Matt Robinson (poet)

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

For other people named Matt Robinson, see Matt Robinson (disambiguation).
Matt Robinson
Robinson in December 2015
Born (1974-02-24) February 24, 1974
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nationality Canada
Alma materSt. Mary’s University
Mount Saint Vincent University
University of New Brunswick
Websitehttp://www.mattrobinsonpoet.wordpress.com

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 most recent full-length collection of poems, 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.[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 initiative. His poem ‘grand parade, halifax’ is publicly featured in Halifax’s Grand Parade Square,[18] 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[19] 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.[20][21] He currently serves as Director - Housing & Conference Services at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, NS.[22]

Bibliography

References
  1. Robinson, Matt (2009). A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking. ISBN 9781897414712.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://brianpalmu.blogspot.com/2010/12/matt-robinsons-against-hard-angle-kate.html
  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. http://meetthepresses.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/bpnichol-chapbook-award-shortlist-and-doubling-of-award-purse/
  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. http://gaspereau.com/bookInfo.php?AID=0&AISBN=9781554471638
  12. https://www.instagram.com/p/-NA9FGNejw/
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. http://www.ecampus.com/bk_detail13.asp?isbn=9781550652086
  16. http://www.harbourpublishing.com/excerpt/BreathingFire2/734
  17. https://www.amazon.ca/Coastlines-The-Poetry-Atlantic-Canada/dp/0864923139
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. http://archive-ca.com/page/1524905/2013-02-28/http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-training/a-certain-openness-the-filming-of-poetry/
  20. http://www.ancillaries.dal.ca/default.asp?id=190&sfield=content.id&search=1936&mn=1.8.591.2015
  21. http://dalnews.dal.ca/2009/06/10/mattrobinson.html
  22. https://www.smu.ca/thisweek/SMTW07-11-12.html
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