Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka is the author of seven books, most recently a mixed media collection inspired by Funkadelic, Standing on the Verge & Maggot Brain (Third Man Books, 2021), and a collection of poems, Somebody Else Sold the World (Penguin, 2021), which was a finalist for 2022 UNT Rilke Prize and the Indiana Authors’ Award. His first graphic novel Last On His Feet (Liveright, 2023) was selected as one of the ten best books of 2023 by the New York Public Library and is currently a finalist for the Eisner Award. Among Matejka’s other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and a Simon Fellowship from United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and is Editor of Poetry magazine.