Alice James Welcomes Back Matthew Nienow

 

Alice James Books is thrilled to announce that it will publish Matthew Nienow’s If Nothing in January 2025.

Nienow is the author of the AJB collection House of Water (2016). His poetry collection, If Nothing, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in January 2025. Welcome, back, Matthew!

Matthew Nienow’s debut collection, House of Water, was published by Alice James Books in 2016. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such venues as 32 Poems, Georgia Review, New England Review, and Poetry. A former Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellow, he has also received fellowships and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Elizabeth George Foundation, Artist Trust, and 4Culture. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington with his wife and two sons where he is pursuing a degree in Mental Health Counseling.

 

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