Matthew Gwathmey was born in Richmond, Virginia, and currently lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Wolastoqey Territory, with his partner Lily and their five children. He studied creative writing at the University of Virginia and recently completed his PhD at UNB. He has work published in The Malahat Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Fire, The Fiddlehead and The Iowa Review, as well as other literary magazines. He has published three collections of poetry: Our Latest in Folktales (Brick Books, 2019), Tumbling for Amateurs (Coach House, 2023), and Family Band (Gordon Hill Press, 2024).