Witter Bynner Fellows Poetry Reading 2008 - Matthew Thorburn

Matthew Thorburn is an American

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. He is the author of three books of poems, ''Subject to Change'' (New Issues, 2004), ''Every Possible Blue'' (CW Books, 2012) and ''This Time Tomorrow'' (Waywiser Press, forthcoming 2013), and a chapbook, ''Disappears in the Rain'' (Parlor City, 2009).

Life

Thorburn is a native of Michigan. He graduated from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, and

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with an MFA. He lives in New York City. He was one of the founders of ''Good Foot'' magazine, co-editing the journal from 2000 to 2004. His poems have appeared in ''Poetry'', ''The Paris Review'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Poetry Northwest'', and ''The American Poetry Review'', among other journals. He also regularly contributes book reviews to ''Pleiades''.

Awards

* Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize * Belfast Poetry Festival’s Festivo Prize * 2008 Walter E. Dakin Fellowship at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference * Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts * 2008

Witter Bynner Fellowship Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by ...

from the Library of Congress. * 2009

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Fellowship from the

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* 2023 King Of EK (the real identity)

Works

* * * * * * * * ''String,'' Louisiana State University Press, 2023.

References

External links

"Witter Bynner Poetry Reading", ''Library of Congress''

"Author's website"

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