Matthew Rana (1981/US) is the author of Ardour: Poems from the Daud (Nion Editions, 2022). His critical writing has appeared in e-flux Criticism, Los Angeles Review of Books, Jacket2, and The Poetry Project Newsletter, among others, and he is a regular contributor to Frieze. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and lives and works in Stockholm.
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28 May: Daud the Sinthome, Vaggan till Graven, with Jakob Staberg, Svenska Psykoanalytiska Föreningen, ABF Huset, Stockholm (English)
31 May: Sex Negativity II (We Have Never Had Sex), American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting (virtual)
Enunciative Mayonnaise, Cultural Pearls, review of Fidelity, Dora Budor at Beau Travail, Stockholm. Texte zur Kunst, No.138
Ardour: Poems from the Daud (Nion Editions, 2022), available at Asterism Books
World of Yum-Yum: On Studying Hunger, The Poetry Project Newsletter, No.272
9 June 2023: Bernadette Mayer Round Table, University of Amsterdam, 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
8 May: Occasionally, with Azad Ashim Sharma and Steve Zultanski, Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm
10 April: Occasionally, with Jen Hayashida and Mia You, Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm
20 March: Utgivningsfest: Hjärta, jägare, Marie Silkeberg, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Stockholm
14 March: Occasionally, with Amy De'Ath and Maria Sledmere, Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm
27 February: Occasionally, with Cassandra Troyan and Anisur Rahman, Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm
Zahra Malkani's Hum of Ecological Reverence, review of Sada Sada, Zahra Malkani at Konsthall C, Stockholm. Frieze
14 February: 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
30 January: Utgivningsfest för Tydningen 53/54:Neutralitet(en), Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Stockholm
Tydningen 53/54: Neutralitet/en, guest editor, Jennifer Hayashida
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
24 February 2024: Reading and conversation with Wendy Lotterman, Nord Books, Stockholm
Hon klär av kropparna deras mänskliga drag, review of Viljan att leva, Fatima Moallim at Konstakadamien, Stockholm. Svenska Dagbladet
22 December 2023: Maratonläsning av Bernadette Mayers Midvinterdag, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Stockholm
Annika Larsson's Appetite for Disaster and Destruction, review of STRANGE POWERS, Annika Larsson at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm. Frieze
9 September 2023: Poesimässan, Stockholm
Lyrikvännen, Nr. 3/2023
8 June 2023: this poem's got no parents, Perdu, Amsterdam
Un-Settling Art Criticism, interview with David Garneau. Kunstkritikk
29 April 2023: Ardour: Poems from the Daud, Anti, Malmö
Hate the Game, review of Somalitown, Salad Hilowle at Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm. Kunstkritikk
21 March 2023: Chateaux Presents: Matthew Rana & Nion Editions, Fabelbar, Stockholm
11 February 2023: Malmötxt: Avtalet, Inkonst, Malmö