MY NEW BOOK: SERMONS AND LECTURES BOTH BLANK AND RELENTLESS IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post to announce the publication of my new book of poems SERMONS AND LECTURES BOTH BLANK AND RELENTLESS in both paperback and a limited edition BOX SET with letterpress slipcover, metallic ink, and individually bound book sections.  The box set also includes a CD, Blank Sermons...Relentless Lectures, by my band Travel, which uses cut-up versions of the poems as lyrics.

Both versions of the book are available directly from Typecast Publishing: http://www.typecastpublishing.com/matthart/

You can also download the record, or buy a paperback + download here: http://typecastpublishing.bandcamp.com/album/blank-sermons-relentless-lectures

Here's an image of the Box Set, which is gorgeous.  Thank you Firecracker Press!

Here are some other related links:

Interview about the book at Typecast: http://www.typecastpublishing.com/uncategorized/author-interview-matt-hart/

Firecracker Press blog post about the book: http://firecrackerpress.com/blog/sermons

I hope some of you will check this out.

Matt

LIGHT-HEADED IN COLDFRONT'S TOP 30 POETRY BOOKS OF 2011 and ONandOnScreen WINTER 2012

Just a note to say that I'm so grateful that Coldfront Magazine placed LIGHT-HEADED at #19 on their list of the best poetry books of 2011.  You can see what they had to say about it and the other 29 amazing titles here: http://coldfrontmag.com/news/top-30-poetry-books-of-2011

Additionally, I have a new poem up in the Winter 2012 issue of ONandOnScreen.  The poem is juxtaposed with a video by poet and visual artist Matilda Gertrude Paulin.  To be clear, this wasn't a collaboration, but rather an attempt at making my poem and her video have a conversation with each other about things common and foreign to them both.  The issue also contains poetry/video pairings by the likes of Brendan Lorber, Catherine Wagner, Kevin Killian, Wayne Koestenbaum, david Lehman, and many others.

Please check these out!

LIGHT-HEADED REVIEW + AN INTERVIEW AT THE KENYON REVIEW BLOG

Just a quick post to point out an interview that the amazing Weston Cutter did with me for the Kenyon Review blog.  Find it here.

Also big thanks to Jeff Simpson at The Fiddleback for this new and very kind review of LIGHT-HEADED.

Happy New Year!

MORE SERMONS AND LECTURES NEWS + NEW VIDEO FROM TRAVEL

Friends, this is the first single from the new album, Blank Sermons...Relentless Lectures, by my Band Travel.  It will accompany my 2012 Typecast Publishing book Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless and uses cut-up versions of the poems from the book as lyrics.  The video for the track is by my Art Academy colleague and friend Ken Henson. You can download the track, or pre-order the book here: http://www.typecastpublishing.com/announcements/logic-in-the-trenches/ .  Hope you enjoy it!  Matt

SERMONS AND LECTURES BOTH BLANK AND RELENTLESS

Typecast Publishing is now taking pre-orders for my new book Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless, which will be out in March of 2012.   You can order the book at the link above.  You can also read blurbs about it from Jordan Dreyer of the post-hardcore band La Dispute and from poets by Mary Ruefle and Nate Pritts as well.  I hope some of you will take a second a pre-order the book.

THE POWER IS RIGHT

Hey Friends,  The amazing Nick Sturm posted a video of me reading a new poem called "The Power Is Wrong" in the BIG BIG MESS READING SERIES on Friday.  Hope you enjoy it.  Matt

LIGHT-HEADED REVIEW IN A CAPPELLA ZOO

Jeffrey Allen has written a really terrific review of my book LIGHT-HEADED in A Cappella Zoo. Please check it out.

Big thanks to Jeffrey for the really generous and thoughtful read of the book.

M