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I meant to publish this post sometime after Skin Shift was released back in 2012 and it just never happened, probably because I borrowed info from it for various interviews last year and for the Poets & Writers profile they did on me. But still–since I did one previously for my chapbooks, let me pause Read More …
A birthday post to round-up the latest news and happenings: The big news is that I’ve signed the contract for my second release from Sibling Rivalry Press, The Erotic Postulate. It will be out in September 2014 along with Stephen Mills’ second book, Brent Calderwood’s first book, and Douglas Ray’s anthology of queer Southern writing. Read More …
A quick note about some upcoming readings: Monday, April 8th: Indian Springs School, Birmingham, AL, 7pm. I’m part of the Indian Springs Visiting Writers Series which was highlighted recently in The Nation. Looking forward to seeing Douglas Ray and Jessica Smith, and discussing Skin Shift with their students! The public is welcome. Thursday, April 11th: Gay Read More …
I had a blast on Joe’s show last night, my second appearance on his internet radio show devoted to poetry. If you missed it, you can give a listen here. I started with a Christmas poem and then we turned to Skin Shift, picking up where we left off after my first appearance on his Read More …
I’m honored, humbled, over-the-moon, dancing on clouds, but really at a loss for words to adequately describe the news that Skin Shift and I have been included on the eighth annual list of debut poets from Poets & Writers magazine (Jan/Feb 2013 issue). Here are the twelve of us: Zubair Ahmed Lillian-Yvonne Bertram John Chávez Read More …
Christopher Hennessy and I had a fun exchange back in May about our first books, Love-In-Idleness and Skin Shift. The resulting conversation is now up at Boxcar Poetry Review. Check it out!
Take a storyboard tour through seven images central to the poems in Skin Shift over at Jeffery Berg’s blog jdbrecords. * The new issue of PoetsArtists is dedicated to interviews, and I decided to take a different approach to my answers. You can check out my section here and the whole issue here. My partner, Michael, Read More …
Happy birthday to my book Skin Shift, which is officially released today. You share a birthday with your daddy, and with Marilyn Monroe, amongst others. Last summer while in the midst of my Marilyn research, I discovered The Seven Year Itch premiered on her birthday, June 1st, 1955, during her year of self-imposed exile in New York Read More …
If you pre-ordered Skin Shift, Sibling Rivalry Press is shipping pre-orders early! Each day another reader writes to say it arrived in the mail. My little skin-shifter soldiers are marching! It is also now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and SPD, and always through SRP (support small presses!), so choose your seller if you have yet to Read More …
Pre-Order Day has arrived! Here is the press release from SRP: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOW AVAILABLE for PRE-ORDER from SIBLING RIVALRY PRESS Matthew Hittinger’s Skin Shift “PURE HOT GLORY” Skin Shift by Matthew Hittinger Featuring Cover Art by Michael DiMotta $19.95; ISBN: 978-1937420-14-7 8 x 10 Perfect-Bound Paperback; 114 Pages Release Date: June 1, 2012 Now Available Read More …