Matthew Woodman
@matthewoodman.bsky.social
poet / friend to Creosote & Scrub Jay / words in Puerto del Sol, Juked, Amsterdam Review, The Moth, Sugar House Review, The Shore, et al
matthewwoodman.com
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Our university is kick-starting a Creative Writing minor, so I'll be teaching the inaugural Writing Creative Nonfiction this fall. Four books and many essays from lit journals
August 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our university is kick-starting a Creative Writing minor, so I'll be teaching the inaugural Writing Creative Nonfiction this fall. Four books and many essays from lit journals
this novel has taken hold of my dreams. It belongs on a shelf with Heart of Darkness and Moby Dick. Obsessive people, insane, exploitative bureaucracy and an active natural world
August 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
this novel has taken hold of my dreams. It belongs on a shelf with Heart of Darkness and Moby Dick. Obsessive people, insane, exploitative bureaucracy and an active natural world
"Time was never interesting until now. Time was not / our current tyrant or an advancing doomsday / clock, but a titan devouring its young--no this / metaphor was not interesting at all."
From Majda Gama's glorious collection of punk rock, politics, and community.
From Majda Gama's glorious collection of punk rock, politics, and community.
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Time was never interesting until now. Time was not / our current tyrant or an advancing doomsday / clock, but a titan devouring its young--no this / metaphor was not interesting at all."
From Majda Gama's glorious collection of punk rock, politics, and community.
From Majda Gama's glorious collection of punk rock, politics, and community.
If you, too, need a laugh to break up the howling, here's a bit from Bruno Dario's masterpiece (translated by Kit Schluter):
"Oh, I know,
they'll cook the wedding cake with the funeral's crumbs.
They'll gift-wrap every booger."
These days do feel like they're crumbed with boogers.
"Oh, I know,
they'll cook the wedding cake with the funeral's crumbs.
They'll gift-wrap every booger."
These days do feel like they're crumbed with boogers.
June 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you, too, need a laugh to break up the howling, here's a bit from Bruno Dario's masterpiece (translated by Kit Schluter):
"Oh, I know,
they'll cook the wedding cake with the funeral's crumbs.
They'll gift-wrap every booger."
These days do feel like they're crumbed with boogers.
"Oh, I know,
they'll cook the wedding cake with the funeral's crumbs.
They'll gift-wrap every booger."
These days do feel like they're crumbed with boogers.
"I'm a fish, I'm a turtle, I'm water, I'm the net, I'm a vulture, he sighs, and continues to chew"
--from Giovanna Rivero's short story collection Fresh Dirt from the Grave (translated by Isabel Adey); if you like Weird fiction with feminist, political, and ecological teeth, this is for you
--from Giovanna Rivero's short story collection Fresh Dirt from the Grave (translated by Isabel Adey); if you like Weird fiction with feminist, political, and ecological teeth, this is for you
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"I'm a fish, I'm a turtle, I'm water, I'm the net, I'm a vulture, he sighs, and continues to chew"
--from Giovanna Rivero's short story collection Fresh Dirt from the Grave (translated by Isabel Adey); if you like Weird fiction with feminist, political, and ecological teeth, this is for you
--from Giovanna Rivero's short story collection Fresh Dirt from the Grave (translated by Isabel Adey); if you like Weird fiction with feminist, political, and ecological teeth, this is for you
Have been turning to Yannis Ritsos's poems more and more these days, and "Silent Removal" cut me to the bone.
June 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Have been turning to Yannis Ritsos's poems more and more these days, and "Silent Removal" cut me to the bone.
Am looking forward to reading at Poetic Research Bureau for a celebration of Bill Knott's "The Naomi Poems." If you're in Southern California on April 29, c'mon out!
April 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Am looking forward to reading at Poetic Research Bureau for a celebration of Bill Knott's "The Naomi Poems." If you're in Southern California on April 29, c'mon out!
Thank you to Puerto del Sol for publishing my poem "Park Fire Minor Arcana," and thank you to Diana Khoi Nguyen for selecting it for the 2024 Puerto del Sol Poetry Prize! I'm looking forward to reading all the other work in the issue.
March 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you to Puerto del Sol for publishing my poem "Park Fire Minor Arcana," and thank you to Diana Khoi Nguyen for selecting it for the 2024 Puerto del Sol Poetry Prize! I'm looking forward to reading all the other work in the issue.
Just finished reading my SOTU. Case forever!
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Just finished reading my SOTU. Case forever!
Amidst madness, I've got a couple of events:
February 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Amidst madness, I've got a couple of events:
there's always the song
February 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
there's always the song
there's always the buckeye bean
February 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
there's always the buckeye bean
there's always the aloe
February 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
there's always the aloe
there's always the habanero
February 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
there's always the habanero
there's always the sky
February 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
there's always the sky
Broadsides in the Office #7: "The Full Moon" by Bulut Woodman
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Broadsides in the Office #7: "The Full Moon" by Bulut Woodman
Broadsides in the Office #6: "What Use Is Knowing Anything if No One Is Around" by Kaveh Akbar
February 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Broadsides in the Office #6: "What Use Is Knowing Anything if No One Is Around" by Kaveh Akbar
Every age gets the angel it deserves.
February 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Every age gets the angel it deserves.
Broadsides in the Office #5: "time is on fire" by Ada Limon
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Broadsides in the Office #5: "time is on fire" by Ada Limon
Broadsides in the Office #4: "On Destroying My Third Refrigerator in Seven Years by Defrosting it with a Filet Knife" by Jim Dodge
February 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Broadsides in the Office #4: "On Destroying My Third Refrigerator in Seven Years by Defrosting it with a Filet Knife" by Jim Dodge
Broadsides in the Office #1: "The Light Has Always Been Going Down" by Han VanderHart
February 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Broadsides in the Office #1: "The Light Has Always Been Going Down" by Han VanderHart
the white sage is coming back
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
the white sage is coming back
Broadsides in the Office #3: "The Indian Lawyer" by James Welch
February 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Broadsides in the Office #3: "The Indian Lawyer" by James Welch
Broadsides in the Office #2: "A Box for Yokozuna" by W. Todd Kaneko
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Broadsides in the Office #2: "A Box for Yokozuna" by W. Todd Kaneko