Imps (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780998482972)

Mathew V. Spano has published poetry, short stories, and essays over the last twenty years. His work has appeared in various publications, such as The Los Angeles Times, Psychological Perspectives, Quantum Fairy Tales, The Yellow Chair Review, Frogpond, Cicada, This Broken Shore, The Heron's Nest, and Middlesex, as well as in anthologies, such as Palisades, Parkways & Pinelands (Blast Press, 2016); Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written About the Game (W.W. Norton & Co., 2007); and The Poets of New Jersey: From Colonial to Contemporary (Jersey Shore Publications, 2005). He has been teaching English Composition and Mythology in Literature as a full-time professor for over twenty years at Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ where he also serves as Freshman Composition Coordinator and Co-Director of the MCC Honors Program. He earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, his dissertation focusing on the works of pioneering psychologist Carl Jung and Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse. Mat is also the founder and owner of the online store haiku 4u (www.zazzle.com/haiku4u) featuring merchandise with his poetry and artwork. He lives with his wife Stephanie and their two children in central NJ where the family enjoys fishing, hiking, and searching for critters under rocks-especially along Ken Lockwood Gorge.