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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 the “Celluloid” section of Narcissus Resists. Andrew was kind enough to dedicate his poem to me in celebration of the release of Narcissus Resists (very sweet Andrew, thank Read More …
I’ll be reading with Patricia Smith on Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:30 at the Center for Book Arts as part of their Broadsides Reading Series as organized by Sharon Dolin. Limited edition broadsides of one of my poems will be available for purchase that evening. The Center for Book Arts is located at 28 West Read More …
I couldn’t attend most of the chapbook festival events last week, but I did manage to escape from my day job for a few hours on Friday to attend the workshop “Chapbook Now: Producing Chapbooks.” Rachel Levitsky, Sharon Dolin and Ryan Murphy all gave some notes on the chapbook, both as poets who have their Read More …
“In the Shadow City…” is included in the new issue (Issue 2, Volume 3) of Hobble Creek Review. It’s a poem from my Impossible Gotham project. There are some great poets in this issue: Collin Kelly, Joe Milfold, Montgomery Maxton, Nanette Rayman Rivera and many others. Kudos to Justin Evans for putting such a fine issue together.
Back in February, Didi Menendez and Emma Trelles guest-blogged on The Best American Poetry site for a week. It was the same week as AWP and I fear some of their posts may have gotten lost in the tumult. As the festival of the chapbook gets underway here in NY in the coming days, I’d Read More …
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 …
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 …