Matthew Dickman was born in Portland, Oregon in 1975. His first book, All-American Poem, was winner of the 2008 American Poetry Review / Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry, published by American Poetry Review.His second full collection of poetry, Mayakovsky's Revolver, was published by Norton, 2012. Published by Fivehundred places, founded in 2012 by Jason Dodge. On the cover of each book is a dead scissor by Paul Elliman.