Matthew Rice
@matthew-rice.bsky.social
Poems-Running-PhDing-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
Yesterday, on my birthday, I successfully defended my thesis and was awarded my PhD! I had a wonderful day. Thanks to my supervisors, Nick Laird and Fran Brearton, as well as the examiners Happy birthday to me! 🎈#qub #seamusheaneycentre
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yesterday, on my birthday, I successfully defended my thesis and was awarded my PhD! I had a wonderful day. Thanks to my supervisors, Nick Laird and Fran Brearton, as well as the examiners Happy birthday to me! 🎈#qub #seamusheaneycentre
Oh look, there’s that right ear that was *definitely* hit with a high velocity bullet …
October 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh look, there’s that right ear that was *definitely* hit with a high velocity bullet …
Reading from plastic @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social 💙🤍
September 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reading from plastic @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social 💙🤍
The Fitzcarraldo Editions Spring catalogue just dropped 👀💙🤍🌿 UK edition of ‘plastic’ due January 29, 2026 🫶
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Fitzcarraldo Editions Spring catalogue just dropped 👀💙🤍🌿 UK edition of ‘plastic’ due January 29, 2026 🫶
Massive shout out to the whole crew at @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, truly, the whole team. You are all amazing and passionate people, and it is a humbling honour to get to be a part of the family. Can’t wait to meet and thank everyone else in person next year. 🙏🎈💙🤍
August 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Massive shout out to the whole crew at @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, truly, the whole team. You are all amazing and passionate people, and it is a humbling honour to get to be a part of the family. Can’t wait to meet and thank everyone else in person next year. 🙏🎈💙🤍
Amazing that my book made the @publisherswkly.bsky.social Fall 2025 poetry preview! Over the moon 🌝 🙏
July 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Amazing that my book made the @publisherswkly.bsky.social Fall 2025 poetry preview! Over the moon 🌝 🙏
Let’s give racists something they can’t take off.
June 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Let’s give racists something they can’t take off.
The hard proof copies of plastic just landed from the Soft Skull offices in NYC! Thanks to all involved! If American friends or reviewers would like a proof please contact Megan Fishmann at Soft Skull Press. Publication date is January 13 2026. #poetry
June 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The hard proof copies of plastic just landed from the Soft Skull offices in NYC! Thanks to all involved! If American friends or reviewers would like a proof please contact Megan Fishmann at Soft Skull Press. Publication date is January 13 2026. #poetry
RIP Paul Durcan, poetry legend. Xx
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
RIP Paul Durcan, poetry legend. Xx
Congrats to Victoria Maxfield for her design of my US book edition being on the 20 best covers for May 2025 in PRINT Magazine! www.printmag.com/book-covers/... #SoftSkull #Printmagazine
May 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Congrats to Victoria Maxfield for her design of my US book edition being on the 20 best covers for May 2025 in PRINT Magazine! www.printmag.com/book-covers/... #SoftSkull #Printmagazine
New poems in the Asheville Poetry Review 30th anniversary issue. In fine company! Thanks to the editors. X
May 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New poems in the Asheville Poetry Review 30th anniversary issue. In fine company! Thanks to the editors. X
Except nowhere in the article does it mention her mocking Biden. She was censured over her hateful rhetoric and conspiracy bollocks. Say hi to Putin.
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Except nowhere in the article does it mention her mocking Biden. She was censured over her hateful rhetoric and conspiracy bollocks. Say hi to Putin.
One of these things is not like the other.
February 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One of these things is not like the other.
Just noticed that America thinks Stephen Spender is John Fante. Also the irony in this headline is 🤌
February 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just noticed that America thinks Stephen Spender is John Fante. Also the irony in this headline is 🤌
How mad is it that it’s genuinely impossible to tell whether a POTUS is lying or thick? Incredible times.
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How mad is it that it’s genuinely impossible to tell whether a POTUS is lying or thick? Incredible times.
One of two new poems in the new Blackbird. Thanks to Dawn Watson and Tara West! XX
January 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One of two new poems in the new Blackbird. Thanks to Dawn Watson and Tara West! XX
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social publish their first poetry book and it is superb in every way. X
January 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social publish their first poetry book and it is superb in every way. X
Zbigniew Herbert, from ‘Report From the Besieged City’.
January 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Zbigniew Herbert, from ‘Report From the Besieged City’.
From Berkley to Whitehead 🤝🫶 🇺🇸 👉 🇮🇪
January 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
From Berkley to Whitehead 🤝🫶 🇺🇸 👉 🇮🇪
Memories of LA, 2024. @thepoetryporch.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Memories of LA, 2024. @thepoetryporch.bsky.social