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Clay Matthews
Graduate Assistant and Associate Editor of the Cimarron Review
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Southeast Missouri State University, 2001.
Master of Arts, Creative Writing, Southeast Missouri State University, 2003
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Creative Writing--Emphasis in Poetry.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
Recent Publications
Fiction
"Can't Slow Roast With Too Much Heat." The Citizen (September 2004).
"Cross-Eyed Jesus." Monkeybicycle (April 2004).
Poems
"Track and Field: The Metaphysic Invitational" and "Red Sky at Night." Forthcoming in the New Hampshire Review.
"Feeling Lucky,""What I Learned Watching Wheel of Fortune," and "Mercy Mild." Forthcoming in Spork.
"Price Check on Aisle Four." Forthcoming in Concho River Review.
"Highway 61 Tires,""Self-Portrait in Origami," and "Encore." Forthcoming in Diner.
"Cutting Ruts." Forthcoming in Gulf Stream.
"Whole Fryer Baby in Parts." Forthcoming in Unpleasant Event Schedule.
"Seconds at the Cafe" and "Jimmy Mentions Revolution, In Passing." Forthcoming in Poet Lore.
"Medium-Rare." Forthcoming in Good Foot.
"The Linoleum Harvest." Forthcoming in The Cape Rock.
"Scissors," "Litany for Yellow Dog,""Where Reckoning Meets Pavement," and "A Slight
Variation on Sympathy." Softblow (March 2005).
"Scavenge." MIPOesias~Print 1.2 (March 2005).
"Mississippi Moon,""Hillbilly Music," and "If You See Jimmy on the Corner." H_NG_M_N #3
(March 2005).
"Love and Theft at the Hardware Store" and "Drink of It." Ligature 2.1 (Feb. 2005).
"Esperanza's Lament." storySouth (Winter 2005).
"Elegy for Poor Richard." Lilies and Cannonballs Review 1.2 (Fall/Winter 2004-2005).
"Something Sour,""Wishing Well,""Reckless Through the Bluegrass," and "The Day the Road
Showed Up." The Sow's Ear Poetry Review. 14.3 (Fall 2004).
"The Washington Monument." MIPOesias 19.2 (2005).
"Swan Song Dive,""Wedding Song," and "Before the Flood." Big Muddy: 4.2 (Fall 2004).
"Nancy Reagan Drag." Diagram 4.5 (October/November 2004).
"Reflections of Red in an Aquarium." Mississippi Review Online. "Poetry and Politics Issue." 10.4 (Fall 2004).
"Crank Capital, USA" and "Where There's Smoke." The 2River View 9.1 (Fall 2004).
"A Revenge for Grace." storySouth (Summer 2004).
"Picnic Basket,""Ante Up," and "Fahrenheit 2800." Oklahoma Review 5.1 (Spring 2004).
"Shallow Grave" and "Real Estate." Mudlark. Mudlark Flashes (Spring 2004).
"The Marlboro Man and His Pot" and "Marlboro At His Agent's." Eclectica 8.2 (Apr/May 2004).
"When it Comes to Wings." Melic Review 23 (Spring 2004).
"Tunes from a Washboard" and "Where a Poem Meets Its Maker." The 2River View 8.3 (Spring 2004).
"Weldon Kees on His Knees." Poetry Midwest Issue 9 (Winter 2004).
"Stealing Home."Taint Magazine 3.26 (Jan. 2004).
Reviews
Review of Casino of the Sun by Jerry Williams. Rain Taxi 8.3 (Fall 2003): 28.
Review of The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body by Alberto Ríos. Big Muddy 2.2 (Fall 2002): 131-32.
Honors & Offices
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Inclusion in storySouth: The Best of South 2005, storySouth, 2005.
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Winner of the Academy of American Poets Prize, Oklahoma State University, 2005.
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Winner of the Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Poetry Prize, 2005.
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Winner of the 2005 Janemarie Luecke Memorial Prize, Oklahoma State University, 2005.
- "Shallow Grave" and "Real Estate," originally published in Mudlark, selected for inclusion in Web Del Sol's e-Scene, #13.
- "Sightings of Natty" nominated for Pushcart Prize by Rock Salt Plum Poetry Review.
Recent Conference Presentations
Presentation of short stories "When Halloween Loses Its Legs" and "Legend of the Phoenix Flames" at the 2004 PCA/ACA National Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 9, 2004.
Presentation of short story, "A Fetching Blackbird Named Cain," Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, February 21, 2002.
English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
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