Matt Robinson | |
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![]() Robinson in December 2015 | |
Born | Halifax, Nova Scotia | February 24, 1974
Nationality | ![]() |
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. 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]
Matt Robinson | |
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![]() Robinson in December 2015 | |
Born | Halifax, Nova Scotia | February 24, 1974
Nationality | ![]() |
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. 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]