Matthew Hittinger's titles include the collection Skin Shift (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012) for which he received a 2012 Debut Poet nod from Poets & Writers Magazine on their 8th Annual List; and the chapbooks Platos de Sal (Seven Kitchens Press, 2009), Narcissus Resists (GOSS183/MiPOesias, 2009), and Pear Slip (Spire Press, 2007) winner of the Spire 2006 Chapbook Award. Born and raised in Bethlehem, PA, 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 for Poetry and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize. In recent years Matthew has collaborated with a number of artists in other disciplines, including video artist Liz Stephens and composer Matt Sargent; painters Kristy Gordon and Judith Peck; composer Randall West; and composer John Glover on a number of projects, including the art song “8:46 A.M., Five Years Later” for the Five Boroughs Music Festival’s Five Borough Songbook.

Skin Shift (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012)

Narcissus Resists (GOSS183::CASA MENENDEZ, 2009), Platos de Sal (Seven Kitchens Press, 2009), Pear Slip (Spire Press, 2007)

A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry (University of Akron Press, 2012), Divining Divas: 100 Gay Poets on Their Muses (Lethe Press, 2012), Love Rise Up: Poems of Social Justice, Protest and Hope (Benu Press, 2012), The Rumpus Original Poetry Anthology (The Rumpus Paper Internets, 2012), Villanelles (Random House, 2012), Ganymede Poets, One (Ganymede Books, 2009), Best New Poets 2005 (Samovar Press, 2005)

American Letters & Commentary, Assaracus, Barn Owl Review, Bloom, Blue Fifth Review, Canteen, Center, Clementine, Diagram, Disquieting Muses, Dusie, Fine Madness, Ganymede, Gertrude, Hobble Creek Review, Knockout Literary Magazine, Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation, Memorious, Meridian, Michigan Quarterly Review, Midway Journal, MiPOesias, No Tell Motel, OCHO, Oranges & Sardines, Ouroboros Review, Phoebe, Press 1, qarrtsiluni, StepAway Magazine, The Corduroy Mtn., The Offending Adam, The Smoking Poet, Turntable & Blue Light