Line tamer.
One of the many images informing Narcissus Resists is this massive drawing by the artist Jess (Burgess Collins), poet Robert Duncan’s long-time companion and lover. This is all graphite on paper and collage paste-up; Jess began it in 1976 and finished it in 1991: I first saw it at SFMOMA back in March 2005 when I was Read More …
I close out the Spring 2009 Issue of Phoebe with three geometry-inflected poems: “Triangulated,” “To Euclid On the Geometry of Behavior,” and “Triptych of Brooklyn Bridge in Marriott Room 556.” This one’s solely a print journal, so if you want to read them, you’ll need to get yourself a copy, which you should do because 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 …
I have two poems–“Bufeo Colorado” and “Two Black Swans”–in OCHO #22, a special edition edited by Miguel Murphy called “Dear America, Don’t Be My Valentine” which came about as a reaction and response to California’s passing of Prop 8 last fall. You can read it HERE (definitely check out Miguel’s preface before you dive in) 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 …
Please check out the December 2008 (Volume 22, Issue 8 ) MiPOesias. I’m the cover boy! And I have four poems included: “Bethesda,” “Baked Peanuts,” “The Light, the Idea of Light, Repeats Itself at South Beach,” and Zer0 Ground.” And major shout-outs to my friends: the photos were taken by the very talented Luke Redmond Read More …
Today is my little sister’s wedding. Back in January when she and her boyfriend announced their engagement they asked if I would read a poem at their ceremony. Actually, she asked how I felt about e. e. cummings and I said, no, no no, everyone does that, I’ll find you something. So I set to Read More …
For those of you in Ann Arbor, I’ll be giving a reading at Shaman Drum Bookshop with poet James Shea on Wednesday, November 19th at 7pm. Here’s the event info: November 19, 2008 07:00PM Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States http://www.shamandrum.com/bookshop/ Hope to see some familiar faces there!