Sebastian Matthews
Sebastian Matthews | |
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| Born | August 25, 1965 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Michigan (MFA) |
| Parents | William Matthews Marie Harris |
Sebastian Matthews (born August 25, 1965) is an American poet and writer.
Life[edit]
He graduated from the University of Michigan with an MFA.
His books include In My Father's Footsteps (memoir), We Generous (poetry), Miracle Day (poetry) and Beginner's Guide to a Head-on Collision (hybrid).
His father is William Matthews. His mother is Marie Harris.
He lives with his wife in Asheville, North Carolina.[1]
Awards[edit]
- Bernard De Voto Fellow in Nonfiction
- Vermont Studio Center residency.[2]
Works[edit]
- "Messages in a Bottle: Notes from an Unlikely Curator," an essay about curating an exhibition of collage artist Ray Johnson's work at Black Mountain College + Arts Museum, in Blackbird Fall 2010, v9n2
- "Barbershop Quartet, East Village Grille", American Life in Poetry[3]
- "Song for My Father", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2004
- "Buying Wine", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2004
- "GHOST BOXES", La Petite Zine
- We Generous. Red Hen Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59709-087-2.
- Coming to Flood. Hollyridge Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-9772298-0-2. (the Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series)
Memoir[edit]
- In My Father's Footsteps. W. W. Norton & Company. 2003. ISBN 978-0-393-05738-6.
Sebastian Matthews.
Editor[edit]
- Sebastian Matthews; Stanley Plumly, eds. (2004). Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-35007-0.
References[edit]
- ^ "La Petite Zine - Sebastian Matthews". www.lapetitezine.org. Archived from the original on 2002-03-08.
- ^ "Sebastian Matthews". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Barbershop Quartet, East Village Grille by… | Poetry Foundation".
External links[edit]
- Sebastian Matthews, contributor index on Blackbird Fall 2010, v9n2
- Sebastian Matthews's "Messages in a Bottle: Notes from an Unlikely Curator," essay about curating an exhibition of collage artist Ray Johnson's work at Black Mountain College + Arts Museum in Blackbird Fall 2010, v9n2
- "Sebastian Matthews reads “I Am” by John Clare", Poets on Poets
- "Sebastian Matthews", Fishouse
- "Poet explains his own creative process", Herald-Journal, Jeremy Jones, August 17, 2008
- "We Generous: Sebastian Matthews Chronicles His Own Flight", Natures,April 06, 2007
