Teaching While Black at Wellesley Books

I’m on my book-selling hustle. Been in contact with a few different stores and as of yesterday, Teaching While Black is now available for purchase at Wellesley Books (Wellesley, MA).

I was a METCO student in Wellesley. And now the local bookstore holds a book which is bracketed by two poems about my racial awareness and centeredness being formed in that town. For better or worse.

Mass Poetry- New Books

Teaching While Black is listed on Mass Poetry’s New Books section.

All exposure is good exposure.

Teaching While Black is HERE!

It’s nice to walk in the door to find a box of your first published book.

Yeah.

*Teaching While Black* Publication Update

I just approved the covers and internal galleys for Teaching While Black, and the release date looks like it will be pushed up to mid-late January.

Just in time for Black History Month.

However, you can still pre-order now and secure your copy at a price of $7 (it goes up to $13 upon publication).

[Bittersweet news] 2019 Orison Chapbook Prize Finalist (but not a winner)

I received the following notification today:

Dear Matthew Henry,

I'm writing to let you know that "many strange apparitions" was selected as a finalist in The 2019 Orison Chapbook Prize. Congratulations!

While your manuscript was not selected as the winner, you should feel proud of being named a finalist out of a pool of over 325 manuscripts! Choosing a winner was truly difficult.

We'll announce the winner and finalists on our website and on social media shortly.

Thank you for sending such fine work, and best wishes for your writing.

Always the bridesmaid…

Many Strange Apparitions is one iteration of a book of sonnets I’ve been working on for quite some time, and whose individual pieces have been accepted at publications such as Amethyst Review, The Other Journal, Rhino, Rock and Sling, 3Elements Literary Review, Spiritus, and The Windhover among others.

Until they find publication as a collection, I’ll take this honor as a push in the right direction.

Best of the Net nomination

My poem "Say God is the music we strain to hear" was nominated for a 2019 Best of the Net award!

The poem appears in, and was nominated by the good people at 3Elements Literary Review, where it can be found in Issue 22 .

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