Matthew Thorburn

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Matthew Thorburn is an American poet. He is the author of three books of poems, Subject to Change (New Issues, 2004), Every Possible Blue (CW Books, 2012) and This Time Tomorrow (Waywiser Press, forthcoming 2013), and a chapbook, Disappears in the Rain (Parlor City, 2009).

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Life

Thorburn is a native of Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan, [1] and The New School with an MFA. [2] He lives in New York City. [3] [4]

He was one of the founders of Good Foot magazine, co-editing the journal from 2000 to 2004. [5] [6]

His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, [7] Prairie Schooner, [8] Poetry Northwest, [9] and The American Poetry Review, among other journals. He also regularly contributes book reviews to Pleiades.

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Works

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