Matt Coonan

Matt Coonan is a poet, emcee & teacher from New York. He holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Stony Brook University and is a three-time SUNY Oneonta Grand Slam Champion. He is also the recipient of a 2017 Live Mas Scholarship. His poems have been featured on Button Poetry and published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Southampton Review, Inklette, amongst others. Matt is also a vocalist in the improvisational jazz band Bright Dog Red. Their fifth studio album, Under the Porch ...See more

Matt Coonan is a poet, emcee & teacher from New York. He holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Stony Brook University and is a three-time SUNY Oneonta Grand Slam Champion. He is also the recipient of a 2017 Live Mas Scholarship. His poems have been featured on Button Poetry and published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Southampton Review, Inklette, amongst others. Matt is also a vocalist in the improvisational jazz band Bright Dog Red. Their fifth studio album, Under the Porch , released May 20th, 2022 from Ropeadope Records. See less