Today we’d like to introduce you to Matt Sedillo.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the practice, why don’t you give our readers a few quick bullet points about you and your story.
2008 Started doing poetry
2009 Made first slam team
2010 First collection of poetry published For What I Might Do Tomorrow
2011 Appeared in Los Angeles Times
2012 Participated in the San Francisco International Poetry festival
2013 A review of my poetry appears in the essay “Rage the Other Inevitable Muse” that appeared in a collection of essays “From Your Land to Poland: On the Commitment of Writers” published by Peter Liang International Publishers
2014 Led a major workshop at the National Conference of Race and Ethnicity
2015 Interviewed and archived by the CUNY Murphy Institute of Labor Studies
2016 Appeared on C-SPAN
2017 Interviewed and archived by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program housed at the University of Florida
2018 Invited to speak on a series of panels at the University of Cambridge
2019 Invited to speak on a panel at Casa De Las Americas in Havana Cuba
2020 Second collection of poetry published Mowing Leaves of Grass
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I am a bit of a workaholic so this is kind of a hard question to answer. Everyday brings obstacles and challenges.
Please tell us about dA Center For the Arts.
Well, I am personally known as a poet and author who speaks at colleges. I work at the dA Center for the Arts where I am the literary director where I oversee the writing programs along with Gina Duran. I am really excited about my new book Mowing Leaves of Grass, published by FlowerSong Press. I am excited about both my book and the press.
Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
A general collage of my mother taking me to the library.
Image Credit:
The photo at Casa De Las Americas, Includes Viva Padilla, Iris De Anda, Luis Rodriguez, Dr. Jose Prado
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