Bøker av Matt Bialer

The long poem VIEW-MASTER LAND is about the poet's struggle to come to terms with the loss of his wife Lenora and the profound changes to his life that her death has brought. It's also about celebrating companionship and hope with his new love, Mary. It's about how technology like the BlackBerry, which seemed so wondrous when it was first introduced, is now defunct, a relic of the past. It's about the act of seeing, and how that evolves and gains depth as we get older. Bialer shares his memories of the View-Master toy he grew up with and how magical it was to view his favorite childhood TV shows in three dimensions on a special-format stereoscope and corresponding "reels," which are thin cardboard disks. There was even an attempt to bring the View-Master back in cutting-edge VR technology, but that too failed, underscoring its obsolescence. VIEW-MASTER LAND is about how our perception is enhanced as we go through life, and how the most ordinary can become extraordinary.

MATRIX is a must-read for those seeking a profoundly moving poetic experience. With its masterful language, evocative imagery, and exploration of the human condition, Bialer's collection offers solace, provokes introspection, and leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of its readers. The collection serves as a reminder that even in the face of life's ephemeral nature, the human capacity to love is unwavering. And from the ashes of loss and memory, something new emerges, transforming life and offering enduring relationships with family and friends. The lesson these verses offer is that life is transforming; life calls out to life.

Bialer's poem Maze takes the reader on a circuitous expedition exploring memories, reflections and shifting time and place. Compelling lines and phrases resurface over and again serving as a drumbeat egging the reader deeper into Bialer's journey of love for and loss of his wife. Facts and memories link "bandits and burial grounds' in Tombstone, Arizona to the Siege of Sarajevo, illuminating how painful the mere act of remembering can be. "Memories are like snipers". With the knowledge that life is fleeting, Maze keenly succeeds at reminding the reader of the sacredness of living in the present moment. -LORETTA OLECK, author of PAPER CHAINSIn his beautiful and poignant elegy Maze poet Matt Bialer summons loving memories of his late wife Lenora to conjure the strain of Covid and politics, turning angst and sorrow into a song of life. -SEB DOUBINSKY, author of THE INVISIBLE and MISSING SIGNAL

Famous for his long poems exploring the paranormal, the weird, the unexplained, and what makes us human, Matt Bialer turns his poetic talents to the urban legend of the Shadow People. Pat is a cyber-security expert at a software start-up called InterFaze, which was acquired by a Saudi Arabian prince. The prince wants to launch this revolutionary image and face recognition software called FazeLift at a major hacker convention in Las Vegas. Pat must launch the vital cyber-security software called The Dome before the conference, as the prince wants to maximize its publicity. Meanwhile, at home, Pat's ten-year-old son, Jared, keeps waking in the middle of the night screaming, saying a tall being in a long black coat and fedora hat is watching him. His younger son, Max, is also seeing this figure; this man made of darkness.When Pat learns that what his sons are seeing is true, that they're being visited by entities known as the Shadow People, he takes an unexpected trip to Saudi Arabia for answers, and in turn, confronts his deepest fears.

Matt Bialer's mind-expanding epic poem "Third Eye of the Inner Light" is an absolute must-have for every self-respecting psychonaut.Seb Doubinsky (author of The Song of Synth and Missing Signal) Famous for his long poems exploring the paranormal, the weird, the unexplained and what makes us human, Matt Bialer turns his poetic talents to the cutting edge and controversial realm of psychedelic drugs. Dr. Robert Strand of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque has spent 25 years researching the effects of psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs on humans. Of interest to him are the effects of N, N-dimethyltryptamine or DMT or The Spirit Molecule. When injected with this powerful drug volunteers find themselves in other realms that to them feel realer than real. Most fascinating of all is that many of the volunteers share similar experiences. They encounter Breakthrough, beyond life and death and space and time. They see folding rooms, fractals, extreme geometric explosions of color; they meet many of the same 'beings' such as self-transforming elf machines, Stick Men, Hyper Space Jesters, clowns, self-dribbling basketballs. Are these people dreaming? Are they hallucinating or experiencing some form of the collective unconscious? Or are they being transported to other realms or dimensions? Dr. Strand believes the drug effects the thalamus which acts as a filter for our sensory perception. As he asks more questions he feels he has discovered something profound, and fears that there are forces in play that are conspiring to bring an end to his study.Matt Bialer is the author of many books of poetry including Radius and Wing of Light (Les Editions du Zaporogue), Already Here, Ark and Black Powder, (Black Coffee Press), Bridge, Frequencies and The Valley of the Eight (Leaky Boot Press), Tell Them What I Saw (PS Publishing), He Walks On All Fours and Kings of Men (Dynatox Ministries), Formation (Weirdo Magnet) and Ascent (Bizarro Pulp Press). His poems have appeared in print and online journals including Le Zaporogue, Green Mountains Review, Gobbet, Forklift Ohio and H_NGM_N. He is an acclaimed black and white street photographer and watercolorist who has exhibited widely. Matt lives with his wife and daughter in Park Slope, Brooklyn.