Matt Rader is the author of two books of poems: Miraculous Hours (2005) and Living Things (2008). His poems, stories, and non-fiction have appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Australia, and Europe and have been nominated for numerous awards including the Gerald Lampert Award, the Journey Prize, and two Pushcart Prizes. For more information, please visit his website, www.mattrader.com.

Living Things:
0889712239 · March 2008 · $16.95
"Living Things thrives." -George Elliott Clarke, Halifax ChronicleHerald
Miraculous Hours:
0889712018 · April 2005 · $16.95
on the front porch striking matchsticks with our thumbs the quick report of light doused out with our tongues, it’s the trick that speaks volumes: forget phosphorus, friction the miracle of combustion, it is how you hold fire in your mouth then snuff it out like idle conversation— –from “Miraculous Hours”