Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson is a poet and author of multiple poetry collections, including Jackie Robinson's Real Gone: Baseball Poems of New York (forthcoming through Cornerstone Press), Far from New York State (New York Quarterly Press), and Shadow Folk and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books), as well as the chapbook, Too Short to Box with God (Finishing Line Press).

His poetry has appeared in Apple Valley Review, Heavy Feather Review, London Magazine, and elsewhere. A recipient of multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, support from the Emily Dickinson Museum, Hudson Valley Writers Center, and Sundress Publications, as well as a finalist for the Diverse Book Award (Grand View University) and E.E. Cummings Poetry Award (New England Poetry Club), he is the managing editor of The Portrait of New England and the poetry editor of The Twin Bill).

Formerly a sports journalist and editor, he earned his BA and MA in English from UNC-Greensboro.