Robert Mata

Creative Nonfiction:

• “From Seed to Story,” forthcoming in The Palisades Review (2023)
• “Noble Silence,” published in The Rappahannock Review (August 2021)
• “Grief is an Empty Shell,” published in XRAY (November 2020)
• “Everyone You Meet is God in Drag,” published in The Rumpus (April 2020)
• “A Reverse Chronology of the Body in Motion,” published in Brevity (January 2020)

Poetry:

• Death Salon, a chapbook, published by Seven Kitchens Press (August 2020)
• “Summer Peach” and “Pride Parade…,” published in The Impossible Beast: Queer Erotic Poems (Damaged Goods Press, November 2020)
• “Ouroboros,” published in Palette Poetry (July 2020)
• “American Goldfinch,” published in Crosswinds (May 2020)
• “Fruit Ghazal,” published in THRUSH Poetry Journal (March 2020)
• “How to Grieve an Alcoholic” and “Three Rivers,” published in The Florida Review, Issue 43.2 (December 2019)
• “Last Glance” and “Kingdom,” published in Alegrarse, Issue 2 (July 2019)
• Betweenlife, a micro-chapbook, published by Ghost City Press (July 2019)
• “Wishing I Were Barbie,” published in cream city review, Issue 43.1 (July 2019)
• “Snapdragons in Late August,” published in Brine Literary, Issue 2 (January 2018)

Fiction:

• “First Job,” published in Ginosko Literary Journal, Issue 23 (July 2019)
• “The Artist,” published in The Indiana Review: Online (January 2016)

Interviews & Press:

• Interview with Robert Julius, published in The Rappahannock Review (August 2021)