PRESS
Press Kit
PHOTOS OF ADRIAN (all photos by Polina Osherov)
Photo 1: Color / Black & White
Photo 2: Color / Black & White
BIOGRAPHY
BOOK COVERS
► High-resolution cover of The Big Smoke (.jpg)
► High resolution cover of Map to the Stars (.tiff will automatically download)
Interviews
“‘Poetry’ Editor-in-Chief Adrian Matejka Looks to the Future,” The Millions
“Matejka Leads Change at Poetry,” Q&A with Poets & Writers
“A Conversation With Michelle Boone, Adrian Matejka and Fred Sasaki of the Poetry Foundation,” Newcity Lit
“ ‘Just read, and read more’ — a groundbreaking poet’s advice,” CNN
“10 Questions with Adrian Matejka,” The Massachusetts Review
“Stopping by with Adrian Matejka,” Poetry Society of America
“Adrian Matejka on “Love Notes”,” In Their Own Words, Poetry Society of America
“Adrian Matejka will be first Black editor of Poetry,” Chicago Sun Times
“Adrian Matejka has big ideas for Poetry,” Chicago Tribune
“Interview with Rowan Ricardo Phillips,” Poetry Foundation
“Stopping by with Adrian Matejka,” Poetry Society
“Adrian Matejka Is No Square Poet,” Indianapolis Monthly
“Poets & Writers Q&A: Matejka Leads Change at Poetry,” Poets & Writers
“Short Conversations with Poets: Adrian Matejka,” McSweeny’s
"David Bowie, Travis Scott Inspired The Poems In This New Collection," NPR
"Starting From the Middle," Poetry Foundation
"10 Questions for Adrian Matejka," The Massachusetts Review
"Conversation with Adrian Matejka and Conor Bracken," Four Way Review
"Poet Of The Week: Adrian Matejka," Brooklyn Poets
"Riffing On Bowie, Funkadelic And More With Indy Poet Adrian Matejka," Indianapolis Monthly
Adrian Matejka for the National Endowment for the Arts Podcast
"Jennifer Benka & Adrian Matejka – AWP 2018," PBS Books
"Talking about the cosmos with poet Adrian Matejka," St. Louis Magazine
"Divedapper Carnival features user-friendly poetry," IndyStar
"The Art of the Matter," WFYI, Indianapolis
"Adrian Matejka Interviewed by Kaveh Akbar," Divedapper
"FEATURED POET: ADRIAN MATEJKA," The Indianapolis Review
"Author Q&A: Adrian Matejka," The Southeast Review
"Complex Coding," Poetry Flash
"Adrian Matejka on The Big Smoke," The Cloudy House
"Poetry meets boxing in Anisfield-Wolf winning 'The Big Smoke' by Adrian Matejka," The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Interview with Adrian Matejka," National Book Foundation
"Just a Few Thoughts Away from Poetry: An Interview with Adrian Matejka," Barely South Review
Videos
Reading at Palm Beach Poetry Festival
The Blaney Lecture for The Academy of American Poets
South Bound Distinguished Lectures: Southern Lit Alliance
Poetry Sunday, Lannan Foundation
National Book Awards Finalists Reading
O, Miami: The Anthology of Rap
"Battle Royal" & "Prize Fighter" at the 2015 Mass Poetry Festival
Audio
“Graphic novel brings to life the story and poetic words of boxer Jack Johnson,” Houston Public Media
"'The Big Smoke' Author Reads Poems About Boxer Jack Johnson at Murray State," WKMS