Matthew Hittinger (born June 1, 1978) is an American poet and printmaker.

Biography

Matthew Hittinger was born and raised in

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, not far from the grave of

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, and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Art History and English from

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in 2000, and his

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in Creative Writing from

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in 2004. He is the author of the poetry collections ''The Masque of Marilyn,'' ''The Erotic Postulate,'' and ''Skin Shift'', which earned him a 2012 Debut Poet nod from ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', and three chapbooks including ''Pear Slip'', winner of the Spire Press 2006 Chapbook Award. Shortlisted for the

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, the New Issues Poetry Prize, and twice for the

Walt Whitman Award The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreach ...

, Matthew's honors include a

Hopwood Award The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood. Under the terms of the will of Avery Hopwood, a prominent American dramatist and member of the class of 1905 of the University of Michigan, ...

and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize from the

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, the Kay Deeter Award from the journal ''Fine Madness'', two Sundress Best of the Net nominations, and eleven

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

nominations. His work has appeared on Verse Daily and in over fifty journals including ''American Letters & Commentary'', ''

Barn Owl Review ''Barn Owl Review'' is an American literary magazine based in Akron, Ohio. ''Barn Owl Review'' publishes poetry and poetry book reviews annually, debuting each issue in the spring at the AWP conference book fair. History Mary Biddinger and Jay ...

'', ''Center'', '' Crazyhorse'', ''DIAGRAM'', ''

Dusie ''Dusie'' began in 2005 by publishing an experimental poetics journal online. In 2006, the magazine began publishing full-length works in paperback format. Dusie's full-length collections include poetry books by Joe Ross, Anne Blonstein, Kristy Bow ...

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Michigan Quarterly Review The ''Michigan Quarterly Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1962 and published at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The quarterly (known as "MQR" for short) publishes art, essays, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, and ...

'', '' Phoebe'', '' StepAway Magazine'' and elsewhere, including a feature in ''Blue Fifth Review'', the cover feature for the December 2008 ''MiPOesias'', and in many anthologies including '' Best New Poets 2005'', ''Ganymede (literary journal), Ganymede Poets, One'', ''Villanelles'', ''Divining Divas: 100 Gay Poets on the Women Who Inspire Them'', ''A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poems'', ''The Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology'', and ''Love Rise Up: Poems of Social Justice, Protest and Hope''. Hittinger's work has also been featured by the preeminent American poetry organization, The

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. A collaborative artist, Hittinger has worked on a number of projects with artists in other disciplines, including the Canadian painter Kristy Gordon, the American painter Judith Peck, Chicago-based composer Randall West, and New York City-based composer John Glover. Glover's art song setting of Hittinger's poem "8:46 A.M., Five Years Later" was included in the Five Boroughs Music Festival's Five Borough Songbook (2012). Hittinger is married to photographer and educator

Michael Ernest Sweet Michael Ernest Sweet (born 1979) is a Canadian photographer, writer, and educator. He is the author of two books of street photography, ''The Human Fragment'' and ''Michael Sweet's Coney Island.'' Teaching Sweet was born and raised on his famil ...

Publications

* ''Pear Slip''. Spire, 2007. . * ''Narcissus Resists''. Goss183, 2009. * ''Platos de Sal''. Seven Kitchens, 2009. * ''Skin Shift''. Sibling Rivalry, 2012. . * ''The Erotic Postulate''. Sibling Rivalry, 2014. . * ''The Masque of Marilyn''. Goss183, 2017. .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hittinger, Matthew 1978 births University of Michigan alumni American male poets Living people Writers from New York City 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers American LGBT poets American gay writers LGBT people from Michigan Gay poets