MICHELLE MATTHEES
BOOKS
“Complicated Warding,” 2023.
"Flucht," New Rivers Press, 2016.
HANDMADE ART CHAPBOOKS
"Served," 2011.
"Junket," 2011.
"Outside," 2011.
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals Grant, 2022.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Emergency Working Artist Project Grant, 2020.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development Grant, 2017.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Technology Grant, 2016.
Minnesota State Artist Initiative Grant, 2016.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development Grant, 2015.
Minnesota State Artist Initiative Grant, 2014.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship, 2013.
Minnesota State Artist Initiative Grant, 2011.
Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry, Finalist, 2010.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Artist Fellowship, 2010.
Emerging Artist Fellowship, SASE/Intermedia Arts, 2009.
Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, 2003.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Artist Fellowship, 2003.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development Grant, 2001.
Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, 2000.
Creative Writing Program Nominee, Ruth Lilly Prize at Poetry, 2000.
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
“Corrective,” Cagibi, Issue #22, July 2024.
“The Impossible Move,” “Marina in Ohrid,” “Ohrid,” and “Sofia,” The Ekphrastic Review, August 16, 2024.
“Gauges,” Bicoastal Review, Issue #6, 2024.
“Rue” and “Zagreb Bedbug,” Ilanot Review, Summer 2024-Winter 2025.
“Motherhood,” Two Thirds North #24, 2024. Web and print.
“Drift” and “Gardening in Split,” Gone Lawn, 51. 2023. Web.
“Mostar Host,” Star 82 Review, 11.3. 2023. Web.
“Lite Brite,” “The Bargain,” and “Babushka in the Basement,” Unbound: Composing Home, New Rivers Press, 2022.
“Balsa Flyer,” Lines & Stars. Winter/Spring 2022. Web.
“Deliberate,” Phoebe, Issue 51.1. 2022. Web and print.
“Dish with Two Eyes” and “Fresco,” Star 82 Review, Issue 9.4. December 2021. Web.
"Icon at the Women’s Hospital, St Bogorodica Bolnička, Ohrid” and “Restart,” Vice Versa. January 2021. Web.
“Premonition,” Conduit. No. 30. 2020.
“Cyanotype,” Cleaver. Issue 24. 2018. Web.
“All,” Gone Lawn. Issue 31. 2018. Web.
"Dissolution," J Journal. Fall 2018.
"Agnes Borglum's Three Cures," Raven Chronicles. Fall 2018.
"Exam," "Silver Paranoia," and "Volume," Thrice Surrealist Anthology. Fall 2018.
"Distinguishing Marks" and "Skeleton #1018. 1903. Lake Como," Superstition Review. Issue 20. 2017. Web.
"Range," J Journal. Vol. 10, No. 2. Fall 2017.
"The Edge of Hortense," "I Proceed With Steam," & "St. Angustius at The Fergus Falls St. Hospital," Midway Journal. Vol 11, Issue 3. 2017. Web.
"Swap Shop," Great Lakes Review. March 2017. Web.
"Homemade," Baltimore Review. 2016. Web.
“Internal,” “Our Town,” “Pennant,” & “The Shack,” HA&L, Issue 6.1. 2014. Web.
“Losing,” Cider Press Review, Vol 16, Issue 1. 2014. Web and print.
“Vladivostok Pearls,” Border Crossing. Vol. 3, 2013.
"24 Hours in Vladivostok" & "Little Huffer's Lit Cigarette," South 85 Journal. 2013. Web.
“Raw,” The Mom Egg, Vol. 11. 2013.
“December Delivery” & “Dialysis,” Retail Woes Anthology. Local Gems Press. 2013.
“Paint by Number,” Archivism Issue. Lines and Stars. 2013.
“Podil 5: Shard” &“Purification,” The Delinquent, No. 19. 2013. Web.
“Guns in the Basement,” “Russian Orphan Subtext,” & “Something Understood,” Specs, Volume 4, Issue 2. 2013. Web.
“Podil 1” & “Podil 7: Exchange Rate,” Defenestrationism. 2013. Web.
“Memorizing Hayden” & “The Radish Speaks Between,” Sou’wester. Fall 2012.
“Fred, Separate,” “Iconic,” & “What the Structure Refuses to Hold,” Memorious, Issue 19. 2012. Web.
“Arctic Communication,” Third Wednesday, Vol. 4, Issue 3. 2012.
“Getting it Together,” “More than What You Ordered,” & “Vice,” Thrice Fiction, Issue No. 6. 2012. Web.
“Progress,” 5 Quarterly, No. 2. 2012. Web.
“Scraps,” Cider Press Review, Vol. 14, Issue 2. 2012. Web.
“Pink Horizon in Siberia,” Anderbo, August 2012. Web.
“Burning Green,” & “Wobble,” Paradise Review, Volume 1, Issue 1. 2012. Web.
“Vladivostok Apartment,“ Humber Pie, August 8, 2012. Web.
“Salt,” 22 Magazine, August, 2012. Web.
“Art and Sin,” Proof Magazine, Vol 1, Issue 1. 2012. Web.
“Eli,” Prose Poem Project, Vol. 2 Issue 4, Spring, 2012. Web and print.
“Church Bees,” Cerise Press, Summer. 2011. Web.
“Valentine,” Prose Poem Project, Vol. 1, Issue 4. 2011. Web and print.
“Summer at the 45th Parallel Without You,” “Difficult Times,” “Divorce,” & “Adoption Homework,” Migrations: Poetry and Prose for Life’s Transitions, Wildwood River Press, 2011.
“Boot,” “Under the Big Tent,” “Alex,” “CHECK ON WICKER TABLE. LEAVE PIZZA IN FRONT PORCH,” & “Porches,” Pemmican, 2010. Web.
“Dear Mr. Wilton,” “Chris,” “Mrs. Havisham,” “Objects,” & “Take Flight,” PANK. December 2009. Web.
“Domestic Violence,” Poetry Highway. November, 2009. Web.
Numerous previous publications.
AUDIO PUBLICATIONS
“Arctic Communication,” “Iconic,” “Pink Horizon in Siberia,” “Snow Music,” & “Vladivostok Apartment,” The Beat, 2012-13. KAXE Radio.
VIDEO PUBLICATIONS
“The Gardner Hotel,” “Bouquets,” “The Rest,” & “Modern View,” Moving Poems, 2014 Web.
ART EXHIBITS/MULTIMEDIA
“Since You Asked,” eighteen poems about working as a rideshare driver in Duluth, MN, converted to QRC codes and posted at pick up and drop off points around The Twin Ports, 2021.
Four Poems in Radio Pluto instillation. The Gardner Hotel Building on May 10, 2013. Duluth, Minnesota and at Carbon Chroma Gallery, Minneapolis, MN during June, 2013.
“Thin Pilgrim,” an eighteen-poem collection from the works of Russian visual artist, Olga Nenazhivina. Far Eastern Art Exhibit, Oriental Diary, Vladivostok, Russia, December, 2003.
EDUCATION
MFA Creative Writing, University of Minnesota, 2001.
JUROR
2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, and 2012 Poetry Out Loud, Marshall High School, Duluth, MN.
2017, 2014 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Panel.
2010 Jerome/ SASE Emerging Writer panel judge for Intermedia Arts Emerging Writer Grant.
LITERARY WORK EXPERIENCE
Spirit Lake Poetry Series Board 2011-2013.
Assistant Editor, LUNA Magazine, 1999-2003.