Matt Robinson (poet)

Matt Robinson
Robinson in December 2015
Born (1974-02-24) February 24, 1974
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma materSt. Mary’s University
Mount Saint Vincent University
University of New Brunswick
Websitehttp://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 Nights It's Entertainment; Some Other Nights Just Work,[11] was published by Kentville, Nova Scotia'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, Nova Scotia.[23]

Bibliography

  • A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking, Insomniac Press, 2000.[24]
  • how we play at it: a list, ECW Press, 2002.[25]
  • tracery & interplay, Frog Hollow Press, 2004. (chapbook)[5]
  • no cage contains a stare that well, ECW Press, 2005.[26]
  • Against the Hard Angle, Greenboathouse Press, 2009. (chapbook)[27]
  • Against the Hard Angle, ECW Press, 2010.[6]
  • a fist made and then un-made, Gaspereau Press, 2013. (chapbook)[7]
  • Some Nights It's Entertainment; Some Other Nights Just Work, Gaspereau Press, 2016.[11]
  • The Telephone Game, Baseline Press, 2017 (chapbook)[9]
  • Against, Gaspereau Press, 2018 (chapbook)[10]
  • Tangled & Cleft, Gaspereau Press, 2021.[28]

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Matt (2009). A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking. Insomniac Press. ISBN 9781897414712.
  2. ↑ "How We Play at It: A List, by Matt Robinson". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Broken Pencil: No cage contains a stare that well". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. ↑ "Brian Palmu: Matt robinson's Against the Hard Angle; Kate Hall's the Certainty Dream". 20 December 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Frog Hollow Press - tracery & interplay". www.froghollowpress.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  6. 1 2 "Against the Hard Angle". ECW Press. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  7. 1 2 "Gaspereau Press - Book Information - a fist made and then un-made". www.gaspereau.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  8. ↑ "bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist and Doubling of Award Purse | Meet The Presses". meetthepresses.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10.
  9. 1 2 "The Telephone Game // Matt Robinson // 2017". Baseline Press. Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  10. 1 2 "Gaspereau Press - Book Information - Against". www.gaspereau.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  11. 1 2 "Gaspereau Press - Book Information - Some Nights It's Entertainment; Some Other Nights Just Work". www.gaspereau.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  12. ↑ "Matt Robinson on Instagram: "Contract's signed; it's official. Really excited to be working on a new #poetry collection (Due out in Fall 2016) with Andrew & the folks at #GaspereauPress..."".
  13. ↑ "Petra Kenney Poetry Competition". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  14. ↑ "The Malahat Review". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  15. ↑ Starnino, Carmine (2006-04-01). "9781550652086 - The New Canon An Anthology of Canadian Poetry by Carmine Starnino". eCampus.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  16. ↑ "Harbour Publishing". www.harbourpublishing.com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-11.
  17. ↑ Compton, Anne (2002). Coastlines: The Poetry of Atlantic Canada. Goose Lane Editions. ISBN 978-0864923134.
  18. ↑ ""Home" (2019) – Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia". 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  19. ↑ "Matt Robinson gets poetic in Grand Parade | Art Attack". Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  20. ↑ "A CERTAIN OPENNESS – THE FILMING OF POETRY «  Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative". afcoop.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  21. ↑ "Howe Hall". www.ancillaries.dal.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  22. ↑ "dalnews.dal.ca - Between the rink and residence". dalnews.dal.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  23. ↑ "SMTW 07-11-12". www.smu.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
  24. ↑ Robinson, Matt (2009). A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking. Insomniac Press. ISBN 978-1-897414-71-2.
  25. ↑ "how we play at it: A List". ECW Press. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  26. ↑ "no cage contains a stare that well". ECW Press. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  27. ↑ ":: Greenboathouse Press :: Against the Hard Angle". www.greenboathouse.com. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
  28. ↑ "Gaspereau Press - Book Information - Tangled & Cleft". gaspereau.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2026-05-12.
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