Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejkais an African-American poet.

Life
Matejka was born in Nuremberg, Germany. He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing.

He teaches literature and creative writing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and serves as Co-Director of the River Styx (magazine) at Duff's Reading Series. He lives in Edwardsville, Illinois with his wife, poet Stacey Lynn Brown, and their daughter.

His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and in anthologies including From the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009) and The Best American Poetry 2010 (Scribner, 2010).

Recognition
Matejka has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Workshop and the Lannan Foundation. His most recent book, Mixology (Penguin, 2009), was a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series.

Awards

 * 2011 Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship
 * 2009 Illinois Arts Council
 * 2008 National Poetry Series
 * 2002 Kinereth Gensler Award