Progressive Wednesday

Matt Zambito

Matt Zambito hails from Niagara Falls, and for the last seven years has lived in Columbus, Ohio, where he taught English and creative writing at Ohio State University. Back in the day, he was a sports stringer for the Niagara Gazette, and covered politics, business, and technology as a freelancer for the Livingston County News. He's published poems (yes, poems) in literary journals such as the North American Review, Poetry International, Another Chicago Magazine, The Minnesota Review, and the Columbia Journal, amongst others. He's received grants and fellowships from Ohio State, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Greater Columbus Council for the Arts. In 2000, he received an Academy of American Poets Prize. These days he's reading and writing for Model City Media, which he owns with Eric Ruest.

He beats the daylight out of his drums for the band Furlough. Three Halloweens ago, he dressed as a sumo wrestler, his favorite costume to date. Other people's dogs? He digs – ˜em. Serve him pancakes slathered with real maple syrup, and he's a happy, happy man.

He wants a country he can continue to sleep with and still respect himself in the morning.