Matt Robinson (poet)

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Matt Robinson
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Robinson in December 2015
Born (1974-02-24) February 24, 1974 (age 49)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Alma mater St. Mary’s University
Mount Saint Vincent University
University of New Brunswick
Website http://www.mattrobinsonpoet.wordpress.com

Matt Robinson (born 1974) is a Canadian poet born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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His first collection, A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking (2000), [1] was published by Toronto's Insomniac Press, and was a finalist for both the Gerald Lampert Award and the ReLit Award for Poetry. Subsequent collections, published by Toronto's ECW Press, include how we play at it: a list (2002), [2] no cage contains a stare that well (2005), [3] and Against the Hard Angle (2010). [4] In addition to his full-length collections, he has also published five chapbooks: tracery & interplay (Frog Hollow Press, 2004), [5] Against the Hard Angle (Greenboathouse Press, 2009), [6] a fist made and then un-made (Gaspereau Press, 2013), [7] which was short-listed for the bpNichol Chapbook Award, [8] The Telephone Game (Baseline Press, 2017), [9] and Against (Gaspereau Press, 2018). [10] Robinson's, Some Night's It's Entertainment; Some Other Nights Just Work, [11] was published by Kentville, NS's awarding-winning Gaspereau Press in Fall 2016 and his new collection, Tangled & Cleft, was released by Gaspereau Press in Fall 2021. [12]

Robinson's poems have won a number of awards including the Petra Kenney International Poetry Prize, [13] Grain Magazine's Prose Poem Award, and The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize. [14] He has also received the New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts Emerging Artist of the Year Award.

His poems have also appeared in a number of anthologies, including The New Canon, [15] Breathing Fire 2, [16] Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada, [17] Exact Fare Only 2, and Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land, and been featured in programs such as the Halifax Regional Municipality's Art in Public Places and Poetry in Motion initiatives. [18] His poem ‘grand parade, halifax’ is publicly featured in Halifax's Grand Parade Square, [19] and his poem ‘the grain elevators’ was produced as a cinepoem (in collaboration with filmmaker Megan Wennberg) as a part of the A Certain Openness: the filming of poetry project [20] sponsored by AFCOOP and WFNS.

Robinson holds a BA and a BSc from Saint Mary's University, a BEd from Mount Saint Vincent University, and an MA from the University of New Brunswick. He is a graduate of Halifax's J. L. Ilsley High School.

Robinson worked at Dalhousie University as a Residence Life Manager (in Howe Hall) from 2007 to 2012. [21] [22] He currently serves as Director - Housing & Conference Services at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, NS. [23]

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References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Matt (2009). A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking. Insomniac Press. ISBN   9781897414712.
  2. ↑ "How We Play at It: A List, by Matt Robinson". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Broken Pencil: No cage contains a stare that well". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. ↑ "Brian Palmu: Matt robinson's Against the Hard Angle; Kate Hall's the Certainty Dream". 20 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Frog Hollow Press". www.froghollowpress.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  6. ↑ ":: Greenboathouse Press". www.greenboathouse.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  7. ↑ "Gaspereau Press - Book Information". www.gaspereau.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  8. ↑ "bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist and Doubling of Award Purse | Meet The Presses". meetthepresses.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10.
  9. ↑ "The Telephone Game // Matt Robinson // 2017". Baseline Press. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Gaspereau Press - Book Information". www.gaspereau.com. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  11. ↑ "Gaspereau Press - Book Information".
  12. ↑ "Matt Robinson on Instagram: "Contract's signed; it's official. Really excited to be working on a new #poetry collection (Due out in Fall 2016) with Andrew & the folks at #GaspereauPress..."".
  13. ↑ "Petra Kenney Poetry Competition". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  14. ↑ "The Malahat Review". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  15. ↑ Starnino, Carmine (2006-04-01). "9781550652086 - The New Canon An Anthology of Canadian Poetry by Carmine Starnino". eCampus.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  16. ↑ "Harbour Publishing". www.harbourpublishing.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-11.
  17. ↑ Compton, Anne (2002). Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada. Goose Lane Editions. ISBN   978-0864923134.
  18. ↑ ""Home" (2019) – Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia". 21 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  19. ↑ "Matt Robinson gets poetic in Grand Parade | Art Attack". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  20. ↑ http://archive-ca.com/page/1524905/2013-02-28/http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-training/a-certain-openness-the-filming-of-poetry/ [ dead link ]
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  22. ↑ "Dal News".
  23. ↑ "SMTW 07-11-12". www.smu.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
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