Trista Mateer is an American poet and visual artist from Westminster, Maryland.[1] She won the Goodreads Choice Award in 2015 for poetry with The Dogs I Have Kissed.[2][3]
Her poetry collection Aphrodite Made Me Do It was also voted one of the best books of the year by Goodreads users in 2019.[4] The collection, described as a feminist retelling of the mythological tales of Aphrodite, integrated visual imagery, including collages, edited photographs, and tarot card imagery.[5]
Mateer promotes her poetry on social media, particularly Instagram, and has been described as an Instapoet.[6][7] She is bisexual, and her queer identity is frequently incorporated into her poetry.[8][9] Her decade-spanning poetry collection I Swear Somewhere This Works was the Bronze winner in LGBT+ Nonfiction for the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Best Books of the Year Awards.[10][11]
Bibliography
- Small Ghost (Central Avenue Publishing, 2024)
- Persephone Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2023)
- I Swear Somewhere This Works (independently published, 2023)
- Artemis Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2022)
- girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc. (independently published, 2021)
- When the Stars Wrote Back (Random House, 2020)
- Aphrodite Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2019)
- Honeybee (Central Avenue Publishing, 2018)
- The Dogs I Have Kissed (independently published, 2015)
References
- ^ "bio". trista mateer. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Wilson, Kristian. "2015 Goodreads Choice Award Winners Announced". Bustle. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ Hetter, Katia (December 2015). "Goodreads readers pick best books of 2015". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Poetry!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Fuller, White (2022-05-03). "What It Means To Be Poetic: Poetry Collections Defying the Norm". The Daily Utah Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "BookCon 2018: Social Media Poetry Explosion". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ Ford, Jonathan (2019-05-24). "Instagram threatens to stifle a new generation of poets". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Olivo, Lauren Ablondi (2019-02-18). "An Interview with Poet Trista Mateer". Long River Review. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Agrawal, Shivani (2021-06-08). "13 Poetry Books By LGBTQIA+ Writers To Add To Your List This Pride Month". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "2023 Foreword INDIES Winners in LGBTQ+ (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Popular Poet Trista Mateer Wins Bronze in 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards" (Press release). CB Herald. June 7, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
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