Poet-PhD-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
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30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
A wonderful afternoon in @shhomeplace.bsky.social with Annemarie Ní Churreáin and @matthew-rice.bsky.social reading and talking about their work.
Generously hosted by Paul Maddern
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Took part in a great event yesterday at Belfast Book Festival with the fabulous @matthew-rice.bsky.social and the team from Fullset Books. 🥳
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I love the irony in this poem by Matthew Rice from ‘Plastic’. It almost feels like a 21st century equivalent of Blake’s ‘The Chimney Sweeper’
The collection ‘Plastic’ is set during a single twelve-hour factory shift
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He thinks ‘drugs coming in by sea’ was ‘drugs coming in by see’. He thinks we all thought that too, so ACTUALLY CLARIFIES IT. TWICE in a WEEK. I’m actually shocked. He’s never been smart, but now he’s stupid as well as demented. And this is what the UK is flirting with!!!
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In other news, plastic was reviewed in The Sunday Times! :)
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An honour to be so well read in Tribune. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social
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A new poetry collection explores the interior life of a factory worker across one night shift in modern day Northern Ireland.
Matthew Rice, Plastic, Fitzcarraldo, £12.99, ISBN 9781804271421 Rachel Long, Sparrow on the Rooftop, Chatto, £12.99, ISBN 9781784746582 Refusal as Generation: Milk and Eggs in Strange Places Jane...
Wonderful to finally hear @matthew-rice.bsky.social & Annemarie Ní Churreáin read from their respective poetry collections (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social & @thegallerypress.bsky.social ) today at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace. As always, brilliant chairing & comments from Paul Maddern
