Matthew Burgess

Website: http://www.matthewjohnburgess.com/
Matthew Burgess is a full-time Professor at Brooklyn College and an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of the Arts. He is the author of a poetry collection, Slippers for Elsewhere, and three children's books, Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings, The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon, and Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring. Matthew edited an anthology of visual art and writing titled Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space, as well as a recent collection titled Spellbound: The Art of Teaching Poetry. Several books are forthcoming, including: The Bear and The Moon, Bird Boy, and Make Meatballs Sing: The Life & Art of Corita Kent. A poet-in-residence in New York City public schools since 2001, Matthew also serves as a contributing editor of Teachers & Writers Magazine. In 2018, he received the Award for Excellence in Teaching at Brooklyn College. You can learn more about his work at www.matthewjohnburgess.com