Housatonic Book Awards Finalist
the Colored page has been named a finalist for the 2023 Housatonic Book Awards!
The Lives of Writers Podcast: Matthew E. Henry
Listen to my interview at The Lives of Writes from Autofocus (in which I was previously published).
Second Sunday Reading Series Recording is Live
I had the privilege of reading with Shiksha Dheda and Julia Guez recently as a part of the Second Sunday Reading Series.
the Colored page reviewed in The Pedestal Magazine
I'm honored that an amazing review of the Colored page appears in Pedestal Magazine.
You can read it here.
the Colored page on the Kickstart Farmington blog
In his blog post “Art in the Roots, #6: Captains and Pilots,” Mitch Nobis reflects on how the political is always with us in all areas of life including, especially, education.
My poetry the Colored page is a part of those reflections.
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A Hundred Pitchers of Honey - November 17th Reading
The recording of A Hundred Pitchers of Honey reading, hosted by Donna Vorreyer, and featuring John Compton, Suzanne Frischkorn, and me.
The reading is great! I’m the last in the lineup starting at 36:40
Interview about the Colored page
Don’t ask about what I’m wearing on my head…
My school newspaper wrote about my my collection the Colored page.
Read it here.
Interview with Fare Forward on education and the Colored page
I recently did an interview with Whitney Rios-Ross, poetry editor at Fare Forward in their education-themed issue.
We discuss my collection, the Colored page, and the intersection of career, faith, and writing. It also features three poems from the collection.
Read it here.
the Colored page in The Weston Owl
Author Interview about the Colored page
The scary thing about interviews is that I never remember what I said and I’m too afraid to read them afterward. So you’ll have to tell me what I said.
But here is my interview with Neha Peri of Sundress Publications about the Colored page.
The Boston Globe’s Review of the Colored page
With clarity and force, he corrects the misconception that Massachusetts, and the northeast, are bastions of tolerance and equality. Henry teaches hard lessons, and necessary ones.
You can read the full review here.
the Colored page is available for purchase.
the Colored page Review at Fahmidan Journal
This collection of a poetry brings tears to one’s eyes, whilst presenting a variety of social and philosophical questions drawn from the repository of Henry’s lived experience. As a whole, this collection can be summed up as; Haunting, bold and necessary. My only hope for this incredible collection is that it succeeds in changing narratives of oppression and inequality and remedies generations of inequality.
