Matthew Thorburn's latest book is String, a novel in poems, published by Louisiana State University Press in 2023.

He’s also the author of five previous books, including The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and the book-length poem Dear Almost, honored with the Lascaux Prize, and two chapbooks. ​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 and works in central New Jersey.

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