Trista Mateer

Trista Mateer is an American poet and visual artist from Westminster, Maryland. ^[1] She won the Goodreads Choice Award in 2015 for poetry with The Dogs I Have Kissed. ^{[2] [3]}

Her poetry collection Aphrodite Made Me Do It was also voted one of the best books of the year by Goodreads users in 2019. ^[4] The collection, described as a feminist retelling of the mythological tales of Aphrodite, integrated visual imagery, including collages, edited photographs, and tarot card imagery. ^[5]

Mateer promotes her poetry on social media, particularly Instagram, and has been described as an Instapoet. ^{[6] [7]} She is bisexual, and her queer identity is frequently incorporated into her poetry. ^{[8] [9]} Her decade-spanning poetry collection I Swear Somewhere This Works was the Bronze winner in LGBT+ Nonfiction for the 26th annual Foreword INDIES Best Books of the Year Awards. ^{[10] [11]}

Bibliography

• Small Ghost (Central Avenue Publishing, 2024)
• Persephone Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2023)
• I Swear Somewhere This Works (independently published, 2023)
• Artemis Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2022)
• girl, isolated: poems, notes on healing, etc. (independently published, 2021)
• When the Stars Wrote Back (Random House, 2020)
• Aphrodite Made Me Do It (Central Avenue Publishing, 2019)
• Honeybee (Central Avenue Publishing, 2018)
• The Dogs I Have Kissed (independently published, 2015)

References

1. "bio". trista mateer. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
2. Wilson, Kristian. "2015 Goodreads Choice Award Winners Announced". Bustle . Retrieved 2017-03-10.
3. Hetter, Katia (December 2015). "Goodreads readers pick best books of 2015". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
4. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Poetry!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
5. Fuller, White (2022-05-03). "What It Means To Be Poetic: Poetry Collections Defying the Norm". The Daily Utah Chronicle . Retrieved 2025-03-06.
6. "BookCon 2018: Social Media Poetry Explosion". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
7. Ford, Jonathan (2019-05-24). "Instagram threatens to stifle a new generation of poets". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
8. Olivo, Lauren Ablondi (2019-02-18). "An Interview with Poet Trista Mateer". Long River Review. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
9. Agrawal, Shivani (2021-06-08). "13 Poetry Books By LGBTQIA+ Writers To Add To Your List This Pride Month". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
10. "2023 Foreword INDIES Winners in LGBTQ+ (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
11. "Popular Poet Trista Mateer Wins Bronze in 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards" (Press release). CB Herald. June 7, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.