Matthew Rana (1981/US) is the author of Ardour: Poems from the Daud (Nion Editions, 2022). His critical writing has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Texte zur Kunst, and The Poetry Project Newsletter, among others, and he is a regular contributor to Frieze. He is currently an external PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and lives and works in Stockholm.
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Ardour: Poems from the Daud (Nion Editions, 2022), available at Asterism Books and Perdu Online Bookshop
EK: Poems from the Daud (Litmus Press, forthcoming)
Bernadette Mayer Dossier, OEI #108-109 (guest editor)
World of Yum-Yum: On Studying Hunger, The Poetry Project Newsletter, No.272
9 June 2023: Bernadette Mayer Round Table, University of Amsterdam
Poetry’s best-kept secret – in conversation with Matthew Rana on the cinematic work of poet Bernadette Mayer, Metropolis M
The Cinema of Bernadette Mayer, Symposium of the Network for New York School Studies, 20 April 2022, Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris
G R G W R G R B R B R B W G W G R B B B B, on Bernadette Mayer’s Studying Hunger Journals (Station Hill Press, 2011). Jacket2
From Memory to Reproduction: The Cinema of Bernadette Mayer, NICA Institute, Leiden
Let's Stay in Touch, review of Som ett hänglås, Marie Karlberg at Issues, Stockholm. Kunstkritikk
The Negative Aura of Catherine Christer Hennix, review of CC Hennix, Malmö Konsthall. Frieze
The Structure of an Error, review of Burning the Days, Lutz Bacher at Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo. Texte zur Kunst
Knutar av akut materia: En sinthomatisk läsning av Bhanu Kapils Schizophrene, Divan 3-4 / 2025, "TEMA POESI"
From Odds to Evens, Pamenar Online Magazine
A Review of MA by Ida Börjel, (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2023). Tripwire 22
Enunciative Mayonnaise, Cultural Pearls, review of Fidelity, Dora Budor at Beau Travail, Stockholm. Texte zur Kunst, No.138
31 May 2025: Sex Negativity II (We Have Never Had Sex), American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting
28 May 2025: Daud the Sinthome, Vaggan till Graven, with Jakob Staberg, Svenska Psykoanalytiska Föreningen, ABF Huset, Stockholm
Zahra Malkani's Hum of Ecological Reverence, review of Sada Sada, Zahra Malkani at Konsthall C, Stockholm. Frieze
14 February 2025: Journée d’étude “The Somatics of Bhanu Kapil’s Emigrant/Immigrant Line”, Université de Haute-Alsace, Campus Illberg, Mulhouse
The Artworld's Latest Fragrance, With Notes of Tragedy, review of Abuse Is the Beauty of the Working Class, Bjarne Melgaard at VI,VII, Oslo. Art Review
Politics of the Unspeakable, review of Lonespeech, Ann Jäderlund (Nightboat, 2024). Los Angeles Review of Books
14-19 June 2024: Across the Waters: XXIX International James Joyce Symposium, University of Glasgow
Vaginal Davis Creates Spaces for Queer Kinship and Experimentation, review of Magnificent Product, Vaginal Davis at Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Frieze
If Wishes Were Horses, review of Crybaby, Josefin Arnell at Index, Stockholm. Kunstkritikk
Hon klär av kropparna deras mänskliga drag, review of Viljan att leva, Fatima Moallim at Konstakadamien, Stockholm. Svenska Dagbladet