthew Hittinger provides readers with a crown of Read More …