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Matt Mason has run poetry workshops in Botswana, Romania, Nepal, and Belarus for the U.S. State Department and his poetry has appeared in The New York Times, Rattle, and hundreds more.

Matt served as the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024 and has received a Pushcart Prize as well as fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Nebraska Arts Council.

Mason's 4th book, At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife and Churros, was released by The Old Mill Press in 2022 and his 5th, Rock Stars, came out from Button Poetry in 2023.

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	The Baby that Ate Cincinnati 4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Stars 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife, and Churros 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things We Don't Know We Don't Know 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Have a Poem the Size of the Moon 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slamma Lamma Ding Dong: An Anthology by Nebraskaýs Slam Poets by J.M. Huscher (Editor), Matt Mason (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dan Leamen (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistranslating Neruda 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Housebreaker in the Mansion of Love by Larry Reznicek, Matt Mason (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Paul Baker (Introduction) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coffee and astronomy and other poems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matt Mason liked Janet Jongebloed's review of The Baby that Ate Cincinnati: "I am utterly in love with Matt Mason as a poet!! This book was a present from me to me after I finished a 'write 100 poems in a month' marathon. Since At the Corner of Fantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife, and Churros is my favorite book of poems ev" Read more of this review »
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Matt Mason rated a book it was amazing He Mele A Hilo (A Hilo Song) by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed exploring Hilo through these characters. And great story and writing, with a fun approach taken to the glossary for the dialect, with nice touches added for the terms. The book has such good lines like "Because even the fire needs to ...more
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Matt Mason rated a book it was amazing Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a pretty stunning book, with tremendous details on so many worlds (literally and figuratively) and some of the best donut content in any novel ever written. It's seriously amazing how smoothly this story flows and keeps such tremendous heart ...more
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Matt Mason rated a book it was amazing The Island of Dreams by Jaye Viner (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Island of Dreams starts as a reimagining of Peter Pan but quickly becomes its own world, universe, pantheon, you name it. It's an enjoyable and surprising book led by a talented storyteller. ...more
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The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World is a great read. It starts out washed in mythology--Greek, Jewish, Chicagoan, probably more--but it soon becomes apparent that the myths don't steer the narrative, they're there to provide markers, context as t ...more
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The title poem for “Not Quite Heaven” is my favorite, with a lot of great lines like: “I didn’t make it to heaven./There wasn’t enough room/and my credit score was too low” and when San Pedro is on a break from his job at the gates of Heaven it's exp ...more
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Matt Mason liked John Adams's review of Rock Stars (Button Poetry): "Another delightful collection, even as I know I didn't catch all the 80s rock allusions."
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