Ted Mathys, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor
Education
B.A., Carleton College, 2001
M.A.L.D., The Fletcher School, Tufts University, 2010
M.F.A., University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2014
Research Interests
Poetry Writing, 20th-Century & Contemporary American Poetry, Nonce Forms, Ecopoetics,
Screenwriting.
Publications and Media Placements
Books
- Gold Cure (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2020)
- Null Set (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2015)
- The Spoils (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009)
- Forge (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2005)
His creative and critical writing has been featured in American Poetry Review, BOMB, Boston Review, Conjunctions, Critical Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, Fence, PBS NewsHour, Verse, and other publications.
More information on his work is available on his personal website.
Honors and Awards
His honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Saint Louis Regional Arts Commission; the Poetry Society of America's 2013 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award; and nominations for a Pushcart Prize and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Community Work and Service
He serves on the Board of Directors for the Saint Louis Poetry Center and curates the 100 Boots Poetry Series at Pulitzer Arts Foundation.