About Notes From The Bonfire: Poems In The Age of Coronavirus:
In March of 2020, author Matt Nagin came down with coronavirus. Most of these poems were written during the five weeks he was trying to recover. They cover a range of subjects, although the overarching theme is the dystopian suffering unleashed by this global pandemic. The book also includes photography by Andrzej Jerzy Lech and illustrations by Natasha Yearwood.
Interestingly enough, all three contributors were New York City residents at the time our home became the first U.S. epicenter, and, as result, the Big Apple is sort of the ghost in the machine, if you will, with the changes our city underwent often mirroring and compounding those within each contributor.
Notes From The Bonfire is Nagin’s third poetry collection and includes work previously published in Gravitas, The Organic Poet, and Poetry In The Time Of Coronavirus. Matt has been writing poetry for twenty-five years, particularly when in trying situations. This time was no different. Composing these poems, during his battle with this insidious virus, at the height of the first outbreak, offered Matt a unique perspective on the damage wrought by this horrific scourge.
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Author Bio:
Matt Nagin is a writer, educator, actor, filmmaker, and standup comedian. In December 2019, Matt’s humor book, “Do Not Feed The Clown” was published by Tenth Street Press, and, since then, has obtained a bit of a cult following. In 2018, Matt’s poem, “If We Are Doomed,” won The Spirit First Editor’s Choice Award, and the following year, another poem, “Birds Singing In My Chest,” was published in the anthology “New York’s Best Emerging Poets 2019.” He has three books of poetry available on Amazon, “Butterflies Lost Within The Crooked Moonlight,” “Notes From The Bonfire,” and “Feast of Sapphires,” all of which have obtained very strong reviews. Kirkus Reviews, for example, referred to Matt’s first book as “powerful verse from a writer of real talent.”
Matt has had satirical work showcased in The Humor Times, The Satirist, Robot Butt, Points In Case and The New York Post. Matt also wrote/directed a short film, “Inside Job,” that won awards on the festival circuit, such as Best Short at The Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes and Best Supporting Actor at the Nice International Film Festival.
As an actor, Matt has appeared on a wide range of TV and film programs, most recently in a Co-Star role in a new Amazon series, “Hunters,” produced by Jordan Peele. Matt has further performed standup in seven countries, on The Dr. Steve Show, The Wendy Williams Show, and at The Edinburgh Comedy Festival. A survivor of Crohn’s disease, for thirty years, Matt was granted The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s 2019 Mission Award.