Matthew is the author of the nonfiction books The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food,
Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer,
Pot Farm
and Barolo;
the poetry books The Morrow Plots,
Warranty in Zulu
and Sagittarius Agitprop,
and two chapbooks. Preparing the Ghost
was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, an NPR Notable Book and a New Yorker Book to Watch Out For. The Mad Feast
was selected as a Staff Pick by The Paris Review, a Best Book of 2015 by Ploughshares, The Millions and Paste Magazine, longlisted for the Art of Eating Prize and featured in The Wall Street Journal, Saveur and Entertainment Weekly.
Faculty
Matthew Frank
Title
MFA Faculty Member
Department
MFA - Creative Writing