Matthew Burgess
Lecturer
English
Matthew Burgess is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. His dissertation, titled "The Vastness of Small Spaces: Self-Portraits of the Artist as a Child Enclosed," combines his interests in modern British literature, American poetry and autobiography theory, and he is set to complete his doctorate in May 2014. He has taught courses at Brooklyn College since 1999, and in 2009, he received his current appointment as full-time lecturer. His poems and essays have appeared in NEA Arts Magazine, The Poetry Foundation, Teachers & Writers Magazine, Court Green, Painted Bridge Quarterly and elsewhere. His debut collection of poems, titled Slippers for Elsewhere, was recently published by UpSet Press, and he has a children's book forthcoming about the life and work of E.E. Cummings. Burgess has received a MacArthur Scholarship in Poetry, a CUNY Chancellor's Fellowship and an award from the Fund for Poetry.
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Education:
M.A., CUNY Graduate Center - 2012 (Philosophy)
M.F.A., Brooklyn College - 2001 (Poetry)
B.A., University of Virginia - 1996 (English / Modern Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
American poetry, autobiography studies, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, modern British literature, pedagogy theory.
Books and Publications
"Serious Play: Odes to the Everyday. What the First Graders Can Teach the College Students." The Poetry Foundation.org. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013
Enormous Smallness: The Story of E.E. Cummings. Enchanted Lion Books. Expected 2014. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
Slippers for Elsewhere. UpSet Press. Expected 2014. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"'Glories Strung Like Beads': The Queer Brilliance of Joe Brainard's 'I Remember.'" Teachers & Writers Magazine 44.2, Winter 2012-13. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2012
"The Sky Is the Limit: E.E. Cummings in the Classroom." Teachers & Writers Magazine 43.1, Fall. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2011
"Ricoridiamo: The Choreography of Memory." Teachers & Writers Magazine 40.4. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Shower of Gold: Composing With Roland Barthes and Walter Benjamin." Anamesa: An Interdisciplinary Journal 8.2, Fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
"The Unlonely Poet: Poetry Communities in New York City (And Beyond)." NEA Arts Magazine 4. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Plays Well with Others: Collaborative Poems in the Classroom." Teachers & Writers Magazine 40.3, Summer. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"See What Happens: Teaching Poems on Poetry." 40.1. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"See What Happens: Teaching Poems on Poetry." Teachers & Writers Magazine 40.1, Fall. Seven photographs published in the same issue, including front and back covers. http://www.twc.org/assets/40-1.pdf. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Award from The Fund for Poetry. (Awards and Honors) 2013
First prize in the GC Advocate Poetry Competition, judged by Wayne Koestenbaum. Five poems published in the May issue. (Awards and Honors) 2012
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Panel presentation. AWP Conference. Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Featured poet at The Day of the Poet. Taught a workshop to Brooklyn high school English teachers on strategies for incorporating poetry into writing curricula in addition to giving a reading to students. Brooklyn College. May 4. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Professional Leadership
Faculty adviser, Brooklyn College Poetry Club, 2003-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2013
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