Carlo Matos
Writing Between Worlds
The Author
About Carlo Matos
Carlo Matos is a bi+/poly author of 13 books, including Book of Tongues: The Dead Letters of Pedro and Ines (FlowerSong Press) and As Malcriadas or Names We Inherit (New Meridian, 2022). His work has appeared in Hobart, Rhino, PANK, DMQ Review, and Diagram. A Heartland Poetry Prize winner, he has received fellowships from CantoMundo, Disquiet ILP, and the Illinois Arts Council. He is a founding member of Kale Soup for the Soul, a professor at the City Colleges of Chicago, and a former MMA fighter and kickboxer. He lives in Chicago.
Selected Works
Book of Tongues: The Dead Letters of Pedro and Ines
A poetic resurrection — myth with teeth, language without borders, stories that refuse to stay buried.
As Malcriadas or Names We Inherit
Tender yet unflinching. Language as polished and sharp as a fine-bladed sword — the sadness, joy, pain, and love that lingers in the ruins.
We Prefer the Damned
A new grammar for intersectional identities — Portuguese-American heritage and bi+ lived experience, past and present, old self and new self.
The Quitters
Roller derby, MMA, and teaching — a hard-hitting collection of essays that will send you reeling and make you return every time for more.
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