Matthew McBride

Matthew McBride, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in English and comparative literature from the University of Cincinnati. He also earned a B.A. in English from Capital University and an M.F.A. in poetry from Bowling Green State University. He was the recipient of a Divine Poetry Fellowship and a George Elliston Poetry Fellowship, as well as an Ohio Arts Council Grant.

McBride is the author of two full-length poetry collections, “City of Incandescent Light” (Black Lawrence Press, 2018), and the forthcoming “At the Mercy of the Flies” (Half Mystic, 2026), as well as four chapbooks. 

His poetry and fiction have appeared in, or are forthcoming from, Carve, Conduit, The Cortland Review, Cream City Review, FENCE, Guernica, Heavy Feather Review, The Laurel Review, Rust & Moth, and Zone 3, among others. His most recent publication, “Prerecorded Weather” (SurVision Books, 2022) co-written with Noah Falck, won the 2022 James Tate Prize.