Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, The Mad Feast, Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer (W.W. Norton: Liveright), Pot Farm, and Barolo, the poetry books, The Morrow Plots, Warranty in Zulu, and Sagittarius Agitprop, and the chapbooks, Four Hours to Mpumalanga and Aardvark.  He teaches creative writing in the MFA Program at Northern Michigan University, where he is the Nonfiction Editor of Passages North.  This winter, he prepared his first batch of whitefish liver ice cream.  It paired well with onion bagels.

Website: www.matthewgfrank.com

Twitter Username: @matthewgfrank

Publications

• The Mad Feast , W.W. Norton: Liveright (November 2015)
• Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer , W.W. Norton: Liveright (July 2014)
• Pot Farm , University of Nebraska Press (2012)
• Barolo , University of Nebraska Press (2010)
• The Morrow Plots , Black Lawrence Press (2013)
• Warranty in Zulu , Barrow Street Press (2010)
• Sagittarius Agitprop , Black Lawrence Press (2009)

Employment

• Associate Professor at Northern Michigan University (August 2011 - )
• Nonfiction and Hybrids Editor at Passages North (August 2011 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Arizona State University (2006)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry