false <![CDATA[Pear Slip]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197148639m/2175028.jpg 2175028 1 Poetry. Saddle-stapled chapbook. "'Take a pear. Any pear. Divide it into sensuous surface and the idea of sensuous surface. Mix with one part philosophy and two parts jeu d'esprit. Pass the whole through a filter of buoyant affection for Cezanne, Van Gogh, Pissarro, and their everyday proliferation on posterboard and computer screen, and this is what you get: a fertile concoction of urban velocity posing as still life. Pear Slip is that wonderful thing: a sustained and disciplined act of fancy." -Linda Gregerson "'Send me sequences of pears,' Matthew Hittinger writes, taking Wallace Stevens as a departure point for studying the world through what's at hand, the form and color of a single, sensuous fruit. These witty, pleasurable poems conjure Cezanne and Satie, Bishop and Van Gogh, fellow students of the given world's mysterious seductions -- brought, in this poet's capable hands, to the eyes and lips of the reader." -Mark Doty 2180685 13 12 2007 Pear Slip total:21|5:14|4:6|3:1|2:0|1:0| 21 97 49 8 5 4 false false Sun May 18 06:02:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 17 08:27:23 -0700 2009 Verse Daily June 17, 2009.

A review from Therese Broderick who maintains the blog Ekphrasis: Writing About Art:

When you see the phrase “still life,” what comes to your mind? Now that I’ve read the very engaging and inve...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Dec 08 16:58:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 16:59:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 13:51:08 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 27 19:25:42 -0700 2008 5 2 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:08:24 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:17:47 -0800 2008
-So I wrote a poem about this, called it ‘Genesis’ left Milton’s
Serpent but changed his apple to a pear (pears are juicier) ate,
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Matthew Hittinger is an artist. He is able to paint with words intimate still lifes focused on one object - a pear - and make each of the eight poems in this small but treasureable book an experience the reader will use as a pause t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 05 09:00:15 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 14 12:49:38 -0700 2009
"Forget the single apple," Hittinger states. "Send m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:20:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:20:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 27 08:29:42 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 02 13:49:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 11:22:12 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 11:22:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 02:09:12 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 02:09:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 02:07:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 02:07:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 10:13:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 10:13:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 09:46:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:46:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 08:21:08 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:21:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 21:54:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 21:54:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 15 11:59:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 11:59:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 17:08:56 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 17:08:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 20:04:58 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:04:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 21:12:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:12:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 20:16:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:16:55 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2175028