Matthew Rohrer
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Matthew Rohrer (born 1970) is an American poet born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan (where he won a Hopwood Award for poetry) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Iowa. His first book of poetry, A Hummock in the Malookas (1995), was selected by Mary Oliver for the 1994 National Poetry Series. He is poetry editor for Fence magazine and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
[edit] Bibliography
- A Hummock in the Malookas (1995)
- Satellite (2001)
- Nice Hat. Thanks. (2002) - with Joshua Beckman
- A Green Light (2004) (shortlisted for the 2005 International Griffin Poetry Prize)
[edit] Discography
- Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty (2003) - with Joshua Beckman
[edit] External links
- Fence magazine
- Two poems and an interview with Tao Lin
- Three poems (with Joshua Beckman)
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography, including audio and video clips
- From Town to Town They Go, A Busload of Poets, Rhymes in Tow, The New York Sun