Matthew Thorburn's new book of poems is String, published by Louisiana State University Press in March 2023.

He’s also the author of seven previous collections, including The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize; the book-length poem Dear Almost, honored with the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry; and A Green River in Spring, winner of the Coal Hill Review chapbook competition. ​His work has been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, the Mississippi Review Prize, and fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

A native of Michigan and for many years a New Yorker, he lives with his family in small-town New Jersey.

Follow him on Instagram: @thorburnpoet