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Matt Thomas is a smallholder farmer, engineer, and poet. His poetry has appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review, Ponder Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Hiram Review, Dunes Review, Avalon Literary Review, Galway Review, Milk House Review, Cleaver Magazine, River Heron Review, The Thieving Magpie, Common House Magazine, The Broken Plate, Spellbinder Magazine, Pinhole Poetry, Slab Magazine, Kestrel, Susurrus Magazine, Temz Review, and elsewhere. Disappearing by the Math, a book length collection, was published by Silver Bow in 2024. Cicada, Dog, & Song, a second full-length collection, was published by Serving House Books in 2026. Foxy Love: All-American Poems, a chapbook, was published by Kelsay Books in 2026. He and his family live in Virgini ...more

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OK, this has been some kind of year. A full-length poetry collection, 'Cicada, Dog, & Song,' was released by Serving House Books. A chapbook, 'Foxy Love: All-American Poems' was published by Kelsay Books. Lastly, my first western genre novle, 'Good Nature,' was published by Outlaws Publishing. I've been doing lots of readings and podcasts to support the books. You can find links to the most recent Read more of this blog post »

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