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  <title><![CDATA[Narcissus Resists]]></title>
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  <default_description>Matthew Hittinger is the author of Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press 2006 Spring Chapbook Award. Shortlisted for the National Poetry Series, the New Issues Poetry Prize, and twice for the Walt Whitman Award, Matthew's honors include a Hopwood Award and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize from the University of Michigan, and the Kay Deeter Award from the journal Fine Madness. He lives and works in New York City.
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Matthew Hittinger and Further Discoveries in Language and Art<br/>           <br/>Matthew Hittinger in this his second book of poetry (see PEAR SLIP) seems content to focus on a single thought or idea or object or myth or mood and explore it so fully that the reader of his collections of artfully ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46987747">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Feb 19 07:06:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Matthew Hittinger wields a very confident line and is extremely well-versed in verse.  But unlike most academic writers, Hittinger's work is immediately accessible and moving.  Narcissus Resists is a tour-de-force of classical subject mixed remarkably with pop culture.  Under Hittinger's unblinking ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46851677">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 22 20:39:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have just listened to an e-book of Matthew Hittinger's chapbook, NARCISSUS RESISTS. (You'll find a link to it in the book description.)<br/>I listened to a poem just last night which complements this book, Andrew Demcak's PINK NARCISSUS, which you will find on Goodreads as well. The experience of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46935311">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 09:04:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Going to collect reviews I find here:<br/><br/>1. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://incertus.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-want-to-do-this.html">Incertus</a><br/><br/>2. The future of online chapbooks? <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://therumpus.net/2009/02/poetic-lives-online-links-by-brian-spears-4/">The Rumpus</a><br/><br/>3. Grady Harp's review below also posted at <em>O&amp;S</em>: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://orangesandsardines.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html">Further Discoveries in Language and Art</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46847479">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/987104.Matthew_Hittinger"><img src="http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1234726471p2/987104.jpg" title="Matthew Hittinger" alt="Matthew Hittinger"/></a><br/>Reads this book. You must listen to it.....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not saying this isn't skillful (if it was just a matter of skill I'd rate it higher) but these poems simply aren't my cup of tea. <br/><br/>Also, the Issuu format looks great and the accompanying audio of the poet reading is a nice touch. But I think the reading style is a bit monotonous.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my packet of Matthew arrived today...really enjoying his work!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent depth and awareness of the challenges inherent in being human.  Loved the work...read twice already, and I look forward to taking it with me to my next local poetry read.]]></body>
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