Matthew Johnson

Poet

Greensboro, NC

Website:

www.matthewjohnsonpoetry.com

Twitter:

Author's Bio

Matthew is the author of the poetry collection, Far from New York State (New York Quarterly Press) and Shadow Folk and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books).

Among selected journals, Matthew's poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Jerry Jazz Musician, The Roanoke Review, The Sport Literate, Maudlin House, The Westchester Review, Kissing Dynamite Poetry, Twin Bill, The New Southern Fugitives, The Maryland Literary Review, and NY Quarterly. He is the managing editor of The Portrait of New England and the poetry editor at The Twin Bill. Formerly a sports journalist and editor, he has written for The Carolinian, Fansided, The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), and the USA Today College, and has been a contributor on radio (WUAG 103.1).

A native of New Rochelle, New York, and raised in Stratford, Connecticut, he now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, after earning his MA in English from UNC-Greensboro.

Find him on Twitter: @Matt_Johnson_D or visit his website: www.matthewjohnsonpoetry.com

Publications & Prizes

Book:

Shadow Folk and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books, 2019)

Journals:

First Literary Review-East

I-70 Review

Ink In Thirds

Jerry Jazz Musician

Juke Joint Magazine

Kissing Dynamite: A Journal of Poetry

Maryland Literary Review

Maudlin House

Museum of Americana

Northern New England Review

October Hill Magazine

Plum Tree Tavern

Roanoke Review

Rye Whiskey Review

Scarlet Leaf Review

Sick Lit Magazine

South Florida Poetry Journal

Spitball

Sport Literate

The New York Quarterly

Twin Bill: A Literary Baseball Publication

Up the Staircase Quarterly

Yellow Chair Review

Prizes won:

2017, 2021, 2023 Best of the Net Nominee (nominated by The Roanoke Review and The Twin Bill, respectively)

Nominee in The Sport Literate's "Fight Contest"

Nominee on Poetry Category of The Lyre's 2022 Issue

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Jean Toomer, Carl Sandburg, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Washington Irving, John Steinbeck, Herman Melville, Dan Gutman, Kevin Young, Nikki Giovani, Sonia Sanchez, August Wilson, Karen Hesse, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Jane Leavy.

What I'm reading now:

Beloved by Toni Morrison

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

New Rochelle, NY

New York

Raised in:

Stratford, CT

Connecticut

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Last update: Mar 15, 2023