Joe Milford Hosts Matthew Hittinger

Matthew Hittinger is the author of the chapbooks Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press Chapbook Award, Narcissus Resists (GOSS183/MiPOesias, 2009) and Platos de Sal (Seven Kitchens Press, 2009). Born and raised in Bethlehem, PA (not far from the grave of H.D.), Matthew did his undergraduate work in Art History and English at Muhlenberg College and received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan where he won a Hopwood Award and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize. Shortlisted for the National Poetry Series, the New Issues Poetry Prize, the Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize, and twice for the Walt Whitman Award, Matthew has received the Kay Deeter Award from the journal Fine Madness and three Pushcart nominations. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Letters & Commentary, Canteen, Center, DIAGRAM, DMQ Review, Dusie, Ganymede, Hobble Creek Review, Knockout, Limp Wrist, Mantis, Memorious, Meridian, Michigan Quarterly Review, Midway Review, MiPOesias, OCHO, Oranges & Sardines, Ouroboros Review, Phoebe, qarrtsiluni, The Smoking Poet and elsewhere, including the anthology Best New Poets 2005. Matthew lives and works in New York City.