Matthew Dickman‘s debut collection of poetry, All American Poem, won the 2008 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, selected by Tony Hoagland, and the 2009 Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry (Oregon Book Awards). His work has been published in Tin House, Clackamas Literary Review, Poet Lore, www.fishousepoems.org, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships and/or residencies from Oregon Literary Arts, the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas, the Breadloaf Writers Conference, the Vermont Studio Center and the Fine Arts Work Center. He lives in Portland, OR.