Robert Matte Jr. taught writing and literature for many years at Pima Community College and the University of Arizona. He has lived in various parts of the U.S. as well as in France, Turkey and England. Among other pursuits he has been a hippie poet, an Army officer, a ventriloquist and a college teacher. Mr. Matte is the author of several chapbooks and full length collections of poetry and prose including: Star Kissing, Eating the English Army, Asylum Picnic, Fort Apache, Digging for Bones, Coyote Moon Trailer Haven and Thaddeus an Apostle of the Christ. He is working on his memoirs, Drugstore Cowboy - A Seat at the Counter. Mr. Matte and his wife live next to a critter filled arroyo in Tucson, Arizona and are constantly filled with awe and wonder.
