Matt Robinson (poet)

For other people named Matt Robinson, see Matt Robinson (disambiguation).

Matt Robinson
Born	February 24, 1974 (1974-02-24) (age 37) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nationality	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.

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. His subsequent collections, all 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] [5]}

Robinson’s poems have won a number of awards including the Petra Kenney International Poetry Prize ^[6], Grain Magazine’s Prose Poem Award, and The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize ^[7]. 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, Breathing Fire 2, Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada, 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 initiative. His poem ‘grand parade, halifax’ is publicly featured in Halifax’s Grand Parade Square. ^[8]

Robinson holds a BA and a BSc from St. 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 has worked at Dalhousie University as a Residence Life Manager (in Howe Hall) since 2007.^{[9] [10]}

Bibliography

• A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking, Insomniac Press, 2000.
• how we play at it: a list, ECW Press, 2002.
• tracery & interplay, Frog Hollow Press, 2004. (chapbook)
• no cage contains a stare that well, ECW Press, 2005.
• Against the Hard Angle, Greenboathouse Press, 2009. (chapbook)
• Against the Hard Angle, ECW Press, 2010.

References

1. ^ http://books.google.ca/books?id=UpTji_Im85YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=matt+robinson+poetry&source=bl&ots=6CQu71EG7J&sig=iX8GekRwPzxCXfsjKxF65duVU-k&hl=en&ei=3iYqTaTCJsX6lweAutXYAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBDge#v=onepage&q&f=false
2. ^ http://www.aelaq.org/mrb/article.php?issue=10&article=235&cat=3
3. ^ http://www.brokenpencil.com/view.php?id=5059
4. ^ http://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/12/matt-robinsons-against-hard-angle-kate.html
5. ^ http://www.writers.ns.ca/Writers/R/robinsonmatt.html
6. ^ http://www.petrapoetrycompetition.co.uk/previous_winners/previouswinners_page2.htm
7. ^ http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/long_poem_prize/2009_winner.html
8. ^ http://www.thecoast.ca/ArtAttack/archives/2009/08/14/matt-robinsons-gets-poetic-in-grand-parade
9. ^ http://www.ancillaries.dal.ca/default.asp?id=190&sfield=content.id&search=1936&mn=1.8.591.2015
10. ^ http://dalnews.dal.ca/2009/06/10/mattrobinson.html

External links

• Matt Robinson's Website & Blog
• Matt Robinson's Author Page at the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
• A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking @ Insomniac Press
• how we play at it: a list @ ECW Press
• no cage contains a stare that well @ ECW Press
• Against the Hard Angle @ ECW Press
• tracery & interplay (chapbook) @ Frog Hollow Press
• Against the Hard Angle (chapbook) at Greenboathouse Press
• Interview and Q&A with Matt Robinson in Canadian Literature
• The Writer's Cafe: Interview with Matt Robinson

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Name	Robinson, Matt
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Date of birth	1974-02-24
Place of birth	Halifax, Nova Scotia
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