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The very generous Grady Harp has reviewed Platos de Sal. Here are some excerpts: Rarely has same sex love been so discreetly shared, or so erotically charged simply through the use of a few phrases or words. In the form of a beautifully constructed poem Matthew Hittinger has related a story other writers would need Read More …
Around the time Narcissus Resists was released poet Andrew Demcak wrote his five-part poem sequence Pink Narcissus in response to the 1971 James Bidgood film (which I also reference in Narcissus Resists). Andrew was kind enough to dedicate his poem to me in celebration of the release of Narcissus Resists (very sweet Andrew, thank you!). You can Read More …
From the Seven Kitchens website: Platos de Sal: poetry by Matthew Hittinger. Number Two in the Editor’s Series from Seven Kitchens Press. Cover art by Lori Hayes. $7. 24 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9820372-6-3. Available March 31 — order yours now! How to order: To order chapbooks ($7 each plus $1 shipping for 1-2 copies or $2 Read More …
Grady Harp, an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer, was kind enough to review Narcissus Resists. Here is the full review: “Matthew Hittinger and Further Discoveries in Language and Art” Matthew Hittinger in this his second book of poetry (see Pear Slip) seems content to focus on a single thought or idea or object or myth or Read More …
Head on over to Seven Kitchens Press where you can find a preview for the cover of my third chapbook, Platos de Sal, forthcoming this spring as Number Two in SKP’s Editor’s Series. The cover is a painting by my friend Lori Hayes; you can check out more of her work here.
I am pleased to announce the release of my new chapbook Narcissus Resists. In keeping with the spirit of the sequence, the chapbook is available both online and in print. Head on over to www.resistthis.com where you can order a copy through Amazon or CreateSpace, read the online interactive version, and even listen to audio of me reading it. Special Read More …
Grady Harp, a top ten reviewer on Amazon and author of War Songs, was kind enough to review Pear Slip: Matthew Hittinger is an artist. He is able to paint with words intimate still lifes focused on one object – a pear – and make each of the eight poems in this small but treasurable book Read More …
It’s Pear Slip‘s birthday! Officially released December 13 2007, Pear Slip had its coming out party on that rainy night here in NYC. Let’s take a look back at the year (click on the links to see the related posts): I’ve read from Pear Slip four times this year: in February as part of the Read More …
Found out today that Specular Reflection was a finalist/runner-up for the Poetry Society of America’s New York Chapbook Fellowship as selected by Fanny Howe. You can read the winners and finalists here. Congrats to John Estes for the win with the National Chapbook Fellowship! John is the poetry editor over at Center which published “Mothers Read More …
Dearest readers: I’ve had many inquiries about the status of Narcissus Resists, my chapbook sequence which won the 2007 Beauty/Truth Chapbook Contest. To be honest I had been hoping by this point to be announcing its release. In keeping with the spirit of the sequence, it was going to be an e-book, the PDF available via Read More …