Matthew Aaron Goodman

Matthew Aaron Goodman’s debut novel, Hold Love Strong (Amazon, BN.com), was chosen by Barnes & Noble as a Discover Great New Writers Book and by USA Today as a New Voices Pick. Currently, Matthew lives outside of the U.S. Prior to that, he lived in New York City and taught Multicultural American Literature and Creative Writing at Hunter College, served as the chief curator for The Museum of Historicity, and coordinated the New York Juvenile Justice Initiative’s Youth Council.

Statement:

Below is a poem I wrote some time ago. It’s the first thing Ithought about that speaks to where my politics and art collide…

Call and Response
To your womb
I want to strap
snap and secure
a bullet proof vest
so our child will be
born in safety
rest life-soaked and still
like a hand, foot or spleen
Some fifty-feet from an explosion
If I die tomorrow
the beauty of it
is that I can say
I will never love
anyone else
but you