Robert Matte Jr. Biography

Robert Matte Jr. taught writing and literature for thirty years at Pima College and the University of Arizona. For the past several years he has been a writing tutor at East Campus. He is also a retired army officer and a practicing ventriloquist. Mr. Matte is the author of several chapbooks and full length collections of poetry including Star Kissing, Eating the English Army, Asylum Picnic, Fort Apache, Digging for Bones and a new collection, Coyote Moon Trailer Haven. Mr. Matte and his wife live next to a critter filled arroyo in Tucson, Arizona and are constantly filled with awe and wonder.