# Carlo Matos

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{{Short description|Portuguese-American writer}}
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'''Carlo Matos''' is a [Portuguese-American](/source/Portuguese_Americans) writer who currently lives in [Chicago](/source/Chicago).

==Career==
Matos has published eleven full-length books and two [chapbook](/source/chapbook)s. His debut novel, ''As Malcriadas or Names We Inherit'' was released by New Meridian Arts in 2022. He has also published 6 poetry books (''A School for Fishermen'', ''Counting Sheep till Doomsday'', ''Big Bad Asterisk*'', ''It's Best not to Interrupt Her Experiments'', ''We Prefer the Damned'', and ''Book of Tongues: The Dead Letters of Pedro & Inês''.) He has published a collection of creative nonfiction essays titled, ''The Quitters'' and a scholarly book on the theater of London's West End titled, ''Ibsen's Foreign Contagion: Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Wing Pinero & Modernism on the London Stage, 1890-1900''. Other works include his novella ''The Secret Correspondence of Loon & Fiasco'' and an anthology of Portuguese-American and Portuguese-Canadian writing he edited with Luis Gonçalves, titled, ''Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States and Canada''.

Matos's work has appeared in over 100 publications, including ''PANK'', [Spoon River Poetry Review](/source/Spoon_River_Poetry_Review), ''Hobart'', [Another Chicago Magazine](/source/Another_Chicago_Magazine), ''Diagram'', [Boston Review](/source/Boston_Review), [Iowa Review](/source/The_Iowa_Review), ''Tupelo Quarterly'', [Modern Drama](/source/Modern_Drama_(journal)),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matos |first=Timothy Carlo |date=2008 |title=Choleric Fictions: Epidemiology, Medical Authority, and An Enemy of the People |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/modern_drama/v051/51.3.matos.html |journal=Modern Drama |language=en |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=353–368 |doi=10.1353/mdr.0.0065 |issn=1712-5286|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''Your Impossible Voice'', ''Rhino'', ''Black Ocean'', ''Menacing Hedge'', and ''The Explicator''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matos |first=Timothy L. |date=January 2004 |title=Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida 5.2 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00144940409597175 |journal=The Explicator |language=en |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=74–77 |doi=10.1080/00144940409597175 |issn=0014-4940|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matos |first=Timothy L. |date=January 2005 |title=Jonson's Epicoene |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00144940509604799 |journal=The Explicator |language=en |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=9–12 |doi=10.1080/00144940509604799 |issn=0014-4940|url-access=subscription }}</ref>'','' among many others. His work has been nominated for several [Pushcart Prize](/source/Pushcart_Prize)s and Best of the Net Awards, and has also been entered into consideration for the [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry), the [National Book Award](/source/National_Book_Award_for_Poetry), the [National Book Critics Circle Award](/source/National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award), the [Lambda Literary Award](/source/Lambda_Literary_Award_for_Bisexual_Literature) and the [Bisexual Book Awards](/source/Bisexual_Book_Awards).

Artist residencies include Disquiet ILP in Portugal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/finalist-winners/2019-2/|title=2019|website=Disquiet International}}</ref> La Romita School of Art in Italy, [La MaMa ETC](/source/La_MaMa_Experimental_Theatre_Club)'s International Playwright Retreat in Italy, Centrum, [Ragdale](/source/Ragdale), Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Wellspring House.

He received degrees in English and theater from the [University of Massachusetts, Amherst](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst_College_of_Humanities_and_Fine_Arts) and holds a Ph.D. in literature from UMass Amherst's graduate English program.

Matos is a full professor at [Harry S Truman College](/source/Harry_S_Truman_College), one of the [City Colleges of Chicago](/source/City_Colleges_of_Chicago), where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing. He is also the editor of Truman College's literary journal, ''City Brink''.  He has received literary fellowships from [CantoMundo](/source/CantoMundo), the [Illinois Arts Council](/source/Illinois_Arts_Council), Disquiet International Literary Program, the Sundress Academy for the Arts, and the La Romita School of Art.

Matos is a former MMA fighter, kickboxer, and striking coach for Team 110.

==Reading series==
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Matos is a founding member of Kale Soup for the Soul. In 2012, Millicent Borges Accardi started the Kale Soup for the Soul reading series featuring Portuguese-American writers. Matos became involved with the group when the first event occurred at Chicago's famous [Cultural Center](/source/Chicago_Cultural_Center). Since then, Kale Soup for the Soul readings have featured over 25 different writers in regional readings in cities such as Albuquerque, San Francisco, Seattle, Iowa City, Providence, Boston and San José—as part of a new wave of Portuguese-American Literature. In 2013, there were Kale Soup for the Soul readings at the Mass Poetry Festival in Salem, the Valente Library in Cambridge, and the Portuguese Consulate in Boston. There were also readings at [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), [UMass Dartmouth](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Dartmouth), and [Rhode Island College](/source/Rhode_Island_College) as well as workshops with local students from Shea High School in Rhode Island. There was also a conference in Lisbon which featured a panel about Portuguese-American Literature as well as a round table with many of the writers who have participated in Kale Soup for the Soul over the years.

==Works==
===Poetry collections===

* ''Book of Tongues: The Dead Letters of Pedro & Inês'' (FlowerSong Press, 2025, {{ISBN|9781963245134}})
* ''We Prefer the Damned'' (Unbound Edition Press, 2021, {{ISBN|9780991378029}})
* ''It's Best Not to Interrupt Her Experiments'' (Negative Capability Press, 2016, {{ISBN|978-0942544329}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-19 |title=Reviews: It's Best Not To Interrupt Her Experiments |url=https://newfound.org/archives/volume-8/issue-1/its-best-not-to-interrupt-her-experiments/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Newfound |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Big Bad Asterisk*'' (BlazeVOX [books], 2013, {{ISBN| 978-1-60964-119-1}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlo Matos's BIG BAD ASTERISK* {{!}} The Iowa Review |url=https://iowareview.org/blog/carlo-matoss-big-bad-asterisk |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=iowareview.org}}</ref>
* ''Counting Sheep till Doomsday'' (BlazeVOX [books], 2011, {{ISBN| 978-1609640835}})<ref>{{Cite news |last=Darling |first=Kristina Marie |date=2013-09-11 |title=Microreview: Counting Sheep Until Doomsday, Carlo Matos |url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/microreview-counting-sheep-until-doomsday-carlo-matos/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=Boston Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''A School for Fishermen'' (BrickHouse Books, 2010, {{ISBN| 978-0932616982}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-23 |title={{!}} BOOK: "A School for Fishermen" by Carlo Matos – ReviewPortuguese American Journal |url=https://portuguese-american-journal.com/book-a-school-for-fishermenby-carlo-matos-review/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Portuguese American Journal |language=en}}</ref>

===Novels===

* ''As Malcriadas or Names We Inherit'' (New Meridian Arts, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freitas |first=Vamberto |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Nas Duas Margens por Vamberto Freitas: O Salto Literário De Carlo Matos Na Literatura Luso-Americana |url=https://vambertofreitas.blogspot.com/2023/02/o-salto-literario-de-carlo-matos-na.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Nas Duas Margens por Vamberto Freitas}}</ref>
* ''The Secret Correspondence of Loon & Fiasco'' (Mayapple Press, 2014)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squillante |first=Sheila |date=2015-05-21 |title=[Review] The Secret Correspondence of Loon & Fiasco by Carlo Matos |url=https://pankmagazine.com/2015/05/21/review-the-secret-correspondence-of-loon-fiasco-by-carlo-matos/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Pank |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Scholarly work===

* ''Ibsen's Foreign Contagion: Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Wing Pinero & Modernism on the London Stage, 1890-1900'' (Academica Press, 2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upstage - Issue 5 |url=http://www.oscholars.com/Upstage/issue5/Matos5.htm |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.oscholars.com}}</ref>

===Creative non-fiction===

* ''The Quitters'' (Tortoise Books, 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darling |first=Kristina Marie |date=2018-04-26 |title=On The Quitters by Carlo Matos |url=https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/reviews/on-the-quitters-by-carlo-matos/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Tupelo Quarterly |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Anthologies edited===

* ''Writers of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States & Canada'' (Boavista Press, 2015)

===Chapbooks===

* ''Most Human Human Contest'' (Slash Pine Press, 2015)

==Interviews==

* by Patrick Davise & Peter Campion at Authors Unbound Podcast<ref>{{Cite web |title=Authors Unbound: Carlo Matos Unbound on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carlo-matos-unbound/id1650629531?i=1000606270216 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* by Simone Muench & Jackie K. White at ''[Spoon River Poetry Review](/source/Spoon_River_Poetry_Review)''
* by Kristina Marie Darling at A''merican Microreviews and Interviews''
* by Millicent Borges Accardi at ''Poets' Quarterly''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roosters. Jellyfish. Fighting. 80s movies–Poet Carlo Matos Discusses New Work {{!}} Poets' Quarterly |url=https://www.poetsquarterly.com/2014/10/roosters-jellyfish-fighting-80s-movies.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* by Millicent Borges Accardi at ''Poets' Quarterly'' (second interview)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor. Poet. Fighter. Portuguese-American: an Interview with Carlos Matos {{!}} Poets' Quarterly |url=https://www.poetsquarterly.com/2012/08/professor-poet-fighter-portuguese.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* by Michael Colson at ''Portuguese American Journal''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-13 |title={{!}} Poetry: Carlo Matos on waiting to see what happens – InterviewPortuguese American Journal |url=https://portuguese-american-journal.com/poetry-carlo-matos-on-waiting-to-see-what-happens-interview/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Portuguese American Journal |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://carlomatos.blogspot.com/}}

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